Full-Time Faculty

Dr. Brian D. Bates , Department Chair,  Director of Archaeology Field School,  Ph.D., University of London; Archaeology, Caribbean, Native America, Civil War. batesbd@longwood.edu  -2875

Dr. Lee D. M. Bidwell , Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., University of Tennessee; Marriage and the Family, Domestic Violence, Gender Issues. bidwelllm@longwood.edu  -2699

Dr. William Burger , Associate Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., New School for Social Research; Criminology, Theory, Collective Behavior. burgerwc@longwood.edu  -2247

Dr. Doug Dalton , Professor of Anthropology, University of Virginia, Ph.D., Language and Culture, Research Methods, Supernatural Belief Systems, Papua New Guinea. daltondm@longwood.edu  -2245

Dr. James W. Jordan , Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Ph.D., University of Georgia; Archeology, Native Americans, Africa, Physical Anthropology. jordanjw@longwood.edu  -2244

Dr. Debra S. Kelley , Associate Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Criminology, Criminal Justice, Social Inequality, Violence, Quantitative Methods. kelleyds@longwood.edu  -2692

Dr. Michael Phelan, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology, M.A., Sociology, Mankato State University, Ph.D. University of Kentucky; Criminology, Social Psychology, Prison Gangs, Tatoos, Deviance, Identity Work, Negotiated Order.  phelanmp@longwood.edu  -2199 

Dr. Kenneth B. Perkins, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Complex Organizations, Voluntary Associations (fire and EMS), Methods, Sociology of Education. perkinskb@longwood.edu   -2243

Dr. Carl Riden, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Rural Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Gender, Stratification.  ridencm@longwood.edu   -2098

Dr. Michael Ryan, visiting Assistant Professor, Ph.D, University of Florida; Deviance, Criminal