People Group Archives: Faculty

Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine, Ph.D. is a Professor of Sociology.  She earned her Doctorate in Sociology and Criminology at The Ohio State University.  Her research spans several areas: violence against women, stalking, criminal victimization, risks for victimization, registered sex offenders, child abuse, locations, sources, and patterns of crime, and publishing in criminology and criminal justice.  She […]

Dr. Koontz’s primary areas of interest include social inequalities, culture and consumption, identities, and social psychology.  Her teaching interests include theory, sex and gender, pop culture, and race and ethnicity.  A few of her current projects include inequalities in market representations of “authenticity” and identity negotiation by marginalized groups. Dr. Koontz received her Ph.D. in […]

Dr. Carter is currently a Professor of Sociology at the University of Central Florida and is the Co-Editor of Sociological Inquiry.  His research interests encompass several areas, including politics and framing, survey design and measurement, and Southern and urban place. He has published in several journals, including the Annual Review of Sociology, Social Problems, Sociology […]

Shannon K. Carter is Professor of Sociology at the University of Central Florida. Her research areas are sociology of reproduction, social inequalities, and sociology of health and medicine. Dr. Carter’s research examines social inequalities in reproductive health and healthcare access and utilization. Her work investigates the discursive production of healthcare subjects and the processes that […]

Dr. Armato is an Associate Lecturer. Dr. Armato’s research interests include the intersections of gender, power, and violence.  He is particularly interested in the complex but often subtle ways through which masculinity gets privileged in the world. His attention is increasingly drawn to how privilege is reproduced and challenged in higher education, especially how academic […]