The sociology faculty includes eight full-time sociologists. Our areas of teaching specialization are collected from the macro and the micro levels: urban sociology, racial and ethnic relations, social change, the uses of sociology, medical sociology, social psychology, gender roles and issues, the family, fertility, and criminology. We also offer research, statistical analysis, computer applications, and perspectives on the relevance of sociological theory in contemporary society.
Cedric deLeon, M.Phil., Cambridge University, Ph.D., University of Michigan. Teaching areas: Classical and Contemporary Theory, Political Sociology, Globalization
Eric Hirsch, M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago . Teaching areas: Race and Ethnic Relations, Urban Sociology, Social Movements, Homelessness.
James W. Moorhead, M.A., Northwestern University, Ph.D., Brown University . Teaching areas: Human Fertility, Modern Society, Family.
Charlotte G. O’Kelly, M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut . Teaching areas: Women’s Studies, Sociology of Women and Men, African American Women, Globalization, Human Relations in Business, Whiteness.
Maureen Outlaw, M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University . Teaching areas: Criminology, Violence, Family, Research Methods, Statistics.
Cornelius Riordan, M.A., Clark University , Ph.D., Syracuse University . Teaching areas: Research Methods, Sociology of Education, Computer Applications.
Josephine A. Ruggiero, M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University . Teaching areas: Social Statistics, Applied Sociology, Social Change, Internship Coordinator.
Arthur Scott, Jr., M.A., University of Connecticut . Teaching areas: Deviant Behavior, Social Psychology, The Criminal Justice System.
The faculty is highly committed to student learning. We value and provide support and encouragement to our majors and minors throughout their college experience. Frequently, our students ask us to write letters for graduate and professional school applications. This is an activity which we enjoy doing, along with keeping up with our majors’ and minors’ lives, educations, and careers after their graduation from Providence College .