Sociology Faculty
Permanent Faculty | Instructors | Professors Emeriti
Permanent Faculty
Associate Dean for Research, Scholarship and Graduate Education, College of Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Missouri
Community resilience, health and food systems, rural sociology, mixed methods
Ventress Hall 205 | 662-915-7178
amcafer@olemiss.edu
Croft Instructional Associate Professor of Sociology & International Studies
Ph.D., Western Michigan University
Latin America, Political Sociology, Comparative Democracy, Methods
Lamar Hall 524 | 662-916-3605
mcentell@olemiss.edu
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Texas
Gender, Sexuality, Work, Qualitative Methods
Ventress Hall 209 | 662-915-7323
kdelling@olemiss.edu
Professor of Sociology and Chair, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Texas
Race & Ethnicity, Development, Globalization
Lamar Hall 509 | 662-915-5230
jacksonj@olemiss.edu
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Religion, Gender & Sexuality, Culture, Qualitative Methods
Lamar Hall 513 | 662-915-1235
mcdowell@olemiss.edu
Director, McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement
Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Community Leadership, Education
Howry Hall 311 | 662-915-2052
nylander@olemiss.edu
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., State University of New York
Theory, Identity, Food, Culture
Lamar Hall 526 | 662-915-3454
minjoo@olemiss.edu
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Southern Studies
Ph.D., Princeton University
Stratification, Race & Ethnicity, the American South, Ethnography, China
Lamar Hall 561 | 662-915-1540
parsons@olemiss.edu
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Missouri
Historical Racism, Inequality, Cultural Production
Lamar Hall 514 | 662-915-7430
jmthoma4@olemiss.edu
Croft Assistant Professor of Sociology & International Studies
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Violence, Citizenship, Inequality, Globalization, Social Movements, Theory
Lamar Hall 525 | 662-915-2504
avelitch@olemiss.edu
Instructors
Scott Barretta
Instructor of Sociology and Anthropology
MA, University of Virginia
Lamar Hall 511 | 662-915-1965
barretta@olemiss.edu
Angela Crouse
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
MA, University of Mississippi
Lamar Hall 552 | 662-915-7421
amcoaten@olemiss.edu
William M. Franks
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
MA, University of Mississippi; MFA, University of Iowa
wmfranks@olemiss.edu
Shela Duke
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
MA, University of Mississippi
Lamar Hall 512 | 662-915-7421
slduke@olemiss.edu
Michelle Katterjohn
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
MA, University of Mississippi; ME, University of Mississippi
mskatter@olemiss.edu
Dianne Lindley
Instructor of Sociology
MA, University of Mississippi
Lamar Hall 511 | 662-915-1965
dlindley@olemiss.edu
Randy Morgan
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
MA, University of Mississippi
Lamar Hall | 662-915-7421
rmorgan5@olemiss.edu
Brenna Paola
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
MA, University of Mississippi
Lamar Hall 552 | 662-915-7421
blpaola@olemiss.edu
Alexis Slade
Instructor of Sociology
MA, University of Mississippi
Lamar Hall 511 | 662-915-7421
arslade@olemiss.edu
Professors Emeriti
Vaughn L. Grisham
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
PhD, University of North Carolina
662-915-7421
vgrisham@olemiss.edu
Professor Emeritus of Sociology & African American Studies
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Race, Media, Politics
Lamar Hall 508 | 662-915-6505
kjohnson@olemiss.edu
Elise S. Lake
Associate Professor Emerita of Sociology
Ph.D, University of Washington
Food, Family, Deviance & Criminality, Social Psychology
662-915-7421
salake@olemiss.edu
Gary Long
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
PhD, State University of New York
662-915-7421
salong@olemiss.edu
Max Warren Williams
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
PhD, Vanderbilt University
662-915-7421
samax@olemiss.edu
