Faculty
Department Chair
Educational Background
Dr. Dugan graduated with a B.A. and M.A. in sociology from Illinois State University, and earned her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC). She also earned a certificate in Women and Gender Studies from UIC. Trained in qualitative methodologies, Dr. Dugan’s doctoral work centered on the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, and gender. Her dissertation research focused on conducting life history interviews to understand the racial identity negotiations of Black Welsh immigrant women who migrated to the United States as the wives of Black American servicemen.
Teaching
SOC 1008: Introduction to Sociology
SOC 3000: Introduction to Research Methods
SOC 3080: Popular Culture
SOC 3208: Diversity & Research Ethics
SOC 3310: Racial & Ethnic Dynamics
SOC 3320: Black Experiences in the United States
SOC 4210: Qualitative Research Methods
SOC 4988: Senior Seminar
For CSUB’s 2019-2020 academic year, Dr. Dugan was awarded the Millie Ablin Excellence in Teaching Award.
Research/Scholarship
Dr. Dugan has scholarly publications in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Contemporary Sociology, and The Encyclopedia of Social Problems, and a book chapter (co-authored with R. Stephen Warner and Elise Martel) published in Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion among the Latino and Asian Second Generation. Her current research interests focus on the role of social space and Blackness and will have a chapter titled “Black Placemaking at an HSI” published in the forthcoming book Reclaiming Space, edited by Dr. Shaylyn Marks, Associate Professor of Teacher Education at CSUB. Additionally, Dr. Dugan is part of a collaborative in-depth interview research project with CSUB colleagues Dr. Juterh Nmah (Educational Counseling) and Dr. Sarana Roberts (Special Education) exploring the academic and social experiences of Black/African American students who attend an HSI.
University and Community Service (Selected)
- Steering Committee Member, CSUB Strategic Plan (Fall 2025-Present)
- Chair (Fall 2019-Spring 2025) and Department Representative (Fall 2014-Present), Social Science & Education Curriculum Committee
- At-Large Senator (May 2025-2027), Academic Senate
- SSE Representative, Budget & Planning Committee of the Academic Senate
- Member, Academic Senate Task Force—Criteria for Proposing Schools (Spring 2025-Fall 2025)
- Advisor, Sociology Club
- Member, Black Student Success Council
- Member, Honors Council for the Helen Hawks Honors Program
- Volunteer, Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative Point-In-Time (PIT) Count (January 2026)
- Volunteer, Wendy Wayne Day of Service at CAPK, Kegley Institute of Ethics (April 13, 2024)
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
- Programming Fellow, Kegley Institute of Ethics (Spring 2024)
- Cornerstone Award, CSUB’s Black Faculty and Staff Association (Spring 2022)
- Outstanding IRB Protocol for Full Review (with Dr. Marisa Sanchez, Associate Professor in Sociology at CSUB, Spring 2020)
- Faculty Unity Award, CSUB (Spring 2020)
- Millie Ablin Excellence in Teaching Award (AY 2019-2020)
- Outstanding IRB Protocol (with CSUB Sociology alum Hala Alnajar, Spring 2016)
Faculty
Education
Dr. Henderson earned his Ph.D. at Stony Brook University where he studied environmental sociology, global inequality, and quantitative methods.
Teaching
He teaches SOC 4008 Society and the Natural Environment, SOC 4020 Globalization and Social Change, SOC 4988 Senior Seminar, and SOC 4200 Quantitative Analysis. His students are frequently involved with CSUB’s Edible Garden.
Research
Dr. Henderson has published in several reputable, peer-reviewed journals including International Journal of Sociology, Environmental Sociology, and Journal of World-Systems Research amongst others. His scholarship focuses on environmental and social issues at the international level such as climate change, deforestation, food production, and global inequality.
Publications
Kent Henderson and Jamie Sommer. (2022) “Aiding Fossil Fuel Dependency: A Cross-national Analysis of Energy-sector Aid, National Autonomy, and CO2 Emission in 122 Countries.” International Journal of Sociology 52(1): 25-48. | Benjamin Leffel, Nikki Tavasoli, Brantley Liddle, Kent Henderson and Sabrina Kiernan.(2022) “Metropolitan Air Pollution Abatement and Industrial Growth: Global Urban Panel Analysis of PM10, PM2.5 NO2 and SO2” Environmental Sociology 8(1): 94-107. | Kent Henderson (2021) “Economic Incentive to Ignore the Environment: The World Environmental Regime, Foreign Direct Investment, and Decoupling of Development Aid” Sociology of Development 7(1): 77-97
Emeritus Faculty
Staff