Rural Sociology

Degrees Offered:

PhD Sociology
- Cultural Ecology specialization
- Demography specialization
- Family Studies specialization
- Race, Class, Gender Intersections specialization
- Social Deviance specialization
- Social Organization specialization
MS Rural Sociology
- Applied Research specialization
- Community Development specialization (through Great Plains IDEA)
- Criminal Justice specialization
- Demography specialization
- Family Studies specialization

Graduate Coordinator:

For additional information contact:
Mailing address: SDSU Box 504 Phone: 605/688-4132
Scobey Hall — SSB 226 Fax: 605/688-6354
WWW: http://sociology.sdstate.edu
E-mail: jamie.jacobsen@sdstate.edu

Graduate Faculty

Donald Arwood, Professor, PhD, South Dakota State University, 1989 Research Methods, Demography, Theory

Peter Froelich, Assistant Professor, PhD, South Dakota State University, 997 Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Medical Sociology, Quantitative Methodology, Social Organization

Jacob Jantzer, Assistant Professor, PhD, Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, 2009 Criminology, Corrections, Social Deviance

Patricia Joffer, Associate Professor, PhD, South Dakota State University, 1995 Criminal Justice, Criminology/Delinquency, Penology/Corrections

Diane Kayongo-Male, Professor, PhD, Michigan State University, 1974 Social Theory, Demography, Evaluation Methods

Mary Jo Benton Lee, Engineering Diversity Coordinator, PhD, South Dakota State University, 1998 Qualitative Research Methods, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Education and Asian Studies

Michael McCurry, Extension Specialist/Instructor, PhD, South Dakota State University, 2008 Extension Sociology, Demography, Rural Sociology

Timothy Nichols, Dean of Honors College/Associate Professor, PhD, South Dakota State University, 2001 Qualitative Methodology, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Rural Sociology

Meredith Redlin, Professor, PhD, University of Kentucky, 2000 Rural Community Development, Race, Class and Gender

Ronald Stover, Professor, PhD, University of Georgia-Athens, 1975 Anthropology, Industrial Sociology

Douglas Wermedal, Assistant Vice President Student Affairs, PhD, South Dakota State University, 2008 Qualitative Methods, Sociology of Higher Education