Faculty
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Hyun Sook Kim, Department Chair, received her B.S. from University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research. She teaches courses on global capitalism, militarization, gender and race; social inequality; genocide and political violence; feminisms and feminist theory; social movements; Asian American diaspora; and immigration. Professor Kim's research focuses on transnational feminist cultural studies; gender, sexuality, nationalism; history and memory of war and violence in Korea and Vietnam; and models of reconciliation and transitional justice. She has also studied the military sexual slavery issue ("comfort women"), militarism and prostitution, and domestic violence in Asian immigrant communities. Knapton 302, (508)286-3657, hkim@wheatonma.edu, fax: (508)286-3640 |
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John Grady received his BA in Asian Studies from Boston College, his MA in Social Anthropology from Yale University and his PhD in Sociology from Brandeis University. His courses at Wheaton include: Society, Technology and the Built Environment; Urban Sociology; Sociology of Work; Sociology of Health and Illness and Global Sociology, Visual Sociology and Sociological Moviemaking. His research focuses on the impact and significance that the material world of nature and human artifacts has on social organization and daily life; the use of visual imagery in social research and analysis; and making documentary films.Knapton 304, (508)286-3655, jgrady@wheatonma.edu, fax: (508)286-3640 |
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Michelle Ann Harris received her B.A. and M.A.from The University of South Florida, and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She teaches courses on Media and Society, Race and Ethnicity, and Introduction to Sociology. Her research focuses on mental health dimensions of immigration and their relationship with race and ethnicity. Knapton 302, (508)286-3643, maharris@wheatonma.edu, fax:(508286-3640) |
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Donna Kerner, who is also coordinator for Africana Studies and Women's Studies, received her B.A. from Kirkland (now Hamilton) College, her M.A. from N.Y.U., and her M.Phil and Ph.D. from City University of New York. She teaches courses on Africa and the South Pacific, the anthropology of food, power and leadership, gender and social organization, and research methods. Her research focuses on women in development, political economy, gender, and food security, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and the South Pacific. Knapton 125, (508)286-3658, dkerner@wheatonma.edu, fax: (508)286-3640 |
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A. Javier Treviño, received his B.A. from the University of North Texas, his M.A. from Northern Arizona University, and his Ph.D. from Boston College. He teaches courses in Sociological Theory, Organized Crime, Sociology of Law, Criminology, Deviant Behavior, and Latino Communities. His research focuses on contemporary sociological theory. Knapton 303, (508)286-3656,jtrevino@wheatonma.edu, fax: (508)286-3640 |
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Bruce McCoy Owens, who is also coordinator for Asian Studies and Anthropology, received his B.A. from McGill University, and his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. at Columbia University. He teaches courses on religion, anthropology of art, psychological anthropology, social theory, human evolution, South Asia, and the Himalaya. His research focuses on religion and the politics of ritual and identity, material culture, issues in cultural preservation, and hermeneutic contestation, primarily in Nepal. Knapton 122, (508)286-3659, bowens@wheatonma.edu, fax:(508)286-3640 |
| Javier Ruedas received his B.A. from the University of Texas, and his M.A. and Ph.D. at Tulane Univeristy. He teaches courses on economic anthropology, indigenous peoples of Latin America, language and culture, and other topics related to his research in Amazonia. His research focuses on indigenous history and historicity, oral history and narratives, gender and power, primarily in Brazil, where he conducts research with Marubo Indians. Knapton 216A, (508)286, ruedas_javier@wheatonma.edu, fax | |
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Kersti Yllo received her B.A. from Denison University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. She teaches courses on families in transition, aging in America, gender inequality, and a seminar on violence against women which has a field component in which students intern at a local battered women's shelter. Her research focusses on family violence, marital rape, and feminist methods. Knapton 305, (508)286-3654, kyllo@wheatonma.edu, fax: (508)286-3640 |