People

Faculty

Associate Professor
Amie Bostic, PhD
Associate Professor

(956) 882-8894
Brownsville, Main 1.436
Specialization: Social policy, poverty, political sociology, immigration, gender
Curriculum Vitae
Lecturer I
Cecile Caddel, MA
Lecturer I

(956) 882-7112
Brownsville, Main 1.438
Specialization: Sociology of education, gender, border studies, critical pedagogy, Latinx populations
Curriculum Vitae
Professor & Department Chair
William Donner, PhD
Professor & Department Chair

(956) 665-2367
Edinburg, ELABN 344A
Specialization: Environmental sociology, disasters, demography, quantitative methods, statistics
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor
Steven Foy, PhD
Associate Professor

Phone: 956-665-3703
Edinburg, ELABN 360
Specialization: Medical sociology, social psychology, race and ethnicity
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor & Disaster Studies Program Coordinator
Dean Kyne, PhD
Associate Professor & Disaster Studies Program Coordinator

Phone: 956-665-2572
Edinburg, ELABN 343
Specialization: Disasters, sustainability, environmental justice, nuclear power disasters, GIS
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor
Arlett Lomeli, PhD
Associate Professor

Phone: 956-665-3318
Edinburg, ELABN 350
Specialization: Race/ethnicity, gender, criminology, ecofeminism, disasters, education
Professor
Marla D. Perez-Lugo, PhD
Professor

(956) 665-8160
Edinburg, ELABN 353
Specialization: Environmental Sociology
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor & Sociology Graduate Program Coordinator
Salvatore Restifo, PhD
Associate Professor & Sociology Graduate Program Coordinator

Phone: 956-665-8798
Edinburg, ELABN 337
Specialization: Race/ethnicity, immigration, political economy, collective behavior, mass media
Curriculum Vitae
Emeritus Professor
Chad Richardson, PhD
Emeritus Professor

956-665-3321
Edinburg, ELABN 344
Specialization: Race/ethnicity, Border Studies, Immigration, Education
Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor
Bienvenido Ruiz, PhD
Associate Professor

Phone: 956-665-7843
Edinburg, ELABN 333
Specialization: Race/ethnicity, U.S. Latino populations, international migration, social stratification, community supervision policy/programs
Curriculum Vitae
Professor
Igor Ryabov, PhD
Professor

Phone: 956-665-7874
Edinburg, ELABN 335
Specialization: Sociology of education, Sociology of health, immigration, race/class/gender
Assistant Professor
Katarzyna Sepielak, PhD
Assistant Professor

Phone: 956-665-3321
Brownsville, Main 1.432
Specialization: Cross-cultural communication, Language accessibility, Emergency communication, Risk and conflict communication, Environmental justice, Audiovisual translation, Language in field research, Mass media.
Curriculum Vitae
Lecturer I
Canan Tanir, PhD
Lecturer I

(956) 665-3321
ELABN 329
Specialization: Gender and Ecology, Sociology of Motherhood/Family, Politics of Care, Feminist Theory, Qualitative Methods
Curriculum Vitae
Lecturer II
Alma D. Trevino-Garza, PhD
Lecturer II

956-665-3579
Edinburg, ELABN 324
Specialization: Social psychology, Race and Ethnic Relations, Social Stratification, Research Methods
Lecturer I
Jose M. Villarreal, PhD
Lecturer I

956-665-2581
Edinburg, ELABN 338
Specialization: Chicano/Latino Studies, social movements, indigenous religion, world migration, Southern globalization
Associate Professor
Dawid Wladyka, PhD
Associate Professor

Phone: 956-882-7384
Brownsville, Main 1.434
Specialization: Sustainability, Environmental Justice, Disasters and Emergency Management, Urban Studies, Migration, Diversity, Integration, Field Research Methodology, GIS
Curriculum Vitae
Lecturer II
Leticia Nevarez Zavala, MS
Lecturer II

Phone: (956) 665-3579
Edinburg, ELABN 324
Specialization: Gender, Forced Sterilization, Eugenics, Race
Curriculum Vitae

Staff

Administrative Assistant II
Jesus "Jesse" Medina
Administrative Assistant II

956-665-8723
Edinburg, ELABN 344

Contact information for temporary and part-time faculty is available by calling (956) 665-3321 or emailing jesus.medina@utrgv.edu.