BA, Clemson University

MS, North Carolina State University

Ph.D, University of Minnesota

At St. Thomas since 1990

Families, Global Persepctives on Gender, Adolescence, Sociological Theory

Dr. Karraker is the co-author of Families with Futures: A Survey of Family Studies for the 21st Century (Taylor and Francis, 2006) and author of Global Families (Allyn and Bacon, 2008). She is a former Executive Officer of Sociologists for Women in Society and currently serves as President of Alpha Kappa Delta (the international sociology honor society) and serves as faculty sponsor for the UST chapter, Iota of Minnesota.  She is a member of the American Sociological Association's Department Resources Group which consults with sociology faculty and programs around the country. She was honored as the Aquinas Scholars Professor of the Year in 2005.