Faculty and Staff

Faculty 

Jonathan Eastwood

Jonathan Eastwood

Department Head, Sociology and Anthropology; Professor of Sociology

Professor Eastwood is a social theorist who also has a strong interest in quantitative methods. He teaches seminars on classical and contemporary theory as well as a series of courses that train students how to use quantitative and computational tools to answer sociological questions.

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Alison Bell

Alison Bell

Professor of Anthropology

Bell teaches courses on the anthropology of American history. Her research interests include historical archaeology, material culture, social stratification, and the 18th and 19th century in the eastern United States.

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Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

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Lynn G. Chin

Lynn G. Chin

Associate Professor of Sociology

Chin teaches courses on power and status, health and inequality, and other unique topics in sociology. Her research focuses on group processes and social psychology.

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Donald Gaylord

Donald Gaylord

Research Archaeologist and Instructor of Anthropology

Gaylord teaches courses in archaeology including Field Methods in Archaeology and Discovering W&L’s Origins Using Historical Archaeology. He researches the anthropological analysis of property ownership and land use.

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Sascha L. Goluboff

Sascha L. Goluboff

Professor of Cultural Anthropology

Goluboff teaches courses such as Food, Culture, and Society, and Gender and Sexuality. Her research focuses on the anthropology of emotion in a variety of geographic and historic contexts.

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Sue Ann McCarty

Sue Ann McCarty

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

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Hafsa Oubou

Hafsa Oubou

Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology

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Marcos Perez

Marcos Perez

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Perez teaches courses such as Revolutions and Revolutionaries and Poverty and Marginality in the Americas. His research interests include political sociology, urban studies, stratification and Latin American studies.

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Candice Robinson

Candice Robinson

Assistant Professor of Sociology

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Alexander Sutton

Alexander Sutton

Assistant Professor of Sociology

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Affiliated  Faculty

Mauricio Betancourt

Mauricio Betancourt

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Betancourt teaches Intro to Environmental Studies, Environmental Sociology, and the Commodification of Nature. His research has focused on agroecology, nature-society interactions, imperialism, and unequal ecological exchange.

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Emily Landry

Emily Landry

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

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Dallas Tatman

Dallas Tatman

Assistant Director of Fellowships and Visiting Instructor of Anthropology

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Emeritus  Faculty

Krzysztof Jasiewicz

Krzysztof Jasiewicz

William P. Ames Jr. Professor

Jasiewicz, a native of Poland, teaches courses in research methods, European politics and society, post-communist transitions, and peoples of Central Europe. He is the editor of the journal East European Politics and Societies.

Harvey Markowitz

Harvey Markowitz

Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

Markowitz taught courses such as Lakota Land Culture, Economics and History. His courses drew from both anthropology and environmental studies. He has researched American Indians extensively.

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John McDaniel

Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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David Novack

David Novack

Professor Emeritus of Sociology

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Staff 

Melissa Gualtieri

Melissa Gualtieri

Administrative Assistant

Serves as the Administrative Assistant for the Sociology and Anthropology Department, Education Studies Program, and Africana Studies Program.

Archaeology  Faculty

Rebecca Benefiel

Rebecca Benefiel

Abigail Grigsby Urquhart Professor of Classics

Benefiel teaches classics and Latin courses such as Pompeii, Classics in a Digital Age, and The Poetry of Ovid. She studies Latin epigraphy, Roman social and cultural history, Latin literature and Roman archaeology.

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Donald Gaylord

Donald Gaylord

Research Archaeologist and Instructor of Anthropology

Gaylord teaches courses in archaeology including Field Methods in Archaeology and Discovering W&L’s Origins Using Historical Archaeology. He researches the anthropological analysis of property ownership and land use.

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Sascha L. Goluboff

Sascha L. Goluboff

Professor of Cultural Anthropology

Goluboff teaches courses such as Food, Culture, and Society, and Gender and Sexuality. Her research focuses on the anthropology of emotion in a variety of geographic and historic contexts.

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Melissa R. Kerin

Melissa R. Kerin

Professor of Art History

Kerin teaches courses in South Asian and East Asian art and architecture. Her research focuses on the intricate and multifaceted relationships between art and identity formation, cultural memory and religious praxis.

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Michael Laughy

Michael Laughy

Boetsch Term Associate Professor of Classics and Department Head

Laughy teaches courses in ancient Greek religion, history, art and archaeology. His research interests are Greek religion, Greek epigraphy and ancient Athens.

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Department Info

  • Newcomb Hall
    Washington and Lee University
    Lexington, Virginia 24450

Jon Eastwood

Department Head

Melissa Gualtieri

Administrative Assistant