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Sociology

Sociology Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

Sunita Bose
Associate Professor
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Office: JFT 622
Phone: (845) 257-2601
E-mail: boses@newpaltz.edu

Karl Bryant
Assistant Professor
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Office: JFT 514
Phone: (845) 257-3035
E-mail: bryantk@newpaltz.edu

Donna Chaffee
Lecturer
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Office: JFT 506
Phone: (845) 257-3539
E-mail: chaffeed@newpaltz.edu

Mette Christiansen
Lecturer
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Office: JFT 506
Phone: (845) 257-3697
E-mail: christim@newpaltz.edu
Web Site: http://faculty.newpaltz.edu/mettechristiansen

Alexandra Cox
Assistant Professor
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Office: JFT 512
Phone: (845) 257-3756
E-mail: coxa@newpaltz.edu

Judith Halasz
Assistant Professor
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Office: JFT 510
Phone: (845) 257-2375
E-mail: halaszj@newpaltz.edu

Peter Kaufman
Associate Professor
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Office: JFT 508
Phone: (845) 257-3503
E-mail: kaufmanp@newpaltz.edu
Web Site: faculty.newpaltz.edu/peterkaufman

Brian Obach
Chair
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Office: JFT 516A
Phone: (845) 257-3447
E-mail: obachb@newpaltz.edu
Web Site: www2.newpaltz.edu/~obachb

Anne Roschelle
Associate Professor
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Office: JFT 522
Phone: (845) 257-3502
E-mail: roschela@newpaltz.edu

Irwin Sperber
Associate Professor
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Office: JFT 518
Phone: (845) 257-2772
E-mail: sperberi@newpaltz.edu

Roberto Velez-Velez
Assistant Professor
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Office: JFT 504
Phone: (845) 257-3506
E-mail: velezr@newpaltz.edu

Eve Waltermaurer
Associate Professor
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Office: HAB 704
Phone: (845) 257-2922
E-mail: walterme@newpaltz.edu
Web Site: www2.newpaltz.edu/~walterme

Adjunct Faculty

James Dearce
Adjunct Faculty
Office: JFT 504
Phone: (845) 257-3505
E-mail: dearcej@newpaltz.edu

Mat JeckerByrne
Lecturer
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Office: JFT 504-A
Phone: (845) 257-3508
E-mail: jeckerbm@newpaltz.edu

Vincent Marasco
Lecturer
Office: JFT 504
Phone: (845) 257-3505
E-mail: vinscamaro@hotmail.com

KT Tobin
Adjunct Faculty
Office: HAB 704
Phone: (845) 257-2901
E-mail: tobinflk@newpaltz.edu

Staff

Margaret Betaudier
Secretary 1
Office: JFT 516
Phone: (845) 257-3505
E-mail: betaudim@newpaltz.edu

Fax Machine
Office: JFT 516
Phone: (845) 257-2970

Emeritus Faculty

Susan Lehrer
Professor Emerita
E-mail Address: lehrers@newpaltz.edu

Susan Lehrer received her BA from the University of Chicago and PhD from SUNY-Binghamton. Her expertise is in the area of women and equality under the law, and social policy affecting women, work and family, poverty & welfare, and academic freedom. Her published work includes the book Origins of Protective Labor Legislation for Women 1905-1925 and many articles. She has lectured widely on American social policy and women, including in Freiburg, Germany and Utrecht, The Netherlands. She also participated in the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing, 1995. Dr. Lehrer taught in the Women’s Studies Program and served as the graduate program coordinator for the Department of Sociology. While no longer teaching classes, Dr. Lehrer is active in the United University Professions (the faculty/professional union for SUNY) at the campus and statewide level, and currently does photography for community and environmental organizations.

Harold Jacobs
Professor Emeritus
E-mail address: jacobsh@newpaltz.edu

Harold Jacobs received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was appointed Acting Assistant Professor of Sociology from 1969-1971. He taught sociology at SUNY New Paltz from 1971 to 2002, when he retired as Professor Emeritus. He received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1974-1975 and served as a past Chair of the Sociology Department and Director of its Concentration in Human Services. He has published extensively on the New Left, including a book on the Weather Underground. He specializes in social movements, political sociology, social psychology, and sociological theory. From 2002 to 2008, Hal taught literature, social theory and philosophy in the New Paltz College Honors Program. He presently teaches "Great Books" classes at the University of California, Riverside campus extension in Palm Desert, CA.