{"id":383,"date":"2017-08-08T19:15:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/sociology\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:34:13","slug":"faculty-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/sociology\/faculty-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jump to:\u00a0<a href=\"#admin\">Administrative Services<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"#fulltime\">Full-Time Faculty<\/a>, <a href=\"#adjunct\">Part-Time Faculty<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Department Chair<\/h2>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/sangeetaparashar.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/sangeetaparashar.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"headshot photo of Sangeeta Parashar\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=parashars\">Sangeeta Parashar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>310 Dickson Hall<br \/>\n973-655-7168<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:parashars@montclair.edu\">parashars@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column\">Sangeeta Parashar, associate professor and chair, received a PhD in sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests include: Social Demography; Development\/Globalization; and Sociology of Health and Work. She teaches courses including Statistics for Social Research, Sociology of Aging, Sociology of Rich and Poor Nations, Social Inequality, and Sociology of Population.\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2><a name=\"admin\"><\/a>Department Administrative Support Staff<\/h2>\n<p>Our administrative team can be reached at <a href=\"tel:973-655-7570\" class=\"\"><span class=\"a11y-phone-number initialized\" aria-label=\"9 7 3 6 5 5 70 31 \">973-655-7031<\/span><\/a>, via email at <a href=\"mailto:chssadmin@montclair.edu\">chssadmin@montclair.edu<\/a>, or in person in Dickson 170.<a href=\"tel:973-655-7570\" class=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<p class='a11y-label'><!-- fetch new: 19.76 ms --><!-- decode:  0.04 ms --><!-- output:  0.03 ms --><\/p><ul class=\"profile-grid\"><li><div class=\"card\"><div class=\"profile-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" alt=\"Rey Sentina profile photo\" data-original-image=\"\/profilepages\/media\/13687\/user\/sentinasreydsc05215150x200headshot.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/profilepages\/media\/13687\/user\/sentinasreydsc05215150x200headshot.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"profile-text\"><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/~sentinar\">Rey Sentina<\/a><\/span><span class=\"title\">Administrative Team Lead<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"card\"><div class=\"profile-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" alt=\"Anita Veal profile photo\" data-original-image=\"\/profilepages\/media\/2769\/user\/newimage.png\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/profilepages\/media\/2769\/user\/newimage.png.0.1x.generic.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"profile-text\"><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/~veala\">Anita Veal<\/a><\/span><span class=\"title\">Administrative Services Coordinator<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"fulltime\"><\/a>Full-Time Faculty<\/h2>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2017\/08\/Besen_Cassino_Yasemin.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2017\/08\/Besen_Cassino_Yasemin.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Besen_Cassino_Yasemin\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=beseny\">Yasemin Besen-Cassino<\/a><\/p>\n<p>303 Dickson Hall<br \/>\n973-655-7229<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:beseny@montclair.edu\">beseny@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column\">Yasemin Besen-Cassino, professor, received a PhD in sociology from State University of New York, Stony Brook. Her research interests include: Work and Labor; Youth; Gender; Quantitative Methodology; and Ethnography. She teaches courses including: Sociological Research Methods, Sociology of Gender, Work and Professions, Sociology of the Family, Men &amp; Masculinities, and Interviews and Focus Groups. Besen-Cassino was recognized as University Distinguished Scholar (2012-13). She is the author of two books published by Temple University Press: <em>The Cost of Being a Girl: Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap<\/em> (2018) and <em>Consuming Work<\/em>\u00a0by Temple University Press (2014). She is also the editor of\u00a0<em>Contemporary Sociology<\/em>.\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/08\/Chris-500-profile-png.png\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/08\/Chris-500-profile-png.png.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=donoghuec\">Christopher Donoghue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>312 Dickson Hall<br \/>\n973-655-7227<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:donoghuec@montclair.edu\">donoghuec@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column\">Christopher Donoghue, professor, received a PhD in sociology from Fordham University, New York. His research interests include: Bullying, Ethnic and Racial Prejudice, and Aging and Health. He teaches courses including Survey Research, Research Project Management, Statistics for Social Research, Sociological Research Methods, Poverty and Social Welfare, and Sociology of Education.\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/11\/dan-douglas-SOCI.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/11\/dan-douglas-SOCI.