School of Natural and Social Sciences:
Sociology Faculty (Board of Study)

Leslie M. Brody
Lecturer in Sociology (part-time)
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University.
leslie.brody@purchase.edu

Richard Gioioso
Lecturer in Sociology
B.A., St. Joseph’s College; M.A., Ph.D., Florida International University.
richard.gioioso@purchase.edu

Matthew Immergut
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Prescott College; M.A., Ph.D., Drew University.
matthew.immergut@purchase.edu

Chrys Ingraham
Professor of Sociology and
Doris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Professor (2010–12)
B.A., M.A., M.P.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University.
chrys.ingraham@purchase.edu

Kristen Karlberg
Lecturer in Sociology (part-time)
B.S., Stephens College; M.P.H., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco.
kristen.karlberg@purchase.edu

Wendy McKenna
Professor of Sociology (part-time)
B.A., Antioch College; Ph.D., City University of New York.
wendy.mckenna@purchase.edu

Lisa Jean Moore
Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies
B.A., Tufts University; M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco.
lisa-jean.moore@purchase.edu

Verónica Perera (on leave 2011–12)
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Del Salvador University (Buenos Aires); M.A., National University of San Martin (Buenos Aires); M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social Research. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Internationalization.
maria.perera@purchase.edu

Alexis Maxine Silver
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Colorado College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina.
alexis.silver@purchase.edu

Contributing Faculty

Mary Kosut: Media, Society, and the Arts (School of Film and Media Studies)

Faculty Emeriti

Thomas E. Dow, Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
B.A., City University of New York; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Joseph Fashing
Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology
B.A., M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of Oregon; J.D., Pace University.

John Howard
Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Sociology
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Stanford University; J.D., Pace University.

Nathaniel Siegel
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
B.A., Brooklyn College; M.A., Ph.D., New York University. Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Purchase College, 1979–94.

Updated Jan. 24, 2012

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