Sociology and Anthropology

Introduction & Overview 

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology aims to develop a critical awareness of the relationship between the individual and the larger society in an historical context. Courses are designed to enhance personal development by examining the major social forces that influence our lives. By understanding the social roots of personal concerns and social issues we are better able to construct a more just society.

The program prepares students not only for graduate study in the social sciences, but also for careers in law, criminal justice, teaching, business management, social research, communications, and social action. Courses in social class, race and gender relations, globalization and development, social conflict, crime, science and technology, mass media, family, sports, and education are rooted in both historical and contemporary research on social issues.

Degree

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology 

Minors

Sociology and Anthropology

Career Ideas

Anthropologist, Archeologist, Clinical Sociologist, Community Organizer, Human Resources, Lawyer, Marketing, Nonprofit Management, Public Relations, Social & Community Service Manager, Social & Human Service Assistant, Social Psychologist, Social Services, Social Worker, Sociologist, Survey Researcher.

Program Director 

Eric Slater, 914.323.5343, Eric.Slater@mville.edu

Faculty and Staff

Full-Time Faculty

Elizabeth Cherry — Environmental sociology, animals and society, social movements, sociology of culture

Eric Slater — Urban studies, world-historical sociology and globalization, research methods

Hephzibah Strmic-Pawl — Race, multiracialism, social inequality, intersectional analysis

Beth Williford — Social movements, Latin America, indigenous peoples, Women’s and Gender Studies

Emeritus

David Eisenhower

Nancy Harris

John Murray

Adjunct Faculty

Dikebu Muley

Nick Urban