Penn State Expert Database
Race & Ethnicity
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African American history
African American music
Immigration
Law Enforcement/Crime
Race Relations/Racism
Racial Attitudes
U.S. History -- American Indians
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African American history

Sandra Petrulionis Ph.D.

Professor of English and American Studies, Arts & Humanities, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

19th-century American literature and history, especially Henry Thoreau, Herman Melville, Louisa May Alcott and other women writers, Transcendentalism, the literature of slavery and abolition, and Concord, Mass., history and literature

Contact Information

Email: shp2@psu.edu

Phone: (814) 949-5000

Website: http://www.personal.psu.edu/shp2/

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African American music

Jerry Zolten Ph.D.

Associate professor, Communications Arts and Sciences & American studies, Arts & Humanities, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

Blues, gospel and jazz as the cultural roots of American rock 'n roll; a cultural history of American stand-up comedy; African American entertainers

Contact Information

Email: jjz1@psu.edu

Phone: 814-949-5113

Website: http://www.aa.psu.edu/fpages/jjz1/jjz1.htm

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Immigration

Amir Marvasti Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Education, Human Development , & Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

Homelessness in America, immigration experiences of Middle Eastern Americans and their treatment in the criminal justice system

Contact Information

Email: abm11@psu.edu

Phone: 814 949 5000

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Law Enforcement/Crime

Darrell Steffensmeier Ph.D.

Professor, Sociology, Crime, Law & Justice, College of Liberal Arts

Expertise

Crime and law; courts and sentencing; societal influences upon crime rates; relationship between gender, ethnicity, age and crime rates

Contact Information

Email: d4s@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-1690

Website: http://www.sociology.psu.edu/faculty/DSteffensmeier.htm

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Race Relations/Racism

Victor Romero J.D.

The Maureen Cavanaugh Research Professor, Public interest, The Dickinson School of Law

Expertise

Immigrant and minority rights; immigration issues i.e. tighter monitoring of foreign students; airport security; racial profiling; treatment of noncitizen detainees; expanded powers of the Attorney General to investigate terrorism

Contact Information

Email: vcr1@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-8989

Website: http://www.dsl.psu.edu/faculty/romero.cfm

Amir Marvasti Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Education, Human Development , & Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

Homelessness in America, immigration experiences of Middle Eastern Americans and their treatment in the criminal justice system

Contact Information

Email: abm11@psu.edu

Phone: 814 949 5000

Karyn McKinney Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Education, Human Development , & Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

Racism; being white in America

Contact Information

Email: kdm12@psu.edu

Phone: 814 949 5206

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Racial Attitudes

Amir Marvasti Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Education, Human Development , & Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

Homelessness in America, immigration experiences of Middle Eastern Americans and their treatment in the criminal justice system

Contact Information

Email: abm11@psu.edu

Phone: 814 949 5000

Karyn McKinney Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Education, Human Development , & Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

Racism; being white in America

Contact Information

Email: kdm12@psu.edu

Phone: 814 949 5206

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U.S. History -- American Indians

Richard Aquila Ph.D.

Professor, History, Humanities and Social Sciences, Penn State Erie

Expertise

U.S. social and cultural history, with emphasis on recent pop culture/music i.e. rock and roll; American West and Native American ethnohistory

Contact Information

Email: raquila@psu.edu

Phone: 814-898-6152

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