Faculty
Maria Luisa Amado, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
B.A., Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua (Panama); M.A. Emory University; Ph.D. Emory University.
Areas of Specialization: Latin America; Social Stratification; Racial and Ethnic Relations; Ethnicity at Work; Latino Sociology
Thomas (Tom) Guthrie, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
B.A. Davidson College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago.
Areas of Specialization: USA; Cultural Politics; Tourism; Environmental Anthropology; Politics of Multiculturalism; Theory; History of Anthropology
Edwins Gwako, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology and Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
B.A. University of Nairobi; M.A. University of Nairobi; M.A.; Ph.D. Washington University in Saint Louis.
Areas of Specialization: Africa; Economic Anthropology; Research Methods; Anthropological Theory; Gender and Development, Applied Anthropology
Bennett Judkins, Visiting Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
B.S., M.A., Ph.D. University of Tennessee.
Areas of Specialization: USA; Social Problems, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, Social Movements, Research Methods
Martha Lang, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
B.S. Guilford College; M.A., Ph.D. Brown University.
Areas of Specialization: USA; Medical Sociology; Health Social Movements; Social Demography; Ethnicity and Health; Community Based Participatory Research.
Kathryn Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
B.A., Indiana University-Bloomington; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D. Candidate University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Areas of Specialization: USA; Gender; Sexuality; Work and Organizations; Theory; Methods
Other Contributing Faculty
Vernie Davis, Professor and Director of Peace and Conflict Studies; Faculty Director of the Conflict Resolution Resource Center
B.A., Kalamazoo College; M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University.
Areas of Specialization: Africa; Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Social Change.
Richard L. Zweigenhaft, Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology
B.S., Wesleyan University; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D. University of California at Santa Cruz.