Specialty Areas
Gender, culture, and alcohol
Social structural determinants of perceived control and health

Courses Taught
SOC 301           Data Analysis for the Social Sciences
SOC 337           Medical Sociology  
SOC 345           Social Psychology          

Current Projects
Director of the Women’s Studies and Resource Center   http://uncw.edu/wrc/

Research
Gender, cohort, and alcohol; A comparison between Chile and the U.S.
Gender, ethnicity, and beliefs about alcohol
Effects of age, gender, and ethnicity on beliefs about causes of alcoholism

Professional Affiliations
American Sociological Association
North Carolina Sociological Association