Sociology & Criminology

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Michael DeCesare

Michael DeCesare

Associate Professor and Chair
Sociology & Criminology
Ph.D., UMass-Amherst (2004)

Dr. DeCesare's interests are social movements, sociology of education, research methods, and teaching and learning in sociology. He is a co-editor of New Directions in Sociology: Essays on Theory and Methodology in the 21st Century (McFarland, 2011) and the author of A Discipline Divided: Sociology in American High Schools (Lexington, 2007). His articles have appeared in Teaching Sociology, The American Sociologist, Social Biology, and other journals.

Office: 307A Sullivan Hall

Phone: 978.837.3516

Email: decesarem

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