Department Head

• Krzysztof Jasiewicz
  William P. Ames Jr. Professor and Head, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
  227 Newcomb Hall
  540-458-8790
  jasiewiczk@wlu.edu
  
  

  Research interests: political sociology, elections and voting behavior, post-communism, Polish politics.

  Krzysztof Jasiewicz, the Ames Professor of Sociology and head of the department at Washington and Lee University, should not be confused with the Warsaw-based historian of the same first and last name (no relation). 

  
  
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Faculty

• Alison Bell
  Associate Professor of Archaeology
  Newcomb 309
  (540) 458-8798
  bella@wlu.edu
  
  Research interests: Anthropological perspectives on American history, historical archaeology, material culture, consumption and production, social stratification, 18th and 19th centuries in the eastern United States
  
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• Lynn G. Chin
  Assistant Professor of Sociology
  Newcomb Hall 209
  (540) 458-8791
  chinl@wlu.edu
  
  Research Interests: Group processes and social psychology. I am interested in how organizational task and work structures can impact intragroup impressions and processes, such as the development of intragroup cooperation, solidarity, status hierarchies, and the formation/enhancement of social stereotypes. I am interested in how social structure influences the interplay between individuals and groups.
• Jonathan Eastwood
  Associate Professor of Sociology
  Newcomb 225
  540-458-8777
  eastwoodj@wlu.edu
  
  Research Interests: nationalism and national identity (with a particular focus on Latin American cases); sociology of religion; sociology of literature; Venezuelan politics and society
• Sascha L. Goluboff
  Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology
  Newcomb 210
  540-458-8807
  goluboffs@wlu.edu
  
  Research Interests: My work focuses on the anthropology of emotion in a variety of geographical and historical contexts. From investigating practices of mourning and grief in Azerbaijan to analyzing the delight and terror of homeplace in Antebellum Virginia, I view emotion as a story -- a narrative told about self and society, as well as a discourse about interpersonal connections.
  
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• Donald Gaylord
  Staff Archeologist/Anthropology Inst.
  Newcomb Hall 204
  (540) 458-8378
  gaylordd@wlu.edu
  
  Research interests: I am interested in the anthropological analysis of property ownership and land use as seen through the lens of production, exchange and consumption. My research on the woodland period and early history of Virginia hopes to better understand the intersection of peoples’ lives with the broader Atlantic world. I specialize in using the physical sciences, quantitative methods and mapping equipment/software for the analysis of archaeological deposits, cultural landscapes and environmental transformation.
• Harvey Markowitz
  Assistant Professor of Sociology/Anthropology
  Newcomb 308
  540-458-8214
  markowitzh@wlu.edu
  
  Research Interests: inter-relationships among American Indian religions, landscapes, cultures, histories, and identities.
• David R. Novack
  Professor of Sociology, Current Abigail Grigsby Urquhart '11 Term Professor
  Newcomb 104
  540-458-8792
  novackd@wlu.edu
  
  Research Interests: college students’ attitudes toward gender issues, sexual behaviors, gender responsibility, and sexual assault and rape.
  
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Emeritus Faculty

• John McDaniel
  Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
  mcdanielj@wlu.edu
  
  Research Interests: publications in archaeology, physical anthropology and cultural anthropology; primarily research primarily oriented to historic site archaeology.
• O. Kendall White, Jr.
  Professor Emeritus of Sociology
  Newcomb 305
  (540) 458-8793
  whitek@wlu.edu
  
  Research Interests: sociology of religion, social movements, social organization, social psychology, political sociology, race and ethnic relations
  
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Staff

• Karen Lyle
  Administrative Assistant
  Newcomb Hall 110
  540-458-8798
  lylek@wlu.edu