Faculty & Staff
The Department of Sociology is home to award-winning faculty who are focused on student well-being and success. Our faculty have diverse research interests and specialize in a wide range of topics (click on link under each faculty member to learn more!). Our department prides itself on being research forward yet student centered. The staff is friendly and supportive and are ready to welcome you to our office. People matter in the Department of Sociology.
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Dr. Claude Bonazzo Romaguera Jr.Bonazzo Romaguera Jr.ClaudeSenior LecturerEmail: cb59423@txstate.eduTHH 460(512)245-0877
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Dr. Matthew ClementClementMatthewAssociate ProfessorEmail: mtc73@txstate.eduTHH 459(512)245-6604
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Dr. David DietrichDietrichDavidAssociate Professor, Director of Graduate Programs, Applied Sociology & SociologyEmail: dd34@txstate.eduTHH 449-A(512)245-2113
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Dr. Michelle EdwardsEdwardsMichelleAssociate ProfessorEmail: michelle_edwards@txstate.eduTHH 472(512)2451898
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Dr. Patti GiuffreGiuffrePattiAssociate Dean of Retention for The Graduate College & ProfessorEmail: pg07@txstate.eduTHH 457(512)245-3614
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Christopher HallHallChristopherHe/Him/His/HimselfSystems Support SpecialistEmail: ch1629@txstate.eduTHH 439(512)245-8774
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Dr. Gloria MartinezMartinezGloriaProfessor, Director, Center for Diversity & Gender Studies Director, Latina/o Studies MinorEmail: gm21@txstate.eduTHH 478(512)245-2470
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Kelly Mosel-TalaveraMosel-TalaveraKellySenior LecturerEmail: km33@txstate.eduTHH 460(512)245-1708
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Dr. Nathan PinoPinoNathanProfessorEmail: np11@txstate.eduTHH 456(512)245-8229
Bio
Nathan W. Pino is Professor of Sociology and Honorary Professor of International Studies at Texas State University. Dr. Pino teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in deviant behavior and social problems, globalization, and global insecurity. He conducts research on policing and police reform in an international context, global crime governance, violence, sustainable development, and the attitudes and behaviors of college students. Dr. Pino has published six books, twenty book chapters, and forty articles in academic journals, including British Journal of Criminology, European Journal of Criminology, Policing, Policing and Society, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Sociology of Development, and Sex Roles. Professor Pino served as a Fulbright Scholar in Trinidad and Tobago where he taught at the University of the West Indies and conducted research on police reform and police-community relations. He has also given invited talks around the world, including in Trinidad and Tobago, Northern Ireland, the Netherlands, and South Korea. Dr. Pino’s books include:
Democratic Policing in Transitional and Developing Countries (Ashgate, 2006);
Globalization, Police Reform, and Development: Doing it the Western Way? (Palgrave, 2012);
The Death and Resurrection of Deviance: Current Ideas and Research (with Dr. Kotarba) (Palgrave, 2014);
Rethinking Serial Murder, Spree Killing, and Atrocities: Beyond the Usual Distinctions (Routledge, 2015);
The Emerald Handbook of Crime, Justice, and Sustainable Development (Emerald, 2021); and
Unraveling the Crime Development Nexus (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022).
Major Research Project
I am currently writing a book in which I argue for the end of Western-led international police reform efforts as they are currently being practiced. Informed by decolonial, Southern, and feminist perspectives, and drawing on policing and police reform scholarship, I build on my own research and scholarship on policing and police reform in the Global South to outline why international police reform efforts as they now exist should be extirpated before discussing various alternative approaches from around the world for transformative justice and community safety.
Graduate Courses
SOCI 5316: Deviant Behavior and Social Problems
SOCI 5390: Globalization and Development
SOCI 5395: Global Insecurity
Recent Theses and Practica Dr. Pino Directed
Theses
Grace Mccleskey, MA in Sociology, granted Summer 2023.
Title: “Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Christian Women’s Lifestyle Books and the
Moralization of Health.”
August Kutac, MA in Sociology, granted Summer 2022.
Title: “Investigating the Relationship Between GDP and CO2 Emissions on a Cross-
National Scale.”
Kimberly Hartfield, MA in Sociology granted Summer 2020.
Title: “Cultural Mismatch: First-Generation College Students, Academic Performance,
and Mental Health.”
Marianne Smith, MA in Sociology granted Fall 2019
Title: “Group Identity, Ideology, and Mass Media: Content Analysis of the 2018 Media
Spectacles Family Separation and Migrant Caravan.”
Jasmine Hernandez, MA in Sociology granted Summer 2019
Title: “Puff Puff Pass the Bible: An Empirical Replication Analysis of Religiosity and
Attitudes Toward Marijuana Legalization.”
Rachel L. Phillips, MA in Sociology granted Spring 2019.
Title: “#Marchforourlives: Mobilization of a Gun Violence Prevention Movement on
Twitter.”
Practica
Claire Boudrot, MS in Sociology, granted Spring 2023
Title: Assessing Staff Turnover at the Texas Juvenile Justice Department: A Quantitative
Analysis of Agency Exit Surveys
Alexia Gutierrez, MS in Sociology granted Fall 2020
Title: Data Analysis: A Survey on People’s Use and Perceptions of the San Marcos River
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Gerry RodriguezRodriguezGerardoHe/Him/His/HimselfAdministrative Asst IIEmail: g_r195@txstate.edu
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Dr. Chad SmithSmithChadProfessor, Sustainability Studies Graduate DirectorEmail: cs39@txstate.eduTHH 470(512)245-8453
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Tina VillarrealVillarrealTinaSenior Lecturer, Associate Chair, Internship CoordinatorEmail: tv12@txstate.eduTHH 442(512)245-2072
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Emrys WilliamsWilliamsEmrysGraduate Program SpecialistEmail: sw1332@txstate.eduTHH 449C(512)245-9010
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