William Dolphin
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William Dolphin
Lecturer
Areas of Interest
Cannabis Studies: law and policy, use behaviors, botany and chemistry, medicinal applications, stigma management, global migration and evolution
Stefanie Israel de Souza
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Stefanie Israel de Souza
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest
Comparative Urban Marginality, Critical Criminology, Global Sociology, Political Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Qualitative Methods, Brazil
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Notre Dame, 2019
- M.A., Sociology, University of Notre Dame, 2014
- M.T.S., Biblical Studies, Palmer Theological Seminary, 2011
- B.A. with Honors, Sociology and Religious Studies, Linfield College, 2006
Recent Courses:
CRIM 125 Intro to Criminology and Justice Studies
CRIM 410 Theories of Justice and Crime
CRIM 420 Drugs and Society
CRIM 430 Law and Dissent
SOC 303M Race and Inequality for Majors
SOC 330 Social Deviance
SOC 480 Comparative War on Drugs
SOC 665 Community, Ecology, and Social Action
Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) Chapter Representative
Humboldt Journal of Social Relations Editorial Board President
Co-editor (with Caglar Dolek) of Humboldt Journal of Social Relations Special Issue 48: Resistance to State Violence, projected release date of May 2026.
Michihiro Clark Sugata
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Michihiro Clark Sugata
Associate Professor
Criminology and Justice Studies Program Lead
Areas of Interest
Carceral histories, Japanese incarceration during the WWII era, Cartographies of debt, Debt subjectivity, Financialization, Political Economy, Critical Theory
- PhD Justice Studies, Arizona State University, 2016
- M.A. Social Justice & Human Rights, Arizona State University, 2011
- B.S. Economics, Northern Arizona University, 1997
CRIM 225S Inequalities & Criminalization; CRIM 410 Theories of Justice & Crime; CRIM 362 Gender Sexuality & Crime; CRIM 431 Juvenile Delinquency; CRIM 455 Policing Bodies; SOC 466 Migration & Global Economy; SOC 280 Pilgrimage to Manzanar; SOC 510 Contemporary Social Theories; SOC 650 Race, Ethnicity & Gender
Team Lead for the Pelican Bay Research project, Organized and led field trip to Manzanar historic site with local students.
Michelle Newhart
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Michelle Newhart
Lecturer
Areas of Interest
Medical Sociology, Medical Cannabis, Health Behaviors, Stigma, Social Movements, Aging and the Life Course, Gender, Research Methods, Social Theory, Science and Technology Studies, Writing
- PhD in Sociology from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2013
Melanie Schauwecker
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Melanie Schauwecker
Administrative Support Coordinator
Mary Virnoche
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Mary Virnoche
Graduate Coordinator & Professor
Areas of Interest
Inclusive student success in higher education; qualitative methods, applied sociology
- Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder, 1999
SOC 372 Proseminar, SOC 472 Graduate School Planning, SOC 410 Contemporary Theory, SOC 584 Qualitative Methods
Leadership in governance & policy making with an equity lens has been part of Mary's professional focus. She serves on the Academic Senate of the CSU. As part of her senate role, she also serves on the committee on Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion. Prior to state-wide senate, she was the Cal Poly Humboldt General Faculty President and Senate Chair after years of leadership in other campus senate roles.
Mary was a 19-20 California Education Policy Fellow collaborating with a cohort of 19 other PreK-Higher Education leaders from across public and private institutions and state government. She also served as a Women's Research and Educational Institute Congressional Fellow in Washington, D.C. working on policy related to gender, work, and housing.