Department of Sociology

Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Name / Title Phone / Email Specialty Areas
Michael Blain
Professor
(208) 426-1346
mblain@boisestate.edu
Methodology, Political Sociology, Drug Policy
Virginia Husting
.Associate Professor
(208) 426-1365
ghusting@boisestate.edu
Gender Studies, Media
Robert McCarl
Professor
(208) 426-1091
bmccarl@boisestate.edu
Ethnography, Occupational Studies, Community Based Studies
Martin Orr
Associate Professor
(208) 426-4056
morr@boisestate.edu
Social Theory, Inequality, Social Movements, Media, Environment
Steven Patrick
Professor, Department Chair
(208) 426-3225
spatric@boisestate.edu
Statistics, Computers, Organizations, Social Psychology and Criminology
Sergio Romero
Assistant Professor, Director of Multi-Ethnic Studies
(208) 426-3207
sergioromero@boisestate.edu
Welfare Reform Policy Networks, Power Structure Research, Sociology of Poverty, Immigrant Labor Unionism
Al Sanchez
Professor
(208) 426-3406 (Message)
asanchez@boisestate.edu
Mexican-American Studies
Arthur Scarritt
Assistant Professor
(208) 426-3243
arthurscarritt@boisestate.edu
Globalization, Race and Ethnicity, Inequality
Rosaura Tafoya-Estrada
Assistant Professor
(208) 426-2813
rosauratafoya-estrada@boisestate.edu
Immigration, Gender and Education, Race and Ethnicity

Special Lecturer

Name / Title Phone / Email Specialty Areas
Sarah Mawhirter
(208) 426-3406*
sarahmawhirter@boisestate.edu
Gender Studies, Social History
*426-3406 is a message number with the Department Administrative Assistant.

Staff

Name / Title Phone
Email
Patricia Klein
Administrative Assistant
(208) 426-3406 patriciaklein@boisestate.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Name Phone Email
Angeline Kearns Blain (208) 426-1091 angelineblain@boisestate.edu
Bayard Gregory (208) 426-3406* bayardgregory@boisestate.edu
Amy Hutchinson (208) 426-3406* amyhutchinson@boisestate.edu
Kimberly Johanek (208) 426-3406* kimberlyjohanek@boisestate.edu
Mohan Limaye (208) 426-3406* mohanlimaye@boisestate.edu
Susan Mannon (208) 426-3406* susanmannon@boisestate.edu
Jeremy Maxand (208) 426-3406* jeremymaxand@boisestate.edu
John McGuire (208) 426-3406* johnmcguire1@boisestate.edu
Carissa Miller (208) 426-4498 carissamiller@boisestate.edu
Wallace Pond (208) 426-3406* wallacepond@boisestate.edu
Desiree Roach
(208) 426-3406* desireeroach@boisestate.edu
Paul Sloan (208) 426-3406* paulsloan@boisestate.edu
James VanDinter (208) 426-3406* jamesvandinter@boisestate.edu
Don Winiecki (208) 426-1899 dwiniecki@boisestate.edu
Carissa Wolf (208) 426-3406* carissawolf@boisestate.edu
*426-3406 is a message number for Adjunct Faculty with the Department Administrative Assistant.

Emeritus Faculty

Name / Title Phone / Email Specialty Areas
Richard Baker
Emeritus Professor
(208) 426-3406
rbaker@boisestate.edu
Mexican American Studies, Capitalism
Robert Corbin
Emeritus Professor
(208) 426-3406
rcorbin@boisestate.edu
Deviance, religion
Pat Dorman
Emeritus Professor
(208) 426-3406
pdorman@boisestate.edu
Gender, aging
Martin Scheffer
Emeritus Professor
(208) 426-3406
martinscheffer@boisestate.edu
Theory, social change
*426-3406 is a message number for Adjunct Faculty with the Department Administrative Assistant.