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.
Faculty & Staff
| Name | Academic Title | Faculty Research Interests | Contact Info | |
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| Kristin Anderson | Professor |
Gender, domestic violence, family
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(360) 650-7219 Kristin.Anderson@wwu.edu |
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| Rick Bulcroft | Associate Professor |
Family, relationships, adolescence, research methods
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(360) 650-3005 Rick.Bulcroft@wwu.edu |
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| Mick Cunningham | Professor |
Family, social demography, gender, time use, intimate partner violence
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(360) 650-4881 cunningm@wwu.edu |
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| Seth Feinberg | Professor |
Research methodology, post-colonial African states, deviance, and NFL/NCAA labor markets
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(360) 650-3864 feinbes@wwu.edu |
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| Angela Fillingim | Assistant Professor/ Co-Director of Education and Social Justice Minor |
Human Rights, Immigration, International Law, Latin America, Race, Political Sociology, Social Theory
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(360) 650-7213 fillina@wwu.edu |
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| Sabrina Freeman | Instructor |
Organizations, small group processes, research
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(360) 650-3618 Sabrina.Freeman@wwu.edu |
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| Pat Gillham | Associate Professor |
Social movements, democracy, policing, law, civil disorder, inequalities, social control and violence
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(360) 650-3006 gillhap@wwu.edu |
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| Ron Helms | Professor |
Criminal justice, criminology, research methods
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(360) 650-7927 Ron.Helms@wwu.edu |
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| Jen Lois | Professor |
Social psychology, emotions, gender, qualitative methods
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(360) 650-3007 Jen.Lois@wwu.edu |
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| Baozhen Luo | Associate Professor |
Global Aging, Global China, Social Theories
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(360) 650-7913 luob@wwu.edu |
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| Carter Merklinghaus | Instructor |
Military Service, Gender, Substance Use/Abuse, Social Psychology, Demography
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(360) 650-7213 ander498@wwu.edu |
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| Liz Mogford | Professor |
Social/structural determinants of health, travel ethics, critical health literacy pedagogy, gender equity with focus on violence against women
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(360) 650-3002 mogfore@wwu.edu |
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| Julie Morris | Dir, Center for Social Science |
Statistics, Demography, Health, Intersectionality
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(360) 650-3176 Julie.Morris@wwu.edu |
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| Jenny Nguyen | Instructor |
Race and ethnic inequality, gender, IEPs, ACEs, Experimental surveys
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(360) 650-3001 nguye253@wwu.edu |
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| Melissa Osborne | Assistant Professor |
Social mobility, inequality and stratification, education, culture, organizations, social theory, qualitative methods
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(360) 650-3001 osbornm7@wwu.edu |
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| Laura Overstreet | Senior Instructor |
Divorce in late adulthood, student learning
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(360) 650-7522 Laura.Overstreet@wwu.edu |
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| Toby Ten Eyck | Instructor |
Community and urban culture
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(360) 650-7521 Toby.TenEyck@wwu.edu |
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| Glenn Tsunokai | Professor |
Race and ethnic relations, methods, stratification
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(360) 650-2540 Glenn.Tsunokai@wwu.edu |
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| Anne Tuominen | Instructor |
Family, religion, eLearning
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Anne.Tuominen@wwu.edu |
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| Sara Vega | Instructor |
Social Inequality, Food Insecurity, Health, Applied Research, Survey Research
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(360) 650-4926 Sara.Vega@wwu.edu |
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| Cameron Whitley | Assistant Professor |
Environmental Sociology, Animal Studies, Science and Technology, Queer/Trans Studies, Social Psychology, Teaching and Learning
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(360) 650-3618 whitlec@wwu.edu |
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| Batool Zaidi | Assistant Professor |
Gender, Demography, International Development, Global Sociology
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(360) 650-4926 zaidir@wwu.edu |
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| Name | Academic Title | Faculty Research Interests | Contact Info | |
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| Maggie Huang | Admin Services Manager A |
(360) 650-3610 huangx3@wwu.edu |
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| Andrea Osborn | Program Coordinator and Academic Advisor |
(360) 650-4882 osborna5@wwu.edu |
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| Name | Academic Title | Faculty Research Interests | Contact Info | |
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| Lucky Tedrow | Research Associate |
Social and applied demography, computer applications
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(360) 650-3176 Lucky.Tedrow@wwu.edu |
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