Faculty Emeriti

Ralph Clem, Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus | PhD, Columbia University, 1976
Electoral Geography, Democratic Transformation, Russia and former Soviet Union
clemr@fiu.edu

Janet Chernela, Professor Emerita
Professor Emerita | PhD, Columbia University, 1983\ Social Organization, Women in Society, Ecological Anthropology, Amazon, Brazil, Caribbean
chernela@umd.edu 

Peter Craumer, Professor Emeritus
Associate Professor | PhD, Columbia University, 1988
Rural Geography, Agriculture and Population Change, Russia
craumerp@fiu.edu

Jorge Duany, Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus | PhD, University of California, 1985
Caribbean Migration, Ethnicity, Race, Nationalism, and Transnationalism
joduany@fiu.edu

Stephen M. Fjellman, Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus | PhD, Stanford University, 1970
Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Studies
Stephen.Fjellman@fiu.edu

Chris Girard, Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus | PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988
Coevolving informatics, macroevolution, code stacking, racialization and ethnicity, women’s political and military participation, quantitative methods, survey research
girardc@fiu.edu

Hugh Gladwin, Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus | PhD
gladwin@fiu.edu

Sarah J. Mahler, Professor Emeritus
Professor Emerita | PhD, Columbia University, 1992
Cultural Anthropology, The Culture Concept, Migration in Transnational Perspective, Gender and Gender Relations particularly in Transnational Perspective, Urban and Suburban Sudies, Latin America, The Caribbean and Europe, Immigration and Refugee Law and Human Rights
Sarah.Mahler@fiu.edu

Anthony P. Maingot, Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus | PhD, University of Florida, 1967
Political Sociology, Development, Latin America/Caribbean
Anthony.Maingot@fiu.edu

Betty Hearn Morrow, Professor Emeritus
Professor Emerita | PhD, University of Miami, 1978
Sociology of Disasters, Social Resilience to Hazards particularly related to Vulnerable or High-risk Families and Communities, Risk Communication, Pre- and Post-Disaster Behavioral Studies including Evacuation Decisions of Households, Emergency Managers and Public Officials, Community Social Vulnerability Assessments
bettymorrow@mac.com | (305) 812-2125

Marifeli Pérez-Stable, Professor Emeritus
Professor | PhD, SUNY Stony Brook, 1985
Latin America, Cuba and the Caribbean, Political Sociology, Historical Sociology, Public Intellectuals, National Reconciliation, Human Rights
Marifeli.Perez-Stable@fiu.edu

Alex Stepick, Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus | PhD, University of California at Irvine, 1974
Immigration & Ethnicity Institute Acting Director Research Institute on Social & Economic Policy (RISEP)
stepick@fiu.edu

Dennis Wiedman, Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus | PhD, University of Oklahoma, 1979
Founding Director of the FIU Global Indigenous Forum (2013-2020).
wiedmand@fiu.edu