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Department of Sociology
College of Liberal Arts
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois
 Detailed InformationPrograms of StudyThe Ph.D. degree program is centered on advanced offerings in the areas of theory, methods, deviance, social movements, religion, culture, gender, power, and inequality. A special concentration in criminology, deviance, and administration of justice allows interested students to pursue a substantial part of their doctoral studies in administration of justice. The faculty members are research oriented and support such an orientation on the part of their students. The Department of Sociology has a state-of-the-art 10-person computer lab.
The responsibility for initial advisement rests with the Director of Graduate Studies. As early as possible, the Director, in consultation with the student, requests an appropriate member of the Department’s graduate faculty to serve as the student’s academic adviser. This adviser helps prepare a general plan of study. Doctoral candidates have several required courses, research projects, and readings leading to the dissertation over a projected eight semesters of study. Research FacilitiesThe Department of Sociology has a ten-machine microcomputer laboratory with SPSS, SAS, and other programs. Several other computer labs are available in Faner Hall. Morris Library’s general collection numbers 2.4 million volumes, 2.8 million microforms, and more than 12,200 current serial subscriptions. Library users have access to nearly 600 electronic data files and CD-ROM products via workstations located throughout the building. The library is an active participant in the world’s largest bibliographic network, Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), and it is a member of ILLINET Online (IO), the statewide automated catalog, circulation, and interlibrary loan system with records of more than 600 libraries. Financial AidAssistantships for qualified students are available through the Department and the University on a competitive basis. Funding is normally limited to eight semesters for the Ph.D. degree. A student’s continued funding is contingent on the student’s satisfactory progress in the program, annual evaluation by faculty members, passing comprehensive exams in a timely manner, and on the availability of funds. Eighty percent of the full-time students have received some type of aid. Cost of StudyIn-state graduate tuition is $328 per credit hour in 2009–10. Out-of-state tuition is 2.5 times the in-state tuition rate ($820 per credit hour). Graduate students with at least a 25 percent appointment as a graduate assistant receive a tuition scholarship. Fees vary from $589.03 (1 credit hour) to $1557.50 (12 credit hours). Students with a graduate assistantship receive a 50 percent reduction in the primary care medical fee. New graduate students from Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee qualify for the alternate tuition rate, which is equivalent to the in-state graduate tuition rate. Living and Housing CostsFor married couples, students with families, and single graduate students, the University has 690 efficiency and one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom apartments that rent for $499 to $720 per month in 2009–10. Residence halls for single graduate students are also available, as are accessible residence hall rooms and apartments for students with disabilities. Student GroupThe Department has 46 students, of whom 32 are full-time (10 women, 6 international) and 14 are part-time (6 women, 1 international). Seven students are African American, and 1 is Hispanic. In 2001–02 SIU awarded eight Ph.D. degrees in sociology. LocationSouthern Illinois University Carbondale is 350 miles south of Chicago and 100 miles southeast of St. Louis. Nestled in rolling hills bordered by the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and enhanced by a mild climate, the area has state parks, national forests and wildlife refuges, and large lakes for outdoor recreation. Cultural offerings include theater, opera, concerts, art exhibits, and cinema. Educational facilities for the families of students are excellent. The UniversitySouthern Illinois University Carbondale is a comprehensive public university with a variety of general and professional education programs. The University offers bachelor’s and associate degrees, master’s and doctoral degrees, the J.D. degree, and the M.D. degree. The University is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Graduate School has an essential role in the development and coordination of graduate instruction and research programs. The Graduate Council has academic responsibility for determining graduate standards, recommending new graduate programs and research centers, and establishing policies to facilitate the research effort. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a state-funded university founded in 1869. ApplyingApplications should be requested from the address given below. Application materials include official transcripts from colleges attended, the Application for Admission to Graduate Study, the Application for Admission to the Sociology Program, and three letters of recommendation. GRE scores are required. Applications received by December 15 that include all supporting materials receive full consideration for departmental assistantships, fellowships, and university support that begin the following fall semester. New applications for admission are considered through March 1. Admission for the spring semester is only given in exceptional circumstances. The Faculty and Their Research
- SIU’s Department of Sociology has a world-renowned faculty with particular strengths in the areas of social movements and social change, criminology and deviance, and gender and sexuality. The faculty members have edited numerous scholarly journals, including Social Problems, Sociological Spectrum, Contemporary Ethnography, and Review of Religious Research. SIU faculty members hold prominent positions in several scholarly associations and on editorial boards. Faculty members have authored several books, many book chapters, and numerous peer-reviewed articles in general-interest and specialty journals, including American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Social Problems, Social Science Research, American Journal of Sociology, and Deviant Behavior.
- Robert D. Benford, Professor and Chair; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 1987. Social movements, social psychology, peace and war, gender and sport, qualitative methods.
- Jennifer L. Dunn, Associate Professor; Ph.D., California, Davis, 1999. Social psychology, deviance, criminology, victimology.
- Derek C. Martin, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., California, Irvine, 2005. Race/ethnic relations, minority relations, stratification, mobility, leisure/sport/recreation.
- Michelle Hughes Miller, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Nebraska–Lincoln, 1997. Gender, criminology, drug policy.
- Jean-Pierre Read, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., California, Santa Barbara, 2000. Revolutions, social change, cultural sociology, theory, qualitative methods.
- Darren E. Sherkat, Professor; Ph.D., Duke, 1991. Religion, social movements, theory, quantitative methods.
- Kathryn B. Ward, Professor; Ph.D., Iowa, 1982. Gender, international political economy, social movements.
- Rachel Bridges Whaley, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., SUNY at Albany, 1999. Criminology/delinquency, sex and gender, quantitative methodology.
- Chris Wienke, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 2003. Family, sexuality, gender, qualitative methodology, social inequality, cultural sociology.
- Affiliated and Joint Appointments
- Elaine M. Blinde, Professor (affiliated with the Kinesiology Department); Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987. Leisure/sport/recreation.
- Mae A. Davenport (affiliated with Forestry); Ph.D., Minnesota, 2003. Environmental sociology, qualitative methodology, leisure/sports/recreation.
- John D. H. Downing (affiliated with Global Media Research); Ph.D., London School of Economics, 1974. Cultural sociology, political economy, mass communication/public opinion.
- Walter B. Jaehnig (affiliated with School of Journalism); Ph.D., Essex (U.K.), 1974. Mass communication, public opinion, social control, community.
- Jyotsna Kapur, Associate Professor (affiliated with Cinema and Photography); Ph.D., Northwestern, 1998. Children and youth, cultural sociology, Marxist sociology.
- Jean C. Mangun (affiliated with Forestry); Ph.D., Purdue, 1991. Environmental sociology, rural sociology, leisure/sports/recreation.
- Ainon Mizan (affiliated with Rural Health and Social Service Development); Ph.D., Southern Illinois at Carbondale, 1992. Family, social change, women and development.
- Frederick W. Solt (affiliated with Political Science); Ph.D., North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003. Political sociology, quantitative methods.
- Emeritus Faculty
- Ernest K. Alix, Ph.D., Southern Illinois at Carbondale, 1966. Deviant behavior, sociology of sport, law and society.
- Thomas Burger, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Duke, 1972. Theory, history of social thought, social stratification.
- Thomas C. Calhoun, Ph.D., Kentucky, 1988. Deviance, juvenile delinquency, race and ethnic relations, qualitative methods.
- Roland K. Hawkes, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1967. Rural sociology, development, migration.
- Lewellyn Hendrix, Ph.D., Princeton, 1974. Family and kinship, gender, cross-cultural research.
- Frank C. Nall, Ph.D., Michigan, 1959. Urban sociology, comparative race and ethnic relations.
- Mark A. Schneider, Ph.D., Yale, 1985. Theory, culture, and science.
Correspondence and InformationSouthern Illinois University Carbondale Director of Graduate Studies Department of Sociology Mailcode 4524 Carbondale, Illinois 62901 Telephone:
618-453-2494 Fax:
618-453-8926
Email:
sociolgy@siu.edu
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