Sociology Faculty
Permanent Faculty | Adjunct Instructors | Professors Emeriti
Permanent Faculty
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Co-Director, UM Community First Research Center for Wellbeing and Creative Achievement (CREW)
Ph.D, University of Missouri
Community resilience, health and food systems, rural sociology, mixed methods
Lamar Hall 543 | 662-915-5733
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 | 662-915-7178
kdelling@olemiss.edu
Assistant Professor of Sociology & Southern Studies
Ph.D, University of North Carolina
Race, Culture, Inequality, Rural US South
Lamar Hall 521 | 662-915-6533
bofoster@olemiss.edu
Co-Director, Center for Population Studies
Professor of Sociology
Ph.D, University of Missouri
Community Development, Rural Sociology, Methods, Demography, Health
Lamar Hall 537 | 662-915-7295
jjgreen@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 & African American Studies
Ph.D, University of Illinois
Race, Media, Politics
Lamar Hall 508 | 662-915-6505
kjohnson@olemiss.edu
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D, Vanderbilt University
Religion (Judaism), the Holocaust, Politics, Race, Gender
Lamar Hall 540 | 662-915-1495
wjohnson@olemiss.edu
Assistant 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
Associate Chair, Sociology
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D, University of Arizona
Methods, Environment, Media, Culture, Theory of Knowledge
Lamar Hall 531 | 662-915-7316
sonnett@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
Stratification, Globalization, Political Violence
Lamar Hall 525 | 662-915-2504
avelitch@olemiss.edu
Adjunct Instructors
Scott Barretta
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology & Anthropology
MA, University of Virginia
Lamar Hall 511 | 662-915-1965
smbarretta@olemiss.edu
William M. Franks
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
MA, University of Mississippi; MFA, University of Iowa
wmfranks@olemiss.edu
James W. Hill
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
MS, University of Mississippi
jwhill1@olemiss.edu
Michelle Katterjohn
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
MA, University of Mississippi; ME, University of Mississippi
mskatter@olemiss.edu
Dianne Lindley
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
MA, University of Mississippi
Lamar Hall 511 | 662-915-1965
dlindley@olemiss.edu
Professors Emeriti
Vaughn L. Grisham
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
PhD, University of North Carolina
662-915-7421
vgrisham@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
