Faculty & Staff

Paul Dean
Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology;
Department Chair
Elliott Hall 312 | 740-368-3837 | psdean@owu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Stratification and Inequality; First-Gen Students; Race and Ethnicity; Social Justice; Globalization; Social Movements; Economic Sociology; Socially Responsible Business; Sociological Theory; Service Learning

Vanessa Hildebrand
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Chair, Division of Social Sciences
Elliott Hall 309 | 740-368-3786 | vmhildebrand@owu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Reproductive health (menopause studies, maternal and infant mortality, critical global public health and policy); Health equity, family and parenting; Social theory; Qualitative research methods; Socio-cultural and medical anthropology; Southeast Asian studies; Indonesia and United States.

Veda Hyunjin Kim
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Elliott Hall 308 | 740-368-3866 | vhkim@owu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Crimes of the Powerful; State Crime; Genocide; Decolonial/Postcolonial Studies; Feminism and Intersectionality; Historical Sociology; Social Theory; East Asian and Korean studies
Part-Time Faculty
Shelby Frye
Part-Time Instructor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Elliott Hall 402 | sefrye@owu.edu

Sam Mitchell
Part-Time Instructor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Elliott Hall 402 | srmitchell@owu.edu

Norman Rose
Part-Time Instructor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Elliott Hall 402 | nrrose@owu.edu
Staff

Deborah Lovell
Academic Assistant in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Elliott Hall 205 | 740-368-3906 | djlovell@owu.edu
Retired Faculty

Theodore (Ted) Cohen
Emeritus Professor of Sociology & Anthropology
tfcohen@owu.edu

Mary Howard
Emeritus Professor of Sociology & Anthropology
mthoward@owu.edu

James Peoples
Emeritus Professor of Sociology & Anthropology
jgpeople@owu.edu
Department Contact Info
Location
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH 43015
E soan@owu.edu
Department Contact
Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Elliott Hall 312
740-368-3837
psdean@owu.edu
Academic Assistant: Deborah Lovell
Academic Assistant
Elliott Hall 205
740-368-3906
djlovell@owu.edu