Department of
Anthropology, Sociology, & Social Work

• Sociology Program
• Department of Anthropology, Sociology, & Social Work
• 223 Keith Building
• 521 Lancaster Avenue
• Eastern Kentucky University
• Richmond, KY 40475
• Phone: 859-622-1644
• FAX: 859-622-8167

SOCIOLOGY FACULTY
(Click on faculty picture or name to go to individual's web page.)

	Alan Banks, Professor  • Director, Center for Appalachian Studies Ph.D.:  McMaster University, 1980 Teaching Area:  Sociology Interests:  Appalachia • The Enviornment • Sociological Theory Office:  Center for Appalachian Studies, Martin House, 300 Summit Street Office Phone:  859-622-1622 or 859-622-3065 Email:  alan.banks@eku.edu
	John Curra, Professor  • EKU Foundation Professor ('05-'06) Ph.D.:  Purdue University, 1975 Teaching Area:  Sociology Interests:  Deviance and Crime • Social Norms • Serial Killers Office:  Keith 233 Office Phone:  859-622-1026 Email:  john.curra@eku.edu
	Sharon Hardesty, Full-Time Lecturer   M.A.:  University of Kentucky, 1990 Teaching Area:  Sociology Interests:  Environmental Issues • Community Based Action Research • Sociology of Work Office:  Keith 105 Office Phone:  859-622-1626 Email:  sharon.hardesty@eku.edu
	Matthew Irvin, Assistant Professor   Ph.D.:  North Carolina State University, 2006 Teaching Area:  Sociology Interests:  Mass Media and Society • Formal Organizations • Social Psychology • Masculinities • Inequality • Quantitative Analysis Office:  Keith 108 Office Phone:  859-622-2409 Email:  matthew.irvin@eku.edu
	Austin Matthews, Assistant Professor    Ph.D.:  University of Kentucky, 2006 Teaching Area:  Sociology Interests:  Crime • Law and Deviance • Sexualities and Society • Sociology of Health and Medicine • Quantitative Methods and Analysis Office:  Keith 106 Office Phone:  859-622-1389 Email:  austin.matthews@eku.edu
	Stephanie McSpirit, Associate Professor  • Director, Martin County Project Ph.D.:  University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 1994 Teaching Area:  Sociology Interests:  Statistics • Research Methods • Community-based Field Methods • Environmental Sociology • Risk and Society Office:  Keith 103 Office Phone:  859-622-3070 Email:  stephanie.mcspirit@eku.edu
	Paul Paolucci, Associate Professor  • Coordinator, Sociology Program Ph.D.:  University of Kentucky, 2001 Teaching Area:  Sociology Interests:  World-Systems Analysis • Race, Class, and Gender Studies • Dialectical, Historical and Comparative Methods • Sociological Theory: Marxist Theory, Post-Structuralism, Dramaturgy Office:  Keith 107 Office Phone:  859-622-6780 Email:  paul.paolucci@eku.edu
	Dionne Smith, Assistant Professor   Ph.D.:  University of Kentucky, 2002 Teaching Area:  Sociology Interests:  Social Stratification and Inequality • Race and Ethnicity • Social Call and Gender • Sociology of Work, Occupations and Labor Markets &bull Sociology of Education • Social Gerontology Office:  Keith 110 Office Phone:  859-622-1653 Email:  dionne.smith@eku.edu
	Elizabeth Underwood, Associate Professor   Ph.D.:  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Teaching Area:  Sociology Interests:  Sociology of Religion and Family • Historical Sociology • Demography • East Asian Studies Office:  Keith 219 Office Phone:  859-622-1469 Email:  elizabeth.underwood@eku.edu

STAFF

Lynn Morris, Administrative Assistant I Office: Keith 223 Office Phone: 859-622-1644 E-mail: lynn.morris@eku.edu