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About the Department

Department of Sociology
Emory University
1555 Dickey Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30322

Phone: 404-727-7510
Fax: 404-727-7532

Department Administration

Chair of Sociology
 Karen
 Hegtvedt

Director of Graduate Studies
 Cathryn
 Johnson


Director of Graduate Recruitment
 Richard
 Rubinson


Director of Undergraduate Studies
 Tracy Scott

Jeff Mullis

Senior Lecturer
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Telephone: 404-727-0181
FAX: 404-727-0181
E-MAIL: jmullis@emory.edu

OFFICE: 216 Tarbutton Hall

Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)

Degree: Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1995

General Research Area: sociology of law, medical sociology, social control, research methods.

Current Research: conflict management in doctor-patient relationships under managed care; the social structure of legal defenses and other counterarguments.

Selected Publications:

"The Social Control of Adult-Child Sex," (co-author with Dawn Baunach), in Sex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader (2003).

"Individualism and Its Discontents: The Response to the Seriously Mentally Ill in Late Twentieth Century America," (co-author with Allan Horwitz), Sociological Focus, 1998.

"Medical Malpractice, Social Structure, and Social Control," Sociological Forum, 1995.