Faculty Directory

Our faculty come from respected universities across the country. They inspire and equip our students, through education in the liberal arts, to be servant leaders in society at large and for the resurgence and renewal in southeast Michigan.

Faculty

Francine Banner, Ph.D., J.D.

Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences; Professor of Sociology

[email protected] 313-593-5520

Teaching Areas: Criminology & Criminal Justice Studies, LGBTQ Studies, Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Sociology, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: Gender, Institutions, Law and Society, Social Media

Camron Michael Amin, PhD

Professor of Middle East and Iranian Diaspora Studies

[email protected]

Teaching Areas: Arab American Studies, History, Middle East Studies, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: Iran / Iranian Studies, Women and Gender Studies

Pamela Aronson, PhD

Professor of Sociology

[email protected] 313-593-5520

Teaching Areas: Sociology, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: Disadvantaged College Students, Gen Z, Gender in electoral politics, Sexual Consent, Sexual Harassment, Transition to Adulthood

Maya Barak, PhD

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Studies

[email protected]

Teaching Areas: Arab American Studies, Criminology & Criminal Justice Studies, LGBTQ Studies, Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Gangs, Immigrants / Crimmigration, Legal Sociology, Procedural Justice, State-Corporate Crime

Amy Brainer, PhD

Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies. Director, LGBTQ Studies

[email protected] 312-218-8837

Teaching Areas: LGBTQ Studies, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: Family, Immigrants / Crimmigration, Queer Studies, Taiwan, Transgender Studies

Ivy Forsythe-Brown, PhD

Associate Professor of Sociology

[email protected] 313-593-5520

Teaching Areas: African & African American Studies, Arab American Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: Family, Immigrants / Immigration, Race / Ethnicity, Social Justice / Inequality

Georgina Hickey, PhD

Professor of History; Director, Urban and Regional Studies Program

[email protected]

Teaching Areas: History, LGBTQ Studies, Urban and Regional Studies, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: Cities, Detroit, Public Space, Social Movements, U.S. History, Women

Shelly Jarenski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English Literature

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Teaching Areas: American Studies, English, LGBTQ Studies, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: African-American Identity and Literature, English, Literary Theory and Analysis, Women and Gender Studies

Terri Laws, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of African and African American Studies

[email protected] 313-593-5451

Teaching Areas: African & African American Studies, Race and Health, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: Inequality/Disparity, Race and Health, Religion and Health

Jamie Shinhee Lee, PhD

Professor of Linguistics

[email protected]

Teaching Areas: Linguistics, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: Asian Popular Culture, Globalization, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics

2002 - College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters Building
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, MI 48128

Phone: 313-593-5490

Fax: 313-593-5552

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