Education
M.A., Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, 1996
B.A., Performing Arts, Eastman School of Music, 1990
University of Rochester Take Five Scholar in Humanities & Social Sciences
Stephen Erik Hartmark
Lecturer III, Internship Coordinator (Sociology)
Areas of Expertise
Sociology of Education
Urban Sociology
Social Psychology
Biography
Stephen Erik Hartmark completed his doctoral coursework in Social Theory and Social Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park under Barbara Meeker, Richard Brown, and George Ritzer. He has worked on education reform and underserved community issues during new schools initiatives in Baltimore, MD. Courses taught include Urban Sociology, Social Problems, Introduction to Social Psychology, Deviant Behavior, Individual & Society, Introduction to Sociology, Family, and Sociology of Education. His research focuses on theories of social identity, individuation, and problems of inequality with an interest in alternatives to logical empiricism and its modeling of level of analysis effects. He has been an internship coordinator for the Department since 2007.