Office: 451 Strong Hall

Phone: (417) 836-5640

E-Mail: KarlKunkel@MissouriState.edu

Fall '09 Office Hours:  By appointment

Department Head, Criminology Program Coordinator, and Master of Science in Criminology Graduate Director

I received a Ph.D. in Sociology, with an emphasis in social control, deviance, and crime, from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1989, and have been a member of the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Missouri State University since 1994, currently holding the rank of Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology. My interests reside in the study of courts and prisons, criminal justice policy, and inequality in the justice system.  From August 1996 - June 2003, I served as Coordinator of the Crime and Society Program. I received a University Award for Teaching in both 1998 and 2003, along with a College Award for Service in 2000. My recent publications are in Teaching Sociology, Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, The Journal of Interactive Instructional Design, The Journal of Criminal Justice Education, and The Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities.