Western Illinois University: Macomb Campus

Faculty & Staff

In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, the full-time faculty members are actively involved in their respective disciplines. Each year they publish numerous articles and books, present papers at state, regional and national meetings and secure research grants from private, state and federal sources to advance knowledge in their disciplines.

All teaching faculty of the department possess first-hand research experience in their specialties. From their first introductory courses to graduate level seminars, students will be taught by Ph.D. sociologists and anthropologists who have established national--and in some cases international--reputations in their field.

Directory Listings

John F. Wozniak, Chair
Jane May, Secretary (309) 298-1056

Emeritus Faculty

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Department of Sociology and Anthropology Faculty and Staff

Chris A. Adamski-Mietus, Instructor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Family, Social Problems, Aging, Death and Dying
Office: Morgan Hall 401
Phone: (309) 298-1369
Department Page: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/adamski-mietus.php
Email: CA-Adamski@wiu.edu

Tawnya J. Adkins Covert, Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Political Sociology, Media Sociology, Stratification, Methods
Office: Morgan Hall 417B
Phone: (309) 298-1372
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/adkins-covert.php
Email: TJ-AdkinsCovert@wiu.edu

Alyssa Anderson, Instructor of Sociology

Office: Currens Hall 514B
Phone: (309) 298-2090
Department Page: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/aanderson.php
Email: AJ-Anderson3@wiu.edu

Patricia K. Anderson, Associate Professor of Anthropology

Areas of Specialization: Anthrozoology, Archaeology, Ancient Maya Civilization
Office: Currens Hall 508
Phone: (309) 298-1108
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/anderson.php
Email: PK-Anderson@wiu.edu

Davison Bideshi, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Sociological Theory, Criminology, Socio-Legal Studies, Law and Society; Sociology of Law
Office: Morgan Hall 408
Phone: (309) 298-3494
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/bideshi.php
Email: D-Bideshi@wiu.edu

Laurian Bowles, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African American Studies

Areas of Specialization: Ethnographic and Indigenous Photography, Gender and Transnational Feminism, Urbanization in Africa, Phenomenology and Anthropology of the Senses
Office: Morgan Hall 232D
Phone: (309) 298-2483
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/bowles.php
Email: LR-Bowles@wiu.edu

Gordon Chang, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Theory, Qualitative Methods, Microsociology, Education, Politics, Discourse Processes
Office : Morgan Hall 409
Phone: (309) 298-1199
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/chang.php
Email: GC-Chang@wiu.edu

Christina Davis, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Areas of Specialization: Linguistic Anthropology, South Asia, Social Inequality, Conflict, Education
Office: Morgan Hall 401
Phone: (309) 298-1369
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/davis.php
Email: C-Davis@wiu.edu

Lora Ebert Wallace, Associate Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Medical sociology, family sociology, Sociology of women's health and reproductive health, and survey methods/quantitative methods
Office: Morgan Hall 423A
Phone: (309) 298-1156
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/ebert-wallace.php
Email: LE-Wallace2@wiu.edu

Merih Ghebregiorgis, Instructor of Anthropology

Areas of Specialization: Medical sociology, family sociology, Sociology of women's health and reproductive health, and survey methods/quantitative methods
Office: Currens Hall 514a
Phone: (309) 298-1056
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/ghebregiorgis.php
Email: M-Ghebregiorgis@wiu.edu

Robert Hironimus-Wendt, Associate Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Social Inequality and Work and Formal Organizations
Office: Morgan Hall 421
Phone: (309) 298-1457
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/hironimus-wendt.php
Email: RJ-Hironimus-Wendt@wiu.edu

Elgin Mannion, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Economic Growth, Economic/Rural Development, Income Distribution, Social Theory/Philosophy, Hermeneutics
Office: Morgan Hall 421
Phone: (309) 298-1081
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/mannion.php
Email: E-Mannion@wiu.edu

Patrick McGinty, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization:Symbolic Interactionism, Sociology of Education
Organizations, Occupations, and Work, Sociology of Policy, Social Inequalities

Office: Morgan Hall 406
Phone: (309) 298-1381
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/mcginty.php
Email: PJ-Mcginty@wiu.edu

Heather McIlvaine-Newsad, Professor of Anthropology

Areas of Specialization: Gender and the Environment, Disaster Research, Local Food Systems, Applied Methods
Office: Morgan Hall 408
Phone: (309) 298-1264
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/mcilvaine-newsad.php
Email: H-Mcilvaine-newsad@wiu.edu

David Rohall, Professor of Sociology

Director, Western Survey Research Center
Areas of Specialization: Social Psychology, Social Attitudes, Military Sociology
Office: Morgan Hall 203a
Phone: (309) 298-1567
Departmental Webpage:wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/rohall.php
Email: DE-Rohall@wiu.edu

Diane Sandage, Associate Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Sex and Gender, Religion, Sociology of Victims, Delinquency
Office: Morgan Hall 418
Phone: (309) 298-1463
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/sandage.php
Email: DD-Sandage@wiu.edu

Nancy A. Schaefer, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Sociology of Religion, Cultural Sociology, Popular Culture
Office: Quad Cities 287
Phone: (309) 762-9481, ext. 251
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/schaefer.php
Email: NA-Schaefer@wiu.edu

Cynthia B. Struthers, Associate Professor of Sociology

Research Associate, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
Areas of Specialization: Family, Community, Rural Sociology
Office: Stipes Hall 502
Phone: (309) 298-2282
Departmental Webpage:wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/struthers.php
Email: CB-Struthers@wiu.edu

Shengming Tang, Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Quantitative Methodology; Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Family
Office: Morgan Hall 410
Phone: (309) 298-1613
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/tang.php
Email: S-Tang@wiu.edu

Craig Tollini, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization:Quantitative methods, Sociology of knowledge, Sexual Orientation
Office: Morgan Hall 417A
Phone: (309) 298-1265
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/tollini.php
Email: CD-Tollini@wiu.edu

Oswald S. Warner, Associate Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Globalization, Race and Ethnicity
Office: Morgan Hall 403
Phone: (309) 298-1171
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/warner.php
Email: OS-Warner@wiu.edu

Bridget Welch, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Emotions; Identity; Latino/a Sociology; Networks; Race, Class & Gender; Research Methods; Social Psychology
Office: Morgan Hall 403
Phone: (309) 298-2418
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/welch.php
Email: BK-Welch@wiu.edu

Tammy Werner, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of Specialization: Gender, Social Stratification
Office: Quad Cities 211
Phone: (309) 762-9481 or (209) 298-1056
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/werner.php
Email: TL-Werner@wiu.edu

Beate Wilson, Instructor of Sociology

Office: Morgan Hall 488
Phone: (309) 298-2768
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/wilson.php
Email: BI-Wilson1@wiu.edu

John F. Wozniak, Professor of Sociology and Department Chair

Areas of Specialization: Criminology/Delinquency; Corporate Crime; Corrections; Social Psychology; Work/Organizations
Office: Morgan Hall 404
Phone: (309) 298-1056
Departmental Webpage: wiu.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/wozniak.php
Email: JF-Wozniak@wiu.edu