Sociology and Criminology Department Experts

To reach these experts, please contact Associate Director of Communications and Media Relations Kristen Magda at 508-565-1628; kmagda@stonehill.edu or Director of Communications and Media Relations Martin McGovern at 508-565-1070; mmcgovern@stonehill.edu.

Susan Guarino-Ghezzi

Sociology and Criminology Department Chair/Professor of Sociology

Areas of expertise: Sociology; Criminology; Juvenile justice system; Juvenile corrections; Crime prevention; Co-author of Balancing Juvenile Justice and Behavior Management Resource Guide.

Kenneth J. Branco

Professor of Sociology

Areas of expertise: Aging; Social issues; Long-term care; Religion and aging; Community service; Social work; Cognitive impairment and behavior problems in nursing homes; Religion and depression in nursing homes; Co-author of Framing the Equity Debate: Senior Power and Aging Policy Reform in America.

Patricia Leavy

Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology

Areas of expertise: Popular culture; Women's issues; Collective memory; Consumerism; Celebrity; Body image issues; Race/class/gender perspective; Qualitative research.

Margaret Boyd

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of expertise: Race, class and gender; Immigrant and ethnic relations; Professional development training of preschool teachers and outcomes for children; Human rights for the mentally ill.

Kathleen Currul-Dykeman

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology

Areas of expertise: Domestic Violence.

Ann Marie Rocheleau

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of expertise: Substance abuse and other treatment programs in prison; Adult prisons; Juvenile correctional facilities; Punitiveness; Disciplinary issues in prison and the associated sanctions, including commitment to a supermax prison; Conditions of confinement in juvenile correctional facilities; Drug purchase and use; Evaluation of crime prevention initiatives.

Erica Tucker

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Areas of expertise: Cultural anthropology; Post-communist societies; Memory; Narrative; Museum studies; Violence; Aging; Folklore.

Christopher Wetzel

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of expertise: Political sociology; Social movements; Culture; Qualitative methods and theory.

Corey Dolgon

Director of the Office of Community-Based Learning

Areas of expertise: Community-based learning; Civic engagement; U.S. labor movement; Urban and community sociology; Social movements; Social change; Cultural studies.

Dana David Walsh '90

Instructor of Sociology and Criminology

Areas of expertise: Domestic and global social problems; Social policy; Human services; Counseling; Adolescent mental health.