Sociology Department

College of the Sciences
Ellensburg
Samuelson, room 201
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
Pamela McMullin-Messier , PhD

Professors
Eric Cheney, PhD, deviance and social control, economic sociology, organizations, statistics and urban sociology
Delores Cleary, PhD, criminology, the life-course, American society, minorities, ethnic studies, American Indian issues
Judith Hennessy, PhD, social welfare and poverty, gender, sociology of work, sociology of family
Nelson Pichardo, PhD, ethnic studies, social movements
Griff Tester, PhD, gender, social inequality, aging, health

Associate Professors
Michael Harrod, PhD, social psychology, criminology theory, intimate partner violence, statistics, research methods
Pamela McMullin-Messier, PhD, demography, aging, collective action, social justice, environmental studies, family, gender, and sexuality

Assistant Professors
Nikolas Summers, PhD, stats, methods, inequality
Baiqing (Cythnia) Zhang, PhD, criminology, statics

Lecturers
Tracey hoover, PhD, gender and identity, feminist movements and theory, family and socialization, media, religion
Connie Robinson, PhD, historical sociology, political sociology, social movements, race, ethnicity and nation
Jessica Strawn, MA, criminology and communities, juvenile rehabilitation, social welfare

Staff
Kelly Zakel-Larson, secretary supervisor

Department Information
The Department of Sociology does not offer any graduate programs at this time.

Courses

Sociology (SOC)