Full time Faculty

Stephanie Bradley
Assistant Teaching Professor, Faculty Advisor of SAS and AKD

Dr. Bradley earned a PhD in sociology from Florida State University in 2017. Her interests include social inequality, the tax and transfer system, housing, financial literacy, Hip Hop culture, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Prior to joining the faculty at UNC Charlotte in 2022 and Radford University (VA) in 2017, Dr. Bradley began […]

Yang Cao
Associate Professor

Specialties: Organizations, Occupations, and Work, Stratification University Affiliations: Public Policy Doctoral Program Visiting Scholar at Zhejiang University 2013-2014 Read More

Joseph Dippong
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Curriculum Vitae Ph.D. Kent State University Specialty: Social Psychology Read More

Scott Fitzgerald
Professor, Department Chair

Ph.D. University of Iowa Specialties: Stratification, Political Sociology. Religious Organizations University Affiliations: Public Policy Doctoral Program Awards: 2017 Finalist, Bank of America Teaching Excellence Award 2016 International Education Faculty Award Read More

Cynthia R. Hancock
Teaching Professor, Director of Gerontology Program

Ph.D. UNC Chapel Hill University Affiliations: Gerontology Program Read More

Kendra Jason
Associate Professor

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Anne-Kathrin Kronberg
Assistant Professor

Areas of Study: Work, Careers, Organizations, Social Inequality, Research Methods Link to Download CV BIO I am an Assistant Professor in Sociology and Organization Science at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Before coming to Charlotte, I completed my PhD at Emory University and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, […]

Mary F. McKenzie
Senior Lecturer, Advisor for Sociology Online Degree
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Fretwell 460A

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Roslyn Arlin Mickelson
Chancellor’s Professor

Roslyn Arlin Mickelson is Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of Sociology, Public Policy, and Women & Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She taught public high school in Southern California for nine years. After receiving her Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1984 Mickelson held a postdoctoral fellowship in […]

Stephanie Moller
Professor

Ph.D. UNC Chapel Hill Specialties: Political Sociology, Race and Gender, Sociology of Education, Stratification University Affiliations: Public Policy Doctoral Program Read More

Jon Overton
Assistant Professor

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Stephanie Potochnick
Associate Professor
N/A
Fretwell 490D

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Victoria Rankin
Associate Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator

Areas of Study: Education, Social Inequality BIO Victoria E. Rankin earned her Ph.D. at the University of Virginia and specializes in the sociology of education and disparity in academic achievement. Her research interests include equity in education, social inequality, parent engagement, comparative education, race and ethnicity, and the intersection of transportation and school access. Prior […]

Teresa Scheid
Professor
Fretwell 476C

Ph.D. North Carolina State University Specialties: Health Research, Organizations, Occupations, and Work, Social Theory University Affiliations: Public Policy, Public Health Link to Vita Dr. Teresa L. Scheid is a full professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with joint appointments in Public Policy and Public Health. She has […]

Vaughn Schmutz
Associate Professor, Director of the M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies Program

Ph.D. Emory University Specialties: Culture, Organizations, Occupations, and Work, Race and Gender Read More

Megan Smith
Assistant Teaching Professor
Fretwell 460G

Dr. Megan Smith is an Assistant Teaching Professor choosing to work closely with students in both the Sociology Department and Gerontology Program. She served as Theme Guide for the new General Education program, is an Honors College Faculty appointee, and serves on a committee for Charlotte Phi Beta Kappa chapter in CHESS. She was recently […]

Elizabeth Stearns, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Chair, Director of the Public Policy Program

Ph.D. UNC Chapel Hill Specialties: Race and Gender, Sociology of Education University Affiliations: Public Policy Doctoral Program Read More

Jill Yavorsky
Associate Professor

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Diane Zablotsky
Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of Maryland University Affiliations: Department of Gerontology