Faculty Fellows

David Jaffee, Professor of Sociology

Phone: (904) 620-2463

djaffee@unf.edu 
 

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
 

Research interests have include Economic Sociology, Political Economy, Organization Theory, and the Sociology of Higher Education. Jaffee recently launched “The Ports Project” which is a community-based research project aimed at studying the various aspects and implications of a port economy, generally, and the expansion of the Jaxport enterprise, specifically. Jaffee teaches courses in social change/international development, work and organizations, and social and economic crisis.

Robert Thunen, Associate Professor of Anthropology

Phone: (904) 620-2463

rthunen@unf.edu
 

Ph.D., Northwestern University

Primary research interest are the Prehistory and Early History of Northeast Florida.  Archeological excavations have been conducted at Big Talbot Island, the Timucuan Preserve, Black Hammock Island and the Search for Fort Caroline.  Thunen directs the Archeology Lab at the University of North Florida. 

Jay Weinstein, Adjunct Professor of Sociology

Phone: (904) 620-2463

j.weinstein@unf.edu
 

Ph.D., University of Illinois

Research interests have include Demographic Transition, Social Change, Altruism and Urban Sociology.  In addition to his involvement with the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology, Weinstein teaches classes in quantitative methods, demography, social change, social theory and urban sociology.