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Faculty
Melinda D. Kane
Undergraduate Studies Director/ Director of Gender Studies, Associate Professor
252-737-2478
Brewster A-404
kanem@ecu.edu
Colin Campbell
Graduate Director, Associate Professor
252-328-4895
Brewster A-412
campbellco16@ecu.edu
Mamadi Corra
Professor
252-328-4836
Brewster A-420
corram@ecu.edu
Bob Edwards
Professor
252-328-4863
Brewster A-409
edwardsr@ecu.edu
Lori Heald
Teaching Assistant Professor
252-328-4886
Brewster A-406
healdl@ecu.edu
A.J. Jacobs
Professor
252-328-1933
Brewster A-417
jacobsa@ecu.edu
Arunas Juska
Professor
252-328-6386
Brewster A-418
juskaa@ecu.edu
Sitawa Kimuna
Professor
252-328-5768
Brewster A-421
kimunas@ecu.edu
David Knox
Professor
252-328-4896
Brewster A-419
knoxd@ecu.edu
Jermaine McNair
Teaching Instructor
252-328-4838
Brewster A-403
mcnaireje21@ecu.edu
Kirk Miller
Associate Professor
252-328-4214
Brewster A-408
millerjam19@ecu.edu
Jennifer O’Neill
Teaching Instructor
252-218-2338
Brewster A-401
oneillje20@ecu.eduCurriculum Vitae (PDF)
Rebecca Powers
Associate Professor
252-328-4885
OC 02430
powersr@ecu.edu
 Susan C. Pearce
Professor
252-218-2544
Brewster A-402
pearces@ecu.edu
Chaniqua Simpson Assistant Professor
252-328-6147
Brewster A-405
simpsonc22@ecu.edu
Yan Zhang
Assistant Professor
252-328-2923
Brewster A-407
zhangy23@ecu.edu
Staff
LaShonda Brown
Lead Administrative Support Associate
252-328-6883
Brewster A-416
brownlas14@ecu.edu
Morgan Outlaw
Assistant Administrative Support Associate
252-328-6193
Brewster A-411
outlawm22@ecu.edu
Faculty Affiliates
Dmitry Tumin
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine
tumind18@ecu.edu
Our Students
ECU Sociology students have many interests and eventual career paths. Graduates from our BA and BS programs have gone on to accomplished careers across the range of employment sectors. Our graduates include human resource officers, nonprofit community organizers, entrepreneurs, managers, government employees, higher-education administrators, counselors, school teachers, and social service providers.
The department’s MA graduates have gone on to earn PhDs and become professors across the United States, and become leaders in research agencies, nonprofits, government, and business. ECU’s first LGBTQ organization was born from a Master’s student practicum project in the department, and is now the largest campus-based LGBTQ organization in the UNC system.
Emeritus Faculty
Richard Caston
Ph.D., Duke University 1978
Areas of Interest: Economic Sociology, Social Inequality, Gerontology, Medical Sociology, Human Services, Work and Organizations
Gladys Howell
M.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1949
Areas of Interest: Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Social Problems, Anthropology
Kathy G. Jones
M.A., East Carolina University 2006
Areas of Interest: Psychology, Sociology of Gender, Modern Social Problems, Sociology of Deviant Behavior, Women’s Studies
Charles Garrison
Ph.D., University of Kentucky 1974
Areas of Interest: Religion, Urban, Theory, Family
Jeffrey Johnson
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine 1981
Areas of Interest: Social Networks, Coastal and Marine Studies, Research Methods
Lee Maril
Ph.D., Washington University
Areas of interest: Inequality, Social Justice, Public Policy
John Maiolo
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University 1965
Areas of Interest: Environment, Work, Complex Organizations, Policy
James Mitchell
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University 1980
Areas of Interest: Aging, Health, Quantitative Methods
Linda Mooney
Ph.D., University of Akron 1984
Areas of Interest: Criminology, Sociology of Law, Deviance
Jasper Register
Ph.D., University of Kentucky 1974
Areas of Interest: Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Aging/Social Gerontology, Social Change
Christa Reiser
Ph.D., North Carolina State University 1981
Areas of Interest: Gender, Family, Social Psychology
Buford Rhea
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia 1961
Areas of Interest: Theory, Organizations, Education
Martin Schultz
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Areas of Interest: Family, Social Change
Avtar Singh
Ph.D., Mississippi State University 1967
Areas of Interest: Theory, Community, Social Stratification
Archie Smith
M.A., East Carolina University 1974
Areas of Interest: Demography, Criminology/Delinquency, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization
Paul Tschetter
Ph.D., Michigan State University 1975
Areas of Interest: Population, Rural Sociology
Melvin Williams
Ph.D., Duke University 1941
Areas of Interest: Criminology/Delinquency, Theory, Social Problems
Kenneth Wilson
Ph.D., Purdue University 1974
Areas of interest: Development, Social Psychology, Research Methods, Deviance