School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Meet Our Faculty and Staff

Chair

Kevin L. Dooley, Ph.D.

Department Chair
Associate Professor

Full-time Faculty

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Lecturer

Melissa A. Alvare, Ph.D.

Lecturer

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Stephen Chapman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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Rekha Datta, Ph.D.

Professor
Freed Endowed Chair in Social Sciences

Johanna Foster

Johanna E. Foster, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Director, Sociology Program
Helen Bennett McMurray Endowed Chair in Social Ethics

Instructor

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Jennifer McGovern, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Faculty Athletics Representative

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Nancy J. Mezey, Ph.D.

Dean of the Honors School
Professor

Ken E. Mitchell, Ph.D.

Professor

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Joseph Patten, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Saliba Sarsar, Ph.D.

Professor

Part-time Faculty

Shabnam Baidariwal

Adjunct

Adjunct

Adjunct

Adjunct

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Adjunct

Adjunct

Michelle Parisi

Adjunct

Adjunct

Ghulam Sawar Sultani

Adjunct