Full-Time Faculty

Paul Dean (Department Chair)

Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Justice; Coordinator of Faculty Onboarding
Elliott Hall 312
740-368-3837
psdean@owu.edu

Stratification and Inequality; Race and Ethnicity; Social Justice; Social Movements; Economic Sociology; Socially Responsible Business; Sociological Theory; Globalization; First-Gen Students; Service Learning

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Vanessa Hildebrand

Assistant Professor of Sociology-Anthropology
Elliott Hall 309
740-368-3786
vmhildebrand@owu.edu

Medical Anthropology; Development, Policy, and Global Health; Midwifery; Medical Education; Gender and Feminist Theory; Cultures of Biomedicine and Ethnomedicine; Maternal and Infant Health; Family; Research Methods; Southeast Asia, Indonesia, USA.

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Part-Time Faculty

John (J.D.) Durst

Part-Time Associate Professor of Sociology-Anthropology, Social Justice
Elliott Hall 308
740-368-3838
jcdurst@owu.edu

Criminology; Deviant Behavior; Punishment and Society; Rural/Appalachia; Immigration; Mental Health; Social Justice; Urban/Community Studies; Revitalization of Neighborhoods

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Yan Zhang

Part-Time Faculty Sociology-Anthropology
Elliott Hall 211
yyzhang@owu.edu

Staff

Retired Faculty

Theodore (Ted) Cohen

Emeritus Professor of Sociology & Anthropology

tfcohen@owu.edu

Department Contact Info

Location

Elliott Hall 205
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH 43015
P 740-368-3835

Department Contact

Department Chair: Paul Dean
Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Justice
Elliott Hall 312
740-368-3837
psdean@owu.edu

Academic Assistant: Dawn Wright
Elliott Hall 110
740-368-3631
dmwright@owu.edu