Aquinas College :: Sociology


Faculty

	Michael Cushion, Ph.D. (616) 632-2079 cushiw@aquinas.edu Professor Cushion's Vita (pdf)
Michael Cushion is Associate Professor in Sociology, and joined the faculty of Aquinas in 1996. He came to Aquinas from the State of Michigan, where he served as a caseworker and policy analyst in the Department of Social Services. Michael earned his doctoral degree in 1993. His academic specialties are conflict and social change, gender and the family. He is currently working on a project studying the sociology of food. He lives with his wife and daughter in Eagle, Michigan.

	Susan Haworth-Hoeppner, Ph.D. (616) 632-2974 haworsus@aquinas.edu Professor Haworth-Hoeppner's Vita (pdf)
Susan Haworth-Hoeppner is Associate Professor of Sociology at Aquinas College and Director of the Jane Hibbard Idema Women's Studies Center. She received her doctorate in Sociology from Wayne State University in 1996 in Detroit. Her areas of specialization are gender studies, medical sociology, social psychology, and qualitative methods and she has taught in these areas for over 15 years. She currently teaches (SY201) Social Psychology, (SY312) Social Stratification, (SY305) Sociology of Gender, (SY311) Sociology of Women, and (WS100) Introduction to Women's Studies. Professor Haworth-Hoeppner's research interests include body image, eating disorders, and women and leadership. She has published articles in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, Journal of Marriage and the Family, and Symbolic Interaction, among other scholarly journals, and she is currently working on a book on eating disorders. When not working on her book, she can be found digging in her garden in the summer.

	Deborah Wickering, Ph.D. (616) 632-2075 wickedeb@aquinas.edu
Dr. Wickering is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology. Her research among Bedouin women in the Sinai desert of Egypt led to her interests in gender, indigenous peoples, oral culture and tourism. Dr. Wickering joined the faculty of Aquinas College in 1999 and joined the Sociology department in 2005. Along with cultural anthropology, Dr. Wickering teaches courses in Women's Studies and she is currently completing a book on her experiences with the Bedouin.

	Kathy S. Kremer, Ph.D. Sociology - Chairperson (616) 632-2078 kremekat@aquinas.edu Professor Kremer's Vita (pdf)
Dr. Kremer is an Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty Representative for Alpha Kappa Delta, and Co-Coordinator of AQ Community Fellows. Her previous academic positions were at Wartburg College in Waverly Iowa and the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development at Iowa State University. She holds a B.S. and M.S. from Minnesota State University-Mankato, a Ph.D. in Rural Sociology from Iowa State University, and worked in community organizations and community development from 1982-1997. Recent publications include “Encroachment and Historically Agricultural Areas” published in the Journal of Applied Poultry Research in 2005, and "Homeowners, Renters an Neighbors: Perceptions of Identity in a Changing Neighborhood" published in the Michigan Sociological Review in 2010. Dr. Kremer has served on the boards of many local, state and national organizations and currently serves as Chair of the Community Action Grants Panel of the American Association of University Women. A Minnesota native, Dr. Kremer enjoys river kayaking, biking, and international travel.

	Steven Singleton (734) 668-0042 singlste@aquinas.edu
Professor Singleton earned a B.A. and M.A. in Sociology from Western Michigan University, and an M.P.H. (Health Behavior/Education) from the University of Michigan. He was a full-time member of the Sociology Department from 1974 to 1979, and has been an adjunct for more than twenty-five years. He currently teaches SY162 Drugs and Society each fall and spring semester.
During the 1980s, Professor Singleton coordinated and taught courses in work-site health promotion programs and worked on two health promotion research/intervention programs at the Wayne State University Medical School. He has numerous publications on attitudinal predictors of exercise behavior in older adults and African-Americans and the development/assessment of health behavior change interventions.

	Ron Yob rfy001@aquinas.edu
Professor Yob has taught SY362 Indigenous Peoples of the Great Lakes in the Sociology Department each spring semester since 2009. This course has quickly become a student favorite, in part due to the many guest speakers from the Grand Rapids Indian community. Originally from Grand Rapids, Professor Yob is a graduate of Grand Valley State University, and Tribal Chair of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians. He also taught for more than 30 years in the Grand Rapids Public Schools, including the Native Alternative School.

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