Faculty Directory

Meet the Faculty

Our faculty come from respected universities across the country. They inspire and equip our students, through education in the liberal arts, to be servant leaders in society at large and for the resurgence and renewal in southeast Michigan. 

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Francine Banner

Francine Banner, Ph.D., J.D.

Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences; Professor of Sociology
[email protected] 313-593-5520
Teaching Areas: Criminology & Criminal Justice Studies, LGBTQ Studies, Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Sociology, Women's & Gender Studies
Research Areas: Gender, Institutions, Law and Society, Social Media
Maya Barak

Maya Barak, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Studies
[email protected]
Teaching Areas: LGBTQ Studies, Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Women's & Gender Studies, Arab American Studies, Criminology & Criminal Justice Studies
Research Areas: Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Gangs, Immigrants / Crimmigration, Legal Sociology, Procedural Justice, State-Corporate Crime
Amy Brainer

Amy Brainer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies. Director, LGBTQ Studies
[email protected] 312-218-8837
Teaching Areas: LGBTQ Studies, Women's & Gender Studies
Research Areas: Family, Immigrants / Immigration, Queer Studies, Taiwan, Transgender Studies
Georgina Hickey

Georgina Hickey, Ph.D.

Professor of History; Director, Urban and Regional Studies Program
[email protected]
Teaching Areas: LGBTQ Studies, Urban and Regional Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, History
Research Areas: Cities, Detroit, Public Space, Social Movements, U.S. History, Women
Shelly Jarenski

Shelly Jarenski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English Literature
[email protected]
Teaching Areas: LGBTQ Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, American Studies, English
Research Areas: African-American Identity and Literature, English, Literary Theory and Analysis, Women and Gender Studies

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