Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Laura Cochrane, Chair
142 Anspach Hall 989-774-3160
Mensah Adinkrah, Ph.D., Criminology, Comparative Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Corrections, Victimology, Homicide: Global Perspectives
Elbert Almazan, Ph.D., Sociology of Health, Youth Studies, Social Statistics
Brigitte H. Bechtold, Ph.D., European Studies, Global Social Justice, Research Methods, Sociology of Sex and Gender, Sociology of Knowledge
Tracy Brown, Ph.D.,Native North America, Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, U.S.-Mexico Boarder
Liz Bradshaw, Ph.D., Social and Criminal Justice, Government and Corporate Crime, Prisons and Mass Incarceration
Rachel Caspari, Ph.D., Human Evolution, Race and Scientific Racism, Human Biological Variation, Human Osteology and Skeletal Biology, Forensic Anthropology
Sergio Chavez, Ph.D., Archaeology of the Americas, Archaeology Field and Laboratory Techniques, Prehistoric Economic Systems, Lab Techniques and Scientific Illustration in Archaeology, Rise of Urbanism/State Societies, The Origins of Agriculture, Physical Anthropology, Cultures of Latin America
Laura Cochrane, Ph.D.,Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology, African Cultures, Anthropology of Religion, Anthropology and Art, Ethnographic Methods
Amanda Garrison, Ph.D., Youth, Gender/Identity, Work
Susan Grettenberger, Ph.D., Social Work, Social Welfare Policy, Non-Profit Organizations
Becky Hayes, Ph.D., Victimology, Gender, Race, and Crime, Media's Influence on the Criminal Justice System
David A. Kinney, Ph.D., Sociology of Education, Sociology of Adolescence, Capstone Experience in Youth Studies, Research Methods
Athena McLean, Ph.D.,Cultural Anthropology, Sociology of Aging, History of Anthropology Theory, Sociology of Health and Illness, Medical Anthropology
Katherine Rosier, Ph.D.,Social Psychology, Sociology of the Family, Sociology of Childhood, Research Methods
Alan Rudy, Ph.D., Political Economy, Environmental Sociology, Science and Technology Studies
Mary S. Senter, Ph.D.,Introduction to Research Methods, Social Inequality, Sociology of Sex and Gender
Lissa Schwander, Ph.D., Diversity and Inequality in North America, Introduction to Social Work, Social Welfare Policy Analysis
Brian Smith, Ph.D.,Justice Theory, Penology and Corrections, Juvenile Delinquency/Juvenile Justice, Research Methods, Inequalities and Justice Processes
Sarah Surface-Evans, Ph.D.,North American and Great Lakes Archaeology, Cultural Resource Management Law and Practice, Archaeological Methods and Community-Based Practice
Cedric Taylor, Ph.D., Race, Racial Health Disparities, Immigrant Health, Visual Sociology
Carmen White, Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, Educational Anthropology,Oceanic Societies, Comparative Education, Comparative Perspectives on Minorities and Schooling
Cathy Willermet, Ph.D., Modern Human Variation, Health and Disease, Dental Anthropology, Human Evolution, Human Biology, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Museum Studies, Mesoamerica
Kathleen Woehrle, Ph.D., HSBE, Policy, Research Methods
Course Designators:
SOC - Sociology
ANT - Anthropology
SWK - Social Work
SCJ - Social and Criminal Justice
Interdisciplinary Programs:
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Cultural Resource Management
Graduate Certificate in Cultural Resource Management