James L. Burnett Jr, Ph.D
Visiting Assistant Professor
Contact Information:
Liberal Arts Building
Room 353
STOP 8114
Pocatello, ID 83209
(208) 282-5737
burnjam5@isu.edu
Education
Ph.D., South Dakota State University
M.S., Minnesota State University, Mankato
B.S., Southwest MN State University
B.S., Wilberforce University
Research Interests: Research Interest: First Generation College Student Success, Sociology of Masculinity, Critical Criminology
Gesine Hearn, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department Chair
Graduate Program Director
Contact Information:
Liberial Arts Building
Room 306
STOP 8114
Pocatello, ID 83209
208.282.4947
heargesi@isu.edu
Education
Ph.D., Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat, Erlangen-Nuremberg, 2006
M.A., Eberhard-Karls-Universitat, Tubingen, Germany, 1993
R.N., Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat, Erlangen-Nuremberg, 1986
Research Interest:
Medical Sociology, Sociology of Health and Illness,
Families
Ann Hunter, Ph.D
Professor
Contact Information:
Liberial Arts Building
Room 359
STOP 8114
Pocatello, ID 83209
208.282.3463
oakann@isu.edu
Education:
Ph.D., University of North Texas, 1991
M.A., University of North Texas, 1986
B.A., Wheaton College, 1962
Research Interest:
Hispanic Health Issues & Risk Analysis
Staci Jensen-Hart, M.S.W., LCSW
Director, Social Work Program
Contact Information:
Liberial Arts Building
Room 353
STOP 8114
Pocatello, ID 83209
208.282.3369
hartstac@isu.edu
Education:
M.S.W., University of Utah, 1987
B.A., Boise State University, 1983
Research Interests:
Children and Families focusing on Resiliency Issues of Relationship, Play, Creativity and Spirituality, Social Work Pedagogy focusing on Ethics, Self-Care, Deeper Learning and Student Writing
Jim Aho, Ph.D
Emeritus Professor
Contact Information:
Liberial Arts Building
Room 363
Stop 8114
208.282.2576
ahojame@isu.edu
Education:
Ph.D, Washington State University
M.S., Washington State University
B.A., University of Washington
Research Interest:
Religion, Violence, Social Phenomenology, and the Body
Brett Judd, M.S.W., LMSW
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Liberial Arts Building
Room 320
Stop 8114
Pocatello, ID 83209
208.282.4382
juddbrett@isu.edu
Education:
M.S.W., Walla Walla College, 2006
B.A., Idaho State University, 1996
Research Interests:
Effective behavioral interventions timed for effect with emotional interventions; impact of foster experience on biological children of foster parents
Greg Leavitt, Ph.D
Professor
Director, Criminal Justice Program
Contact Information:
Liberial Arts Building
Room 362
STOP 8114
Pocatello, ID 83209
208.282.4968
leavgreg@isu.edu
Education:
Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1976
M.A., University of Bridgeport, 1972
B.A., Central Washington University, 1970
Research Interest:
Criminology, Comparative Sociology
D J Williams, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Contact Information:
Liberial Arts Building
Room 349
Stop 8114
208.282.2929
willdj@isu.edu
Education:
Ph.D., University of Alberta, 2004
M.S.W., M.S., University of Utah, 2000
B.S., Weber State University, 1992
A.S. Dixie College, 1990
Research Interests:
Deviant leisure, forensic leisure science, gambling in prisons, forensic social work, sociology of sexuality, narrative methodology
David Wold, D.A.
Lecturer
Contact Information:
Liberial Arts Building
Room 356
Stop 8114
208.282.2851
wolddavi@isu.edu
Education:
D.A., Idaho State University
B.A., Idaho State University
Research Interests:
Relative Deprivation Theory, The Cultural Wars-Domestically, The Economic Process of Globalization and the Global Cultural Wars, Gender and generational analysis
Kimberly Wacaster, M.S.W.
Title IV-E Scholars Coordinator
Contact Information:
Liberial Arts Building
Room 354
Stop 8114
Pocatello, ID 83209
wacakimb@isu.edu
Education:
M.S.W., Brigham Young University, 2000
B.S., Brigham Young University, 1998
Interests:
Children and families, at risk youth, resiliency