Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology and Criminology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Full-Time Faculty

Name	Title	Email	Office	Area of Expertise
Abu Bah	Professor, Chair	abah@niu.edu	ZH 807	International Security, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance
Keri Burchfield	Professor	kburchfield@niu.edu	ZH 907	Criminology, Community Social Control, Animal Crime
Chris Einolf	Professor	ceinolf@niu.edu	ZH 912	Altruism, Nonprofits, Human Rights
Mike Ezell	Associate Professor	mezell@niu.edu	ZH 801	Criminology, Quantitative Research
Narissa Haakmat	Assistant Professor	nhaakmat@niu.edu	ZH 812	Incarceration, Inequality and Family
Laura Heideman	Associate Professor	lheideman@niu.edu	ZH 805	Peace, Social Movements, Nonprofits and NGOs, Human Rights
Jeffrey Kidder	Professor	jkidder@niu.edu	ZH 816	Cultural Sociology
Fred Markowitz	Professor	fredm@niu.edu	ZH 804	Crime, Mental Illness
Kristopher Robison	Associate Professor	krob@niu.edu	ZH 820	Globalization, Political Violence
Diane Rodgers	Professor, Director of Graduate Studies	drodgers@niu.edu	ZH 822	Social Theory, Science and Technology Studies, Social Movements
Shane Sharp	Professor	shanesharp@niu.edu	ZH 802	Social Psychology, Religion
Carol Walther	Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies	cwalther@niu.edu	ZH 807	Social Inequality and Demography
Simon Weffer	Associate Professor	sweffer@niu.edu	ZH 808	Race, Social Movements, Protest, Urban Sociology, Sports, Politics, Immigration
Canton Winer	Assistant Professor	cwiner@niu.edu	ZH 810	Sexuality, Gender, Feminist/Queer Theory

Instructors

Name	Title	Email	Office	Area of Expertise
Kristie Crane	Undergraduate Advisor	kristieb@niu.edu	ZH 803	Social Institutions, Justice and Inequality
Kevin Ervin	Instructor	kervin@niu.edu	ZH 814	Sociology of Health and Illness
Bonnie Jensen	Instructor	bjensen@niu.edu	ZH 818	Criminology, Social Psychology

Staff

Name	Title	Email	Office	Phone
Ashley Ford	Office Administrator	aford1@niu.edu	ZH 815	815-753-0365