Faculty & Staff
Carlene Buchanan Turner, PhD.
Associate Professor, Department Chair
Areas of Specialization:
Sociology of Aging; Race; Quantitative Methodology; Immigration; Socio-Cybersecurity; GIS Mapping
E-mail: cmturner@nsu.edu
Austin W. Ashe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Areas of Specialization:
Race, Qualitative Methods, Policing, Law, and Theory
Email: awashe@nsu.edu
Ms. LaShawn L. Belvin
Administrative Specialist
Phone (757) 823-8717
Fax (757) 823-8167
Email: llbelvin@nsu.edu
Regina E. Brisgone, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Areas of Specialization:
Criminal Justice, Criminology, Research Methods, Women & Drugs, and Urban Crime
Email: rebrisgone@nsu.edu
James Curiel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of Specialization:
Research Methods, Popular Culture, Race and Ethnic Relations, Urban Affairs
Email: jacuriel@nsu.edu
Ms. Cheryl Dozier
Graduate Programs Administrative Specialist
(757) 368-6369
(757) 368-6353
Email: cdozier@nsu.edu
Michael Fischer, Ph.D.
Professor
Areas of Specialization:
Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Offender Rehabilitation
Email: mfischer@nsu.edu
Timothy Goler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Areas of Specialization:
Medical Sociology, Sociology of Aging and the life Course, Urban Planning,Design & Development, Housing & Neighborhood Development
Bernadette J. Holmes, Ph.D.
Professor
Areas of Specialization:
Criminal Justice, Criminology, Gender, Community Development, Enviromental Crime & Justice
Email: bjholmes@nsu.edu
Robert K. Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, CJS & UAF Program Coordinator
Areas of Specialization:
Urban Studies, Inequality, Social Organizations
Email: rkperkins@nsu.edu
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Yuying Shen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of Specialization:
Quantitative Methods, Aging and Health, Community Studies, Global & Comparative Sociology
Email: yshen@nsu.edu
David L. Spinner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of Specialization:
Criminal Justice & Criminology - Research Methods, Statistics, Theory, Race and Crime and Juvenile Justice
Email: dlspinner@nsu.edu