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Judy Aulette
Associate Professor
Sociology
476C Fretwell
jraulett@uncc.edu

Research Interests: Sociology of Families, Gender, Social Movements, African Women
Website: aulettesociology.tripod.com
Community Involvement: Gaston County Health Department AIDS Education

Charles Brody
Prof and Chair
Sociology
476 Fretwell
cbrody@uncc.edu

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Yang Cao
Assistant Professor
Sociology
490D Fretwell
yangcao@uncc.edu

Research Interests: Contemporary China (subtopics include: institutional change; social inequality; organizational change; job mobility; labor relations; human resource management; foreign-invested enterprises; health)
Website: personal.uncc.edu/yangcao/
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Scott Fitzgerald
Assistant Professor
Sociology
485C Fretwell
sfitzger@uncc.edu

Research Interests: Social and economic inequality, religion, and social movements
Website: http://personal.uncc.edu/sfitzger/
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Anthony Greene
Lecturer
Sociology
Sociology
adgreene@uncc.edu

Research Interests: My main fields of interest are sociology of education, race-ethnic relations, ethnic and cultural diversity. My current research is on academic tracking within high school vocational programs and its influence on academic and career outcomes.
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Community Involvement: Campus Advisor for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Cynthia Hancock
Lecturer, Service Learning & Undergraduate Coordinator for the Gerontology program
Sociology
460 F Fretwell
chancock@uncc.edu

Research Interests: Aging and the Lifecourse, Family Sociology, Aging Images in Media, Gender, Gerontology.
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Community Involvement: Board of Directors, Charlotte Mecklenburg Council on Aging; Charlotte Mecklenburg Aging Coalition; Aging & Disabilities Community Resource Connection

Rosemary Hopcroft
Associate Professor
Sociology
490G Fretwell
rlhopcro@uncc.edu

Research Interests: Evolution, Biology and Sociology, Sex Differences, Comparative and Historical Sociology, Demographic Issues
Website: http://www.socanth.uncc.edu/rlhopcro/
Community Involvement: Estimating the number of uninsured individuals in Union County, North Carolina for United Way Union County (2007). School volunteer!

Larry Lance
Associate Professor
Sociology
460C Fretwell
llance@uncc.edu

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Noah Mark
Assistant Professor
Sociology
490G Fretwell
nmark@uncc.edu

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Mary McKenzie
Lecturer
Sociology
460A Fretwell
mfmckenz@uncc.edu

Research Interests: Crime and deviant behavior in society
Website: http://personal.uncc.edu/mfmckenz
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Julie McLaughlin
Assistant Professor
Sociology
490H Fretwell
jkmclau2@uncc.edu

Research Interests: Aging and the lifecourse, gerontology, sociology of mental health, medical sociology, and family transitions
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Roslyn Mickelson
Professor
Sociology
490N Fretwell
RoslynMickelson@uncc.edu

Research Interests: sociology of education; stratification and education; comparative and international education; political economy of school reform; the intersection of race, class, and gender with school processes and outcomes; education policy; diversity, educational equity, and the law; research methods; evaluation research.
Website: http://sociology.uncc.edu/people/rmickelson/
Community Involvement: CMS volunteer; Friendship Trays volunteer; work with North Carolina Center for Civil Rights on educational rights for all children; work with the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity; social science advisory board member Poverty & Race Research Action Council.

Stephanie Moller (Smith)
Associate Professor
Sociology
485E Fretwell
SMoller@uncc.edu

Research Interests: Educational Achievement, Policy and Inequality, Post-Industrial Development and Income Inequality
Website: http://sociology.uncc.edu/people/smoller/
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Beth Rubin
Professor
Sociology
490M Fretwell
barubin@uncc.edu

Research Interests: Time use and experience in organizations and at work, generational differences in work attitudes, commitment and experience; organizational commitment, work-family balance, organizational and workplace restructuring and inequality.
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Philip Rutledge
Lecturer
Sociology
Fretwell 490-J
prutledg@uncc.edu

Research Interests: popular culture, media studies, the 1950s and 1960s, social movements, political economy, American ideologies
Website: www.zaxistv.com/sociology.htm
Community Involvement: public access television tune in my show on Saturdays at 11pm, channel 21, Mecklenburg Time Warner cablevision

Teresa Scheid
Professor
Sociology
485B Fretwell
tlscheid@uncc.edu

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Elizabeth Stearns
Assistant Professor
Sociology
490L Fretwell
mestearn@uncc.edu

Research Interests: Sociology of education, racial and ethnic relations, social inequality
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Lisa Walker
Associate Professor
Sociology
460B Fretwell
lrashott@uncc.edu

Research Interests: Social psychology, group processes, status in organizations, gender. Has provided expertise for interviews and consulting projects on volunteerism, women in the workplace, small group dynamics, and social networks.
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Community Involvement: Unit Commissioner with Boy Scouts of Mecklenburg County.

Murray Webster
Professor
Sociology
460E Fretwell
mawebste@uncc.edu

Research Interests: group processes, social psychology, sociological theory, effects of status on interpersonal behavior
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Joseph Whitmeyer
Professor
Sociology
476B Fretwell
jwhitmey@uncc.edu

Research Interests: mathematical sociology, computer simulation models, social networks, Supreme Court
Website: http://uncc.edu/jwhitmey/
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Wei Zhao
Assistant Professor
Sociology
460G Fretwell
wzhao1@uncc.edu

Research Interests: organizational sociology, economic sociology, social inequality, China study
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