Faculty & Staff
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
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.
Leslie MacColman
Assistant Professor of Sociology-Anthropology
Elliott Hall 402
740-368-3866
lemaccolman@owu.edu
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
Yan Zhang
Part-Time Faculty Sociology-Anthropology
Elliott Hall 211
yyzhang@owu.edu
Staff
Dawn Wright
Elliott Hall 110
740-368-3631 | dmwright@owu.edu
Retired Faculty
Theodore (Ted) Cohen
Emeritus Professor of Sociology & Anthropology
Mary Howard
Emeritus Professor of Sociology & Anthropology
James Peoples
Emeritus Professor of Sociology & Anthropology
Department Contact Info
Location
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH 43015
Department Contact
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