Dale Orth

Academic Credentials

B.A. The Colorado College

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bio

Dr. Dale L. Orth is Associate Dean in the College of Sciences and Humanities.  He joined Marymount in 2019 as Associate Dean in the School of Sciences, Mathematics, and Education.  He earned his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has taught at Wisconsin Lutheran College, The Colorado College, and Western Colorado University.  At Western Colorado University he also chaired the department of Natural and Environmental Sciences and directed the Center for Teaching Excellence.

Dr. Orth was an American Chemical Society/AAAS Congressional fellow in 2010-2011 and served in the office of Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV. […]

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Delario Lindsey

Academic Credentials

Ph.D., Boston College
M.A., Binghamton University (SUNY)
B.A., California State University, Los Angeles

Biography

Dr. Delario Lindsey joined the Department of Sociology in the fall of 2017.  Before coming to Marymount, Dr. Lindsey served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Bethune-Cookman University.  He was also an Assistant Professor and the social science point-person in the interdisciplinary Africana-World-Studies Program at William Paterson University.  Dr. Lindsey has presented at several international conferences and has undertaking research trips to the Federal Republic of Brazil and the Republic of South Africa to study local forms of urban inequality and community engagement.

Dr. Lindsey’s approach to teaching Sociology involves breaking down the conventional teacher-student binary, and promoting a sense that student’s intellectual contributions are invaluable to the dynamics of course, and to the discipline as a whole.

Other Information

Teaching Area

  • Urban and Community Studies
  • Race, Social Class, Gender, And Sexuality
  • Social Movements
  • Social Inequality

Research Interests

  • Urban and Community Development
  • Urban Inequality
  • International Development
  • World-Systems Analysis
  • Social Change and Social Transformation

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Matthew Bakker

Academic Credentials

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
M.S., M.A., Ph.D, University of California, Davis

Biography

Other Information

Teaching Area

  • Principles of Sociology
  • The Global Village
  • Addressing Injustice: Qualitative Methods
  • Racial & Ethnic Diversity
  • Topics in Human Rights: Migration and Development

Research Interests

  • Transnational Migration
  • Contemporary Immigration Policymaking and Enforcement
  • Development Discourse and Practice
  • Political and Economic Sociology

Dr. Bakker’s research to date has focused on a number of political and economic aspects of transnational migration, with a particular emphasis on Mexican migration to the United States.

His work has explored the cross-border organizing practices of Mexican migrants living in the United States, the construction of migrants’ remittances as a development tool, and dynamics of conflict and contestation related to immigration enforcement in the contemporary United States.

Dr. Bakker’s teaching interests overlap with these research areas. He works hard in the classroom to engage students in informed conversation and debate about the causes and consequences of various forms of social inequality and, more importantly, the possibilities for social change.

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Janine DeWitt

Academic Credentials

B.Ph., Miami University of Ohio
M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

Biography

Thriving in a global community requires we have an understanding of how to work with people who come from many different types of backgrounds.  In this context, Dr. DeWitt’s scholarship and teaching focus on how experiential learning can engage and empower all students. She is interested in understanding strategies that lead to a shared understanding and facilitate collaboration. She has presented at international conferences on the effective design of globally networked learning as well as intercultural teaching and learning. She is currently co-authoring a book titled Navigating Place-based Learning: Mapping for a Better World.   Her previous research focused on ways to infuse ethics across the curriculum.


 

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Teaching Area

  • Creating Unity Through Diversity
  • Principles of Sociology
  • The Global Village
  • Through the Sociological Lens
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Intro to Geography
  • Poverty, Wealth & Inequality
  • Community Engagement Experience, Senior Practicum

Research Interests

 

  • Place-based teaching & learning
  • Globally networked classrooms
  • Visual sociology (Photography)

 

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