Faculty & Staff
Our faculty teach and conduct research in a variety of areas, including Family and the Life Course, Law/Crime/Deviance, Population Studies, Social Organization/Social Inequality, and Social Psychology. Our staff provide strong administrative support and a comprehensive advising program for students. For background information on each of our faculty and administrative staff, click on their names.
Department Chair
Faculty
he/him
Assistant Professor Director, Tedrow Lab for Demographic and Social Research
AH 509
Affiliated Faculty
Staff
She/Her/Hers
Program Coordinator and Academic Advisor
AH 513
Faculty Research Interests
| Faculty Name and Title | Research Interests | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Kristin Anderson, Professor |
Gender, domestic violence, families | Kristin.Anderson@wwu.edu (360) 650-7219 |
| Ruby Ben, Assistant Professor |
Critical Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples and Native Nations, Race and Ethnicity, Health and Illness, Qualitative Methods, Science, Knowledge, and Technology | benr2@wwu.edu 360-650-4767 |
| Mick Cunningham, Professor |
Family, social demography, gender, time use, intimate partner violence | Mick.Cunningham@wwu.edu (360) 650-4881 |
| Sabrina Freeman, Instructor |
Organizations, small group processes, research | Sabrina.Freeman@wwu.edu (360) 650-3618 |
| Pat Gillham, Associate Professor |
Social movements, democracy, policing, law, civil disorder, inequalities, social control and violence | gillhap@wwu.edu (360) 650-3006 |
| Ronald Helms, Professor |
criminal justice (police, courts, corrections), criminology, local jails and mental health resourcing, energy consumption patterns, research methods | Helmsr@wwu.edu (360) 650-7927 |
| Dustin Hughes, | ||
| Jen Lois, Professor of Sociology |
Sociology of Emotions, Gender, Identity/Self, Qualitative Methods | Jen.Lois@wwu.edu (360) 650-3007 |
| Liz Mogford, Professor |
Social/structural determinants of health, travel ethics, critical health literacy pedagogy, gender equity with focus on violence against women | mogfore@wwu.edu (360) 650-3002 |
| Melissa Osborne, PhD, Associate Professor |
Social mobility, inequality and stratification, education, organizations, social theory, culture, qualitative methods | osbornm7@wwu.edu (360) 650-3001 |
| Phil Pendergast, PhD, Assistant Professor, Director, Tedrow Lab for Demographic and Social Research |
Quantitative Methods, Social Inequality, Health and Well-Being, Crime and Punishment, Demography, Quasi-Experiments and Program Evaluation | penderp@wwu.edu (360) 650-3229 |
| Toby Ten Eyck, Instructor |
Community and urban culture | Toby.TenEyck@wwu.edu (360) 650-7521 |
| Glenn Tsunokai, PhD, Professor |
Race and ethnic relations, methods, stratification | tsunokg@wwu.edu 360-650-2540 |
| Cameron T. Whitley, PhD, Associate Professor |
Environmental Sociology, Sociological Animal Studies, Science and Technology, Queer/Trans Studies, Social Psychology, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning | whitlec@wwu.edu (360) 650-3618 |
| Batool Zaidi, Associate Professor |
Gender, Demography, International Development, Global Sociology, Migration, Reproductive Health | zaidir@wwu.edu (360) 650-4926 |