department faculty
Murphy Fox
mfox -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Department Chair & Assistant Professor, received his M.A. from the University of Utah. In addition to teaching, he is the director of the Honors Scholars Program. His special interests include studying the Native American World View: Cheyenne & Navajo, and Gaelic Culture.
Courses Taught: Introduction to Native American Studies, American Indians, and Cultural Anthropology.
Elizabeth Chute
echute -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Assistant Professor, known as "Libbie" by her friends and students, earned her Ph.D. from State University of New York at Stony Brook in sociology where she was awarded the University President's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student. Her dissertation is titled The Social Means of Going On: Adapting to Chronic Illness. Her research areas of interest are the experience of living with chronic illness, identity, women's health issues, medical sociology, social psychology, and narrative and other qualitative research methods.
She worked for 3 years on a NIMH grant "Family Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients over Time," through University Hospital at SUNY Stony Brook. She worked with Alzheimer's patients and led a support group for family members of people with Alzheimer's for three years in Havre, MT. Her other sociological interests include sociological theory, race and ethnicity, gerontology, and family violence.
Courses Taught: Introduction to Sociology, Contemporary Issues in Rural & Urban Sociology, Social Gerontology, Ethnic & Racial Relations, Social Science Research Methods, Modern Social Theory, and Senior Seminar.
Rev. Jerry Lowney
jlowney -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Associate Professor, obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. He has published two books, “What Were Your Parents Doing Back Then: Youth & Drugs in a Southern California Beach Community 1970 into the 21st Century” by University Press of America in 2002 and “Deviant Reality-Alternative World Views” by Allyn & Bacon, 1981. His special interests within the field of sociology include crime, delinquency, alcohol & drug abuse, and medical sociology. He has been active in youth ministry, ministered to inmates on death row, and received national and international publicity regarding his views as a criminologist toward the death penalty. During his free time he likes Irish music, supporting athletic events, and traveling. He is involved as a priest in youth ministry.
Courses Taught: Introduction to Sociology; Introductory Field Service in Sociology; Social Problems; Sociology of Sport; Alcoholism, Drug Abuse & Dependent Behavior; Crime & Criminology; Field Service in Sociology of Crime; Juvenile Delinquency & Deviant Behavior; Field Service in Sociology of Juvenile Delinquency; Sociology of Law; Medical Sociology; Field Service in Medical Sociology; Ireland Trip: The Irish Culture & Justice System; and Sociology Internship.