Sociology Faculty at
NKU
Arrighi, Barbara A.,
Associate Professor of Sociology (1991).
Bachelors, University of Cincinnati,
1982
Masters, University of Cincinnati, 1986
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1991
Research Areas: Work and Family, Race/Ethnicity and Gender, Inequality
Recent Publications: Four-Volume Set, Co-editor, Child Poverty in America; Volume 1: Children & Families; Volume 2: Children & Medical Care; Volume 3: The Promist of Education; Volume 4: Children & The State, Praeger Perspectives.
Second Edition: Understanding Inequality: The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Send e-mail to:
arrighi@nku.edu
Ferrante, Joan,
Professor
of Sociology (1988).
B.S. 1977: Northern Kentucky
University
M.A. 1978: University of Cincinnati
Ph.D. 1984: University of Cincinnati
Areas of
Specialization: Global Sociology, Social
Research Methods, Race and Gender, Sociology of Education
Send e-mail to:
ferrantej@nku.edu
Professor Joan Ferrante is author of Sociology: A Global Perspective (7th edition), an introduction to sociology textbook. It covers 16 topics standard to all mainstream sociology texts. It differs from the traditional textbook in that 12 of the 16 chapters pair the chapter topic with a country – more specifically with an issue centered in the chosen country but that has critical relevance for understanding the United States and its position in the world order. The other four chapters pair the sociological topic, not with a country, but with a broad theme related to global interdependence such as McDonaldization, the world’s richest and poorest peoples, or the global story behind the peopling of the United States.
She is co-editor of The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity in the United States (with Prince Brown, Jr.) Professor Joan Ferrante is also involved with community outreach and public engagement, in particular the Campus Connect Student Philanthropy Project. She supports a Study Abroad Scholarship at NKU called "Beyond the Classroom" that anyone who has taken an introduction to sociology using Sociology: A Global Perspective can apply.
Yushi (Boni) Li, Associate Professor of Sociology (1994)
B.S. 1983: Beijing Union University
M.A. 1988: Iowa State University
Ph.D. 1993: Iowa State University
Areas of Specialization: Sociology of Aging, Population, Medical Sociology, and Technology and Social Change
Send e-mail to liyu@nku.edu
Boni Li's major concentration and publications include areas of international aging studies between America and China; the elderly people's living arrangements and their children's attitudes toward the arrangements for their elderly parents, evaluation studies on institutionalized care facilities and services, and the elderly and middle aged people's attitudes toward Social Security and Medicare reformation. She is also interested in the middle aged population's preparation for their future retirement, home care-giving to Alzheimer's patients and evaluations on home caregivers' pressures when offering care for their family members with Alzheimer's disease. Boni Li is also interested in cross-cultural comparisons between the development of mediated communication (email, Internet, cell phone and text messaging) and people's quality of life. Boni Li is a member of the MOSAIC Advisory Committee at the Alzheimer's Association, Greater Cincinnati Chapter.
Lilly, J. Robert,
Professor
of Sociology (1974).
B.S., 1966 Concord College
M.A., 1969 West
Virginia University
Ph.D., 1975 University of Tennessee
Send e-mail to:
lilly@nku.edu
Yount, Kristen R.,
Professor
of Sociology (1992).
B.A., 1973
Ph.D., 1986 University of Colorado.
Kristen R. Yount, is a Professor of Sociology who teaches courses dealing primarily with environmental issues, race/ethnic relations, and gender. Since 1993, her research has focused on analysis of programs and policies designed to stimulate the cleanup and reuse of contaminated properties. Her studies have been funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. She has authored/co-authored federal research reports, journal articles, and book chapters on contaminated sites and has presented on the topic in local, national, and international forums. In addition to her research, Dr. Yount currently is providing outreach assistance to state and local governments on risk management strategies of use to government-led contaminated land programs.
Send e-mail to: yountk@nku.edu