Faculty & Staff

Leading the study of social sciences with expert perspective.

Our sociology faculty are experienced researchers in dozens of areas of sociological inquiry, and our work incorporates a wide variety of methodologies, including statistical modeling, network-analytic approaches, ethnographic research, comparative historical inquiry and survey analysis. Click on faculty names for more information about each professor’s research, experience and contact information.

Administration

Jacqueline Olvera
Associate Professor, Chair
College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
Contact
E-mail
jolvera@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.833.8161
Fax
516.877.4717
Location
Blodgett Hall 102B

Professors

Melanie Bush (She/Her)
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
Contact
E-mail
bush@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.3255
Fax
516.877.4717
Location
Blodgett Hall 102F
Salvatore Primeggia
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
Contact
E-mail
primeggi@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4939
Fax
516.877.4717
Location
Blodgett Hall 105B

Associate Professors

Giovani Burgos
PhD
Associate Professor, Director
College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
Contact
E-mail
gburgos@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.833.8168
Location
Blodgett Hall 105C
Jacqueline Johnson
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
Contact
E-mail
jjohnson@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.3826
Fax
516.877.4717
Location
Blodgett Hall 105D
Jessica Klein
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
Contact
E-mail
klein@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4942
Fax
516.877.4717
Location
Blodgett Hall 105D
Jacqueline Olvera
Associate Professor, Chair
College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
Contact
E-mail
jolvera@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.833.8161
Fax
516.877.4717
Location
Blodgett Hall 102B

Teaching Professors

Stephanie Lake (She/Her)
PhD
Associate Teaching Professor, Coordinator of Criminal Justice
College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
Contact
E-mail
lake@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4941
Fax
516.877.4717
Location
Blodgett Hall 102A

Adjunct Faculty

John Capece (No Pronouns: Use My Name)
Adjunct Faculty
College of Professional and Continuing Studies
Contact
E-mail
jcapece@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.3787
Location
Levermore Hall 303
Susan Dunn
Adjunct Faculty
College of Professional and Continuing Studies
Contact
E-mail
sdunn@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.3400
Fax
516.877.3424
Location
Levermore Hall 303
Carlos Encina Oleart
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
Contact
E-mail
cencinaoleart@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.3787
Trevor Milton
Adjunct Faculty
College of Professional and Continuing Studies
Contact
E-mail
tmilton@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.3787
Fax
516.877.4717
Location
Levermore Hall 303
Parisa Osmanovic
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology
Contact
E-mail
posmanovic@adelphi.edu
Alicia Wilson
PhD•LCSW-R
Adjunct Faculty
Master's in Social Work Program at the Brooklyn Center, School of Social Work
Contact
E-mail
awilson@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
212.965.8340
Fax
646.315.8968
Location
Levermore Hall 245

Sociology

College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
Phone Number
516.877.4943
Fax
516.877.4717
More Info
Website
Location
Blodgett Hall, 102
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