Faculty News

Sociology/Anthropology Faculty Recognized by UMKC Seniors!

Posted by on May 10, 2017 at 3:32 pm

Congratulations to three of our awesome faculty: Dr. Jeffrey Bennett, Dr. Shannon Jackson and Dr. Michelle Smirnova!

Congratulations to Dr. Clovis Semmes – UMKC Black Studies Program

Posted by on April 6, 2017 at 6:49 pm

Congratulations to Dr. Clovis Semmes, UMKC Professor of Sociology and Black Studies, who received the “2017 Outstanding Book Award” for his book, The End of Black Studies: Conceptual, Theoretical, and Empirical Concerns, at the National Council for Black Studies at its recent annual conference.  

SP2017 Sociology Faculty Office Hours

Posted by on January 25, 2017 at 8:49 pm

UMKC Anthropologist Studying Death in the Digital Age

Posted by on February 9, 2016 at 9:27 pm

Anthropology Associate Professor, Dr. Jenny Huberman, started off 2016 by traveling to England to present at paper at “The Futures of the End of Life Symposium” at Lancaster University. The symposium brought together a group of international and interdisciplinary scholars who are interested in studying death in the digital age. Dr. Huberman is currently developing […]