Sociology Department

College of the Sciences
Ellensburg
Farrell Hall, room 409
Mail Stop 7545
509-963-1305
Fax: 509-963-1308
www.cwu.edu/sociology
See website for how sociology may be used for educational and career purposes.

Faculty and Staff
Chair
Delores (Kandee) Cleary, PhD

Professors
Laura L. Appleton, PhD, sex and gender, death and dying, sociology of religion
Delores Cleary, PhD, criminology, the life-course, American society, minorities, ethnic studies, American Indian issues
Kirk A. Johnson, PhD, Dean, college of the sciences, criminology, delinquency, victimization, organizations, methods
Nelson Pichardo, PhD, ethnic studies, social movements

Associate Professors
Eric Cheney, PhD, deviance and social control, economic sociology, organizations, statistics and urban sociology
Judith Hennessy, PhD, social welfare and poverty, gender, sociology of work, sociology of family
Michael Harrod, PhD, social psychology, criminology theory, intimate partner violence, statistics, research methods
Michael Mulcahy, PhD, political sociology, political economy, organizations, theory

Assistant Professors
Tracey Hoover, PhD, gender and identity, feminist movements and theory, family and socialization, and media
Pamela McMullin-Messier, PhD, demography, aging, collective action, social justice, environmental studies, family, gender, and sexuality
Sarah Samblanet, PhD, social inequality, statistics, gender
Griff Tester, PhD, gender, social inequality, aging, health

Staff
Kelly Zakel-Larson, secretary supervisor

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

Courses

Sociology (SOC)