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Sociology Faculty

Aday, Ronald H., Professor and Department Chair. Office: TODD 344. Phone: (615) 898-2693. Email: raday@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1976). Areas: Aging/Social Gerontology, Family, Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research.

Amey, Foster K., Associate Professor. Office: TODD 334. Phone: (615) 898-2697. Email: famey@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 1997). Areas: Demography, Quantitative Methodology, Statistics.

Austin, Benjamin S., Associate Professor. Office: TODD 331. Phone: (615) 898-2690. Email: baustin@mtsu.edu. Homepage. (M.A., Middle Tennessee State University, 1970). Areas: Race and Ethnic Relations, the Holocaust, Genocide, Hate Groups and Hate Crimes, Gangs, Slave Burial Practices in the Old South.

Breault, Kevin D., Professor. Office: TODD 336. Phone: 898-2696. Email: kbreault@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1986). Areas: Deviance and Social Disorganization, Social Factors in Morbidity and Mortality, Suicide, Homicide and Violent Crime, Theory, Research Methods, Religion.

Canak, William L., Professor. TODD 326. Phone: (615) 898-5361. Email: wcanak@mtsu.edu. Homepage. (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1981). Areas: Work, Organizations, Labor and Employment, Dispute Resolution, Latin America, Applied Research Methods and Program Management.

Carter, Craig. Associate Professor. Office: TODD 329. Phone: (615) 898-2517. Email: ccarter@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2000). Areas: Deviance and Social Disorganization, Criminology, Social Psychology, Social Networks.

Eller, Jackie. Professor. Office: TODD 303. Phone: (615) 898-2125. Email: jaeller@mtsu.edu. Homepage. (Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1978). Areas: Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Sex and Gender, Emotions.

Hampton, Lynn A.. Assistant Professor. Office: TODD 327. Phone (615) 494-7646. Email: lhampton@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2006). Areas: Social Inequality, Sociology of Education, and Social Capital.

Hinote, Brian. Assistant Professor. Office: TODD 325. Phone: (615)494-7914. Email: bhinote@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007). Areas: Medical Sociology, Social Theory, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Social Epidemiology.

MacLean, Vicky. Associate Professor. Office: TODD 332. Phone: (615) 898-2692. Email: vmaclean@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., Duke University, 1992). Areas: Social Theory, Development of American Sociology, Women's and Minority Health, Qualitative Methodology, Gender, Work and Organizations.

Mertig, Angela. Associate Professor. Office: TODD 328. Phone: (615) 904-8349. Email: amertig@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., Washington State University, 1995). Areas: Environmental Sociology, Research Methods, Public Opinion, Social Movements, Animals and Society, Gender and Society.

Wallace, J. Brandon. Associate Professor. Office: TODD 330. Phone: (615) 898-5976. Email: jbwallae@mtsu.edu. Homepage. (Ph.D., University of Florida, 1990). Areas: Social Gerontology, Medical Sociology, Family, Social Psychology, Quality of Care in Long-Term Care.

Webber, Gretchen. Assistant Professor. Office: TODD 305. Phone: (615) 898-2519. Email:gwebber@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., University of Texas, 2005). Areas: Gender, Family, Intersection of Gender and Work, Qualitative Methods.

Anthropology Faculty

Berryman, Hugh. Research Professor. Office: TODD 307. Phone: 615-494-7896. Email: berryman@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., Univerity of Tennessee 1981). Areas: Forensic anthropology/science, trauma, skeletal biology, bioarchaeology.

Fadzillah, Ida. Assistant Professor. Office: TODD 317. Phone: (615) 904-8275. Email: ifadzill@mtsu.edu.(Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2003). Areas: Gender, sexuality, adolescence, globalization.

Hodge, Shannon. Assistant Professor. Office: TODD 309. Phone: (615) 494-7681]. Email: shodge@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., Tulane University 2005). Areas: Bioarchaeology, paleopathology, prehistoric archaeology, chiefdoms; North America.

Leggett, William. Assistant Professor. Office: TODD 319. Phone: (615) 904-8589. Email: wleggett@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2003). Areas: Globalization, colonialization, economic anthropology, Southeast Asia, urban anthropology.

Pace, Richard B. Professor. Office: TODD 321. Phone: (615) 904-8058. Email: rpace@mtsu.edu. (Ph.D., University of Florida 1987). Areas: Political economy, cultural ecology; Brazilian Amazon.

Peres, Tanya M. Assistant Professor. Office: TODD 311. Phone: (615) 904-8590. Email: tperes@mtsu.edu. Homepage. (Ph.D., University of Florida 2001). Areas: Zooarchaeology, fisher-hunter-gatherer ecology, early agricultural societies, farmsteads; Southeastern United States, Panama, Mexico.

Smith, Kevin E. Professor. Office: TODD 313. Phone: (615) 898-5958. Email: kesmith@mtsu.edu. Homepage. (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University 1992). Areas: Prehistoric archaeology; 19th-century historic archaeology; public archaeology; chiefdoms.

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