Department of Behavioral Sciences


Department of Behavioral Sciences
196 Murchie Science Building
303 E. Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48502-1950
Phone: (810) 766-6732
Behavioral Sciences Faculty & Staff
- Anthropology
- Criminal Justice
- Geographic Information Systems
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Academic Advisors
- Administrative Staff
Department Chair
Hillary Heinze, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology & Chair
hheinze@umich.edu
Anthropology Faculty
Jennifer Alvey, PhD
Associate Professor
jalvey@umich.edu
Daniel Andrew Birchok, PhD
Assistant Professor
dbirchok@umich.edu
Beverley A. Smith, PhD
Associate Professor & Honors Program Advisor
bevsmith@umich.edu
Christian Vannier, PhD
Lecturer II
rktrojan@umich.edu
Criminal Justice Faculty
Kimberly Bender, PhD
Assistant Professor
kimbend@umich.edu
Jeffrey Frost, PhD
Lecturer I
jafrost@umich.edu
Kenneth J. Litwin, PhD
Associate Professor & Honors Program Advisor
kjlitwin@umich.edu
Joan Mars, PhD
Associate Professor
jrmars@umich.edu
Shelley R. Spivack, JD, MA
Lecturer II
sspivack@umich.edu
Geographic Information Systems Faculty
Greg Rybarczyk, PhD
Associate Professor & GIS Certificate Program Director
grybar@umich.edu
Research: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Transportation Geography, Urban Planning, Spatial Analysis, Statistical Modeling, and Remote Sensing
Psychology Faculty
Michelle Beddow, PhD
Lecturer I
mbeddow@umich.edu
Karen Bedell, PhD
Lecturer IV
kabedell@umich.edu
Allen Bellamy, PhD
Lecturer IV
abellamy@umich.edu
Nia Billings, PhD
Lecturer I
niabill@umich.edu
Julie Broadbent, PhD
Associate Professor
broadben@umich.edu
Andrew Franks, PhD
Lecturer I
asfranks@umich.edu
Susan Gano-Phillips, PhD
Professor & Dean
sganop@umich.edu
Terrence Horgan, PhD
Myron and Margaret Winegarden Professor
& Professor of Psychology
thorgan@umich.edu
Tracy Juliao, PhD
Lecturer II
tjuliao@umich.edu
William McKibbin, PhD
Associate Professor
wmckibbi@umich.edu
Nathaniel Miller, PhD
Associate Professor
natmille@umich.edu
Peter Molinaro, PhD
Assistant Professor
petermol@umich.edu
Yael Sela, PhD
Lecturer III
yaelsela@umich.edu
Kraig Shattuck, PhD
Lecturer I
shattuc@umich.edu
Amanda Smith, MA, LLP
Lecturer III
osbornea@umich.edu
Jeannette Stein, PhD
Associate Professor & Associate Dean
whitmore@umich.edu
Amanda Taylor, MS, LLP
Lecturer IV
amatayl@umich.edu
Thomas Wrobel, PhD
Professor
twrobel@umich.edu
Sociology Faculty
Roy Barnes, PhD
Professor & Associate Dean
rcbarnes@umich.edu
Sasha Drummond-Lewis, PhD
Assistant Professor
srdlewis@umich.edu
John Girdwood, PhD
Lecturer I
johngird@umich.edu
Heather Laube, PhD
Associate Professor
hlaube@umich.edu
Jacob Lederman, PhD
Associate Professor
jaclede@umich.edu
Laura MacIntyre, MA
Lecturer II
lauragm@umich.edu
Kathryn Schellenberg, PhD
Associate Professor Emerita
kathsch@umich.edu
Megan St. George, MA
Lecturer I
meedgar@umich.edu
Academic Advisors
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Nicole Altheide, MS
Academic Advisor – Advises Psychology students with last names beginning with G-Z.
nrock@umich.edu
Therasa Martin
Academic Advisor – Advises Online Psychology and Criminal Justice.
tsimpson@umich.edu
Cydnee Weirauch
Academic Advisor – Advises Psychology students with last names beginning with A-F; Anthropology; Sociology; Social Science Joint Program; Urban Science; GIS.
cweirauc@umich.edu
Administrative Staff
Lesa Callcut
Administrative Assistant – Financials
lcallcut@umich.edu
Audrey Scribner
Communication & Academic Support
abeauche@umich.edu
Suzanne Shivnen
Administrative Assistant – Personnel & Course Scheduling
sshivnen@umich.edu