Faculty & Staff

Meet and get in touch with the faculty and staff of Behavioral Sciences.

Behavioral Sciences Administration and Staff

Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Nitya Sethuraman, PhD

Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences; Associate Professor of Psychology

[email protected] 313-593-5520

Teaching Areas: Psychology

Research Areas: Child Cognition, Child Language, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology

Pamela Aronson, PhD

Professor of Sociology

[email protected] 313-593-5520

Teaching Areas: Sociology, Women's & Gender Studies

Research Areas: Disadvantaged College Students, Gen Z, Gender in electoral politics, Sexual Consent, Sexual Harassment, Transition to Adulthood

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

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

Patrick Beauchesne, PhD

Associate Professor of Anthropology

[email protected] 313-593-5520

Teaching Areas: Anthropology, Food Studies, Foundations

Research Areas: Bioarchaeology, Biocultural Theory / Methodology, Growth and Development, Skeletal Biology

John Chenoweth, Ph.D.

Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology Discipline Coordinator

[email protected] 313-593-5520

Teaching Areas: Anthropology, Archaeology

Research Areas: Anthropology of Religion, Battlefield Archaeology, Caribbean and Michigan, Colonialism, Contemporary Archaeology, Geographic Information Science (GISc), Historical Archaeology, Plantation Archaeology, Religion