Faculty and Staff

Patricia Ade, Office Manager Room: L-329, Warde Academic Center Phone: (773) 298-3281 Fax: (773) 298-3314 E-mail: ade@sxu.edu
Megan Alderden, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Room: L-312A, Warde Academic Center Phone: (773) 298-3762 Fax: (773) 298-3314 E-mail: alderden@sxu.edu
Jacqueline Battalora, Ph.D., Associate Professor Room: L-319, Warde Academic Center Phone: (773) 298-3949 Fax: (773) 298-3314 E-mail: battalora@sxu.edu Jacqueline Battalora is Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice who teaches in the areas of social theory and sociology of law. Her interest is in critical race theory and social inequality with specialization in the racial construction of whiteness in U.S. law and society.
Kathleen Carey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Room: L-343, Warde Academic Center Phone: (773) 298-3761 Fax: (773) 298-3314 E-mail: carey@sxu.edu Dr. Kathleen Carey received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago with a specialization in Gerontology. She also had a concentration in Survey Research Methods. Dr. Carey worked as a consultant to the City of Chicago’s Department of Aging for 10 years. Her teaching interests include Statistics, Research Methods, Sociology of the Aging, Sociology of Childhood and Sociology of the Family. Dr. Carey’s recent research focuses on the public policy implications of the growing numbers of frail elderly.
Richard Fritz, Ph.D., Associate Professor Room: L-315, Warde Academic Center Phone: (773) 298-3553 Fax: (773) 298-3314 E-mail: fritz@sxu.edu Education: B. A., Psychology/Sociology, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL, 1970 M.A., Sociology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 1976 Ph.D., Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1986 Research Interests: Sociology of Peace Social Psychology Social Theory
John Gutowski,Professor Department Chair Room: L-323, Warde Academic Center Phone: (773) 298-3271 Fax: (773) 298-3314 E-mail: gutowski@sxu.edu John Gutowski is professor of Anthropology and English. His research interests in the area of cultural anthropology include American studies, ethnicity, multiculturalism, folk narrative, myth, legend, ritual, and community celebration. He teaches courses in Cultural Anthropology; Folklore; Myth and Mythology; Language, Culture, and Society; and the Sociology of Sports.
Iman Saca, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Room: L-317, Warde Academic Center Phone: (773) 298-3875 Fax: (773) 298-3314 E-mail: saca@sxu.edu Iman N. Saca is an assistant professor of Anthropology at Saint Xavier University and the director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program. She teaches all the major branches of Anthropology (cultural, physical and archaeology), as well as courses on the archaeology of the Middle East (Prehistory) and Middle Eastern culture and society. Most of her research focuses on the Middle East, for which she travels to Jordan and Palestine every summer. Dr. Saca is currently working on a proposal that will bring together various governmental and non-governmental institutions interested in the protection of the cultural and archaeological heritage in conflict areas especially the West Bank and Gaza. She has presented and given talks at various national and international conferences, and published few articles on the Prehistory of the Levant and the art of Palestinian Embroidery.
Elijah Ward, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Room: L-312B, Warde Academic Center Phone: (773) 298-3453 Fax: (773) 298-3314 E-mail: eward@sxu.edu Dr. Ward is a native of Chicago who received his doctorate at Northwestern University. He conducted postdoctoral research for several years in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His interests include racial and ethnic relations, hospice care, HIV/AIDS, religious communities purposed toward self-transcendence and world peace movements.
John P. Walsh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Room: L-343, Warde Academic Center Phone: (773) 298-3555 Fax: (773) 298-3314 E-mail: jwalsh@sxu.edu Dr. John P. Walsh received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Indiana University. His research interests include the culture of punishment and incarceration, cultural criminology, peacemaking criminology, communities and crime, and criminal justice systems and evaluation. His most recent research has focused on the culture of control within overcrowded urban jail populations. Professor Walsh has also served in policy positions with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and as a police officer with the Chicago Police Department.