Berg, Kevin

Associate Professor

kevin.berg@tri-c.edu

216-987-5395

Department: Counseling

Office Location: Western Campus, WSS G108Q

Education: Ph.D., Social Work, Walden University
M.S.W., Social Work, Cleveland State University
M.A., Sociology, Bowling Green State University
B.A., Psychology and Sociology, Bowling Green State University

About: Kevin Berg is a licensed social worker in Ohio, with a specialization in chemical dependency, co-occurring disorders, anxiety and depression. He has taught courses in general studies, sociology and social work.

Flatt, Michael

Associate Professor

michael.flatt@tri-c.edu

216-978-5528

Department: Sociology

Office Location: Western Campus, WLA B235

Education: B.A., Cleveland State University
M.A., Cleveland State University
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

About: The driving force in all of Michael Flatt's classes is the role sociology has in sharpening critical thinking skills to help create a more engaged citizenry. As a medical sociologist with a research background in gender, sexuality and bioethics, he is dedicated to helping students better understand how the roles we occupy in society intersect in meaningful ways. Learning to apply the lessons from sociology opens up a wider lens on the world around us, giving us insight to the invisible forces that shape our lives. He teaches classes on race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, death and dying, deviance and social problems.  

Reed, Tiffanie

Assistant Professor

tiffanie.reed@tri-c.edu

216-978-2355

Department: Sociology

Office Location: Eastern Campus, ESS 2315

Education: B.A., Cleveland State University
M.A., Cleveland State University

Shirilla, Robert

Assistant Professor

robert.shirilla@tri-c.edu

216-978-4514

Department: Sociology

Office Location: Metropolitan Campus, MLA 223H

Education:  Ed.D., National American University
M.A., University of Akron
B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College

Stehle, Rachel

Associate Professor

rachel.stehle@tri-c.edu

216-978-5094

Department: Sociology

Office Location: Western Campus, B 228

Education: Ph.D., University of Toledo
M.A., University of Toledo
B.A., University of Notre Dame

About: Rachel Stehle came to Tri-C as an adjunct in 2002 and was hired as a full-time faculty member in 2005. Her specialty is racial and ethnic relations and gender. Prior to finding her path as an educator, Stehle worked as a case manager for a welfare-to-work program in Toledo and as a regional supervisor/case worker for a nonprofit organization serving low-income older workers in Cleveland. Considering herself a lifelong learner and a passionate advocate of higher education, Stehle completed her Ph.D. in 2023 in Theoretical and Social Foundations of Education: Sociology of Education. Her dissertation was a critical analysis of the neoliberal influence on higher education and explored student, faculty and administrator perspectives on Inclusive Access programs through the lenses of Antonio Gramsci’s theory of hegemony and Johan Galtung’s concept of structural violence. 

Currently, Stehle is the co-chair of the Carol S. Franklin Social Science Speakers Series and a founding member of the Institute on Economic Mobility. She serves as the program coordinator for Sociology and Anthropology at the Western Campus and is involved in the Racial Justice Initiative, SOGE council and Safe Zone. She is also a Tri-C-certified Diversity, Equity and Inclusion professional. Her goal each semester is to inspire students to constantly seek knowledge and to be active, participating citizens in their communities. 

Although she grew up in Sandusky, Stehle is proud to call Cleveland home. In her free time, she takes tap, jazz and hip-hop classes and she loves to read. Her claim to fame is appearing in the movie Rudy when she was a member of the Notre Dame Marching Band (trumpet), and she is a featured character in Domers: A Year at Notre Dame by Kevin Coyne (Viking, 1995). 

White, Robyn

Associate Professor

robyn.white@tri-c.edu

216-978-5467

Department: Sociology

Office Location: Western Campus, WLA B218B

Education: B.A., University of Arkansas
M.A., University of Arkansas