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Michael Cushion, Ph.D.
Sociology - Chairperson
(616) 632-2079
cushiw@aquinas.edu
Professor Cushion's Vita (pdf) |
| Michael Cushion 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 and joined Aquinas in 1996. His academic specialties are conflict and social change, gender and the family. He is
currently working on a project studying the portrayal of technology in the science fiction television show Star Trek. He lives with his wife and daughter in Eagle, Michigan. |
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Susan Haworth-Hoeppner, Ph.D.
Sociology
(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. |
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Deborah Wickering, Ph.D.
Sociology
(616) 632-2075
wickedeb@aquinas.edu |
| Dr. Wickering is a
cultural anthropologist. 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 writing and courses in Women's Studies. |
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Ray Garcia
Sociology
(616) 632-2078
garciray@aquinas.edu |
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Kathy S. Kremer, Ph.D.
Sociology
(616) 632-2078
kremekat@aquinas.edu
Professor Kremer's Vita (pdf) |
| Dr. Kremer joined the faculty of Aquinas College in January 2007 as Assistant Professor of Sociology. 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 “Integrating Information Literacy into a Discipline-Specific Course in the First Year: A Case of Sociology 101” in the monograph The Role of the Library in the First College Year published in 2007. |
| Dr. Kremer served as Chair of the Minnesota Housing Partnership from 1990-92; Co-Chair of the Community Interest Group of the Rural Sociological Society from 2003-04; Chair of College-University Relations for the American Association of University Women of Iowa from 2005-06, and currently serves on the Community Action Grants Panel of the American Association of University Women. A Minnesota native, Dr. Kremer enjoys river kayaking, biking, and international travel. |
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Steven Singleton
Sociology
(734) 668-0042 |
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. As an adjunct during the past twenty-five years Professor Singleton has taught SY162 (Drugs and Society), SY285 (Sociology of Food), and SY381 (Sociology of Mental Illness). |
| During the 1980's, 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 . These resulted in numerous publications on attitudinal predictors of exercise behavior in older adults and African-Americans and the development/assessment of health behavior change interventions are among topics covered in his publications. |
| Professor Singleton frequently states that of the eight colleges and universities where he has taught, Aquinas is the most enjoyable and rewarding. What else would explain his willingness to drive two hours each way from Ann Arbor to continue teaching at Aquinas? |
