Faculty

Below is a list of Sociology faculty. For students interested in our Graduate Programs in Sociology, please also check out our Criminology Faculty since Sociology and Criminology Faculty are merged at the Graduate Level.

Dr. Chardie Baird

Professor
cbaird@ksu.edu
Gender Inequality and Inequity in STEM, Gender Inequality and Inequity at Work and in the Home, Work and Occupations, Gender and Education

Dr. Alisa Garni

Associate Professor
amgarni@ksu.edu
International Migration; Sociology of Development; Comparative and Historical Methods; Qualitative Research Methods

Dr. Gerad Middendorf

Professor
middendo@ksu.edu
Rural and Environmental Studies; Sociology of Agriculture and Food; International Development; Science and Technology Studies; Contemporary Theory

Dr. Matthew Sanderson

Professor
mattrs@ksu.edu
Globalization; Development; Migration; Environment

Dr. Nadia Shapkina

Sociology Undergraduate Coordinator &
Associate Teaching Professor
shapkina@ksu.edu
Gender; Globalization; Social Movements; Migration; Post-Socialism

Dr. Frank Weyher

Associate Professor
weyher@ksu.edu
Emotions; Culture; Theory; Comparative & Historical Methods; Labor/Labor History; Political and Economic Sociology; Urban Sociology; Inequality