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Dan Douglas\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=douglasd\">Dan Douglas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:douglasd@montclair.edu\">douglasd@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column\">Dan Douglas, assistant professor, received his PhD in Sociology from the City University of New York. His research focuses on college access and success, mathematics education, and the transition from college into the labor force. He teaches courses including education and research methodology.\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2021\/08\/Tim-Gorman-150x200-1.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2021\/08\/Tim-Gorman-150x200-1.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Tim Gorman\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=gormant\">Timothy Gorman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dickson 306<br \/>\n973-655-7031<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:gormant@montclair.edu\">gormant@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Timothy Gorman, associate professor, received a PhD in Development Sociology from Cornell University. His research interests include: global development; food and agriculture; and environmental sociology. He teaches courses including Environmental Sociology and Sociology of Rich and Poor Nations.<\/span>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2018\/03\/102416_3940_CHSS-Stephen-Ruszczyk-3x4.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2018\/03\/102416_3940_CHSS-Stephen-Ruszczyk-3x4.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Stephen Ruszczyk.\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=ruszczyks\">Stephen Ruszczyk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>313 Dickson Hall<br \/>\n973-655-3719<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:ruszczyks@montclair.edu\">ruszczyks@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column\">Stephen Ruszczyk, associate professor, received a PhD from the City University of New York. His research interests include immigration, citizenship, schools, Latinos, community-based organizations and qualitative methods. He currently teaches courses including Urban Sociology and Latino Sociology.\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2018\/03\/20140928_121804-3x4.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2018\/03\/20140928_121804-3x4.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Vikash Singh.\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=singhv\">Vikash Singh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>308 Dickson Hall<br \/>\n973-655-7231<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:singhv@montclair.edu\">singhv@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column\">Vikash Singh, associate professor, received a PhD in sociology from Rutgers University. His research interests include: Religion; Race and Ethnicity, Social and Psychoanalytic Theory; and Globalization. He teaches courses on topics of race, social theory, and religion.\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2021\/09\/TaneshaThomas-150x200-1-scaled.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2021\/09\/TaneshaThomas-150x200-1-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Tanesha Thomas\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/montclair.edu\/~thomasta\">Tanesha Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:thomasta@montclair.edu\">thomasta@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column\">Tanesha Thomas, assistant professor, received a PhD in sociology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her research interests include spatial demography, intersectionality, and the political economy of the environment. She has written about the spatial distribution of environmental hazards across the United States. She is particularly interested in the structural forces that produce and maintain environmental inequalities in marginalized communities.\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2018\/03\/Yong-Wang-IMG_4527-4x3.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2018\/03\/Yong-Wang-IMG_4527-4x3.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Yong Wang.\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=wangy\">Yong Wang<\/a><\/p>\n<p>311 Dickson Hall<br \/>\n973-655-7170<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:wangy@montclair.edu\">wangy@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column\">Yong Wang, associate professor,\u00a0received a PhD in sociology from Iowa State University. His research interests include: Theory; Cultural Sociology; Text Analysis; and Statistics. He regularly teaches Sociology of Rich and Poor Nations, Social Statistics, Data Analysis, Sociology of Mass Media, and Social Theory.\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"adjunct\"><\/a>Adjunct Faculty<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=babars\">Sadie Babar<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=bremnerf\">Francesca Bremner<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=cunninghamk\">Prince Cunningham<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=hux\">Julie Hu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=keogank\">Kevin Keogan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=pinkardj\">John Pinkard Sr.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=podhurstr\">Robert Podhurst<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=reinschmidtr\">Richard Reinschmidt<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=riakp\">Patricia Riak<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=scillierid\">Donnalynn Scillieri<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=yarr\">Richard Yar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jump to:\u00a0Administrative Services,\u00a0Full-Time Faculty, Part-Time Faculty Department Chair Department Administrative Support Staff Our administrative team can be reached at 973-655-7031, via email at chssadmin@montclair.edu, or in person in Dickson 170. 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