Sociology

Ellensburg
Farrell Hall, room 409

509-963-1305
Fax: 509-963-1308
www.cwu.edu/~sociolo
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Faculty and Staff
Chair
Hong Xiao, PhD

Professors
Laura L. Appleton, PhD, sex and gender, death and dying, and sociology of religion
Delores Cleary, PhD, criminology, the life-course, American society, minorities, ethnic studies, and American Indian issues
Kirk A. Johnson, PhD, criminology, delinquency, victimization, organizations, and methods
Hong Xiao, PhD, social stratification, social theory, comparative sociology, social ecology, and China studies

Associate Professors
Nelson Pichardo, PhD, ethnic studies, and social movements

Assistant Professors
Eric Cheney, PhD, deviance and social control, economic sociology, organizations, statistics and urban sociology
Michael Harrod, PhD, social psychology, criminology theory, intimate partner violence, statistics, research methods
Judith Hennessy, PhD, social welfare and poverty, gender, sociology of work, sociology of family
Pamela McMullin-Messier, PhD, demography, aging, collective action, social justice, environmental studies, family, gender, and sexuality
Michael Mulcahy, PhD, political sociology, political economy, organizations, theory

Staff
Noella Wyatt, secretary

Department Information
The Department of Sociology does not offer any graduate degrees.