Faculty and Staff


Anthropology


   
Anthony Cavender, Ph.D.

ANTHONY P. CAVENDER
Professor. Ph.D. 1981, University of Tennessee
Medical Anthropology, Ethnomedicine, South America (Ecuador), Southern Appalachia
cavender@etsu.edu

   


  Bill Duncan



WILLIAM N. DUNCAN
Anthropology advising coordinator
Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2005, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Physical anthropology, bioarchaeology, Mesoamerica
duncanwn@etsu.edu

       
Jay Franklin

JAY FRANKLIN
Anthropology Program Coordinator
Associate Professor. Ph.D. 2002, University of Tennessee
Prehistory of Southeast U.S., Stone Tool Technologies, Highland/Cave Archaeology, Old World Paleolithic
franklij@etsu.edu

       
Lindsey King, Ph.D. LINDSEY C. KING
Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 1999, University of Tennessee
Anthropology of Religion, Native American Culture, Environmental Anthropology, Visual Anthropology
kingcl@etsu.edu
      
Schrift Mil

MELISSA SCHRIFT
Associate Professor. Ph.D. 1998, University of Hawaii
Ethnicity, Race and Class , Gender, Popular and Consumer Culture, Medical Anthropology, Applied Anthropology, China, US Culture
schrift@etsu.edu

   

Sociology


JOSEPH O. BAKER
Graduate Studies Coordinator, Sociology M.A. program
Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2010, Baylor
Religion, Deviance, Quantitative methods
BakerJo@etsu.edu
   
Scott Beck, Ph.D. SCOTT H. BECK
Professor. Ph.D. 1981, University of Florida
Ethnicity in Latin America, Inequality in Latin America
r30scott@etsu.edu
    
 Nick

 

NICK BERIGAN
Visiting Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2012, University of South Carolina
Social Psychology, Mathematical Sociology, Altruism and Pro-Social Behavior
berigan@etsu.edu

 

 

   
Mary Cole, M.A. MARY E. "BETSIE" COLE
Lecturer. M.A. 1980, East Tennessee State University
Family, Social Organization
colem@etsu.edu
    
Martha Copp, Ph.D. MARTHA COPP
Professor. Ph.D. 1993, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Sociology of Emotions, Work and Occupations, Qualitative Research, Gender
coppm@etsu.edu
    
 

KELLY FOSTER

Coming soon

 

   
Paul Kamolnick, Ph.D. PAUL KAMOLNICK
Professor. Ph.D. 1990, Florida State University
Methodology of the Social Sciences, Biosociology of Human Sexual Differentiation, Biosociology of Human Racial Differentiation, Sociolology of Global Terrorism
kamolnp@etsu.edu
   

Robert Leger, Ph.D.

ROBERT G. LEGER
Professor. Ph.D. 1974, University of Iowa
J.D. 1990, Harvard Law School
Corrections, Deviance, Methodology
leger@etsu.edu
   

STEFANO B. LONGO
Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2009, University of Oregon
Environmental Sociology, Political Economy, Sustainability and Food Systems
longos@etsu.edu

    
Leslie McCallister, Ph.D. LESLIE MCCALLISTER
Chair of Sociology and Anthropology
Associate Professor. Ph.D. 2001, Baylor University
Community-based Research, Program Evaluation, Sociology of Sport, Multicultural Diversity
mccallis@etsu.edu
   

 

 

Retired and Emeritus Faculty


Richard Blaustein, Ph.D. RICHARD BLAUSTEIN
Ph.D. 1975, Indiana University
Appalachian folklore, History of Country Music, Nationalism and Cultural Revivals in Scotland, Medical Folklore
   
Cynthia Burnley, Ph.D. CYNTHIA BURNLEY
Ph.D. 1979, University of Tennessee
Lifestyles of Never Married Women, Higher Education Assessment
   

Judith Hammond, Ph.D.

JUDITH HAMMOND
Ph.D. 1975, Florida State University
Family Change, Welfare Reform
   

Wendell Hester, Ph.D.

WENDELL HESTER
Associate Professor. Ph.D. 1973, Emory University
Medical Care Organizations, Globalization, United States, Tennessee, Mexico and Russia