Faculty

Our Faculty

At the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, we have world-class faculty doing groundbreaking research in a variety of disciplines. Click on the tabs below for a list of the Department of Sociology's faculty members and their respective specialties.

Onwubiko Agozino	Professor	562a McBryde Hall	540-231-7699	agozino@vt.edu
Shannon Elizabeth Bell	Associate Professor	510 McBryde Hall	540-231-4445	sbell33@vt.edu
David L. Brunsma	Professor of Sociology	654 McBryde Hall	540-231-8723	brunsmad@vt.edu
Kaitlin Boyle	Assistant Professor	674 McBryde Hall	540-231-6074	kmboyle@vt.edu
Toni M. Calasanti	Professor	648 McBryde Hall	540-231-8961	toni@vt.edu
Sam Cook	Director, American Indian Studies	644 McBryde Hall	540-231-9596	sacook2@vt.edu
Nicholas Copeland	Assistant Professor	524 McBryde Hall	540-231-2768	ncopel@vt.edu
Ellington Graves	Director, Africana Studies	562b McBryde Hall	540-231-7343	egraves@vt.edu
Anthony K. Harrison	Associate Professor, Gloria D. Smith Professor of Africana Studies	678 McBryde Hall	540-231-4519	kwame@vt.edu
James E. Hawdon	Director, Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention	205A Norris Hall	540-231-7476	hawdonj@vt.edu
Michael Hughes	Professor	652 McBryde Hall	540-231-8967	mdh@vt.edu
Sharon Johnson	Director, Women's and Gender Studies	507a McBryde Hall	540-231-5932	spjohnso@vt.edu
Lindsay Kahle	Instructor	521 McBryde Hall	540-231-8939	lindsk87@vt.edu
Jill Kiecolt	Professor	668 McBryde Hall	540-231-8973	kiecolt@vt.edu
Neal M. King	Professor	642 McBryde Hall	540-231-8174	nmking@vt.edu
Christine Labuski	Assistant Professor	518 McBryde Hall	540-231-2765	chrislab@vt.edu
Sarah Ovink	Assistant Professor	504 McBryde Hall	540-231-2481	sovink@vt.edu
Anthony A. Peguero	Associate Professor	506 McBryde Hall	540-231-2549	anthony.peguero@vt.edu
Paulo Polanah	Associate Professor	670 McBryde Hall	540-231-5650	ppolanah@vt.edu
Karl Precoda	Advanced Instructor - Cinema Studies, Dramaturgy	251D Henderson Hall	540-231-6486	karlp@vt.edu
Wornie Reed	Director, Race and Social Policy Center	564 McBryde Hall	540-231-3496	wornie@vt.edu
Ashley Reichelmann	Assistant Professor	676 McBryde Hall	540-231-5651	avr@vt.edu
J. Micah Roos	Assistant Professor	656 McBryde Hall	540-231-8969	jmroos@vt.edu
John Ryan	Professor and Chair	560 McBryde Hall	540-231-9396	johnryan@vt.edu
Suchitra Samanta	Assistant Professor	546 McBryde Hall	540-231-7528	ssamanta@vt.edu
Donna Sedgwick	Instructor	649 McBryde Hall	540-231-8965	sedgwick@vt.edu
Paula Seniors	Associate Professor	672 McBryde Hall	540-231-7205	pseniors@vt.edu
Donald J. Shoemaker	Professor	512 McBryde Hall	540-231-6046	shoemake@vt.edu
Anastasia V. Yuan	Associate Professor	646 McBryde Hall	540-231-5641	avy@vt.edu
Williams Heidi	Instructor	560 McBryde Hall	540-231-	hmwill07@vt.edu
Dale Wimberley	Associate Professor	640 McBryde Hall	540-231-8960	wimberley@vt.edu
Bonnie Zare	Associate Professor	522 McBryde Hall	540-231-8189	bonzare@vt.edu
Haiyan Zhu	Assistant Professor	650 McBryde Hall	540-231-9641	zhuh09@vt.edu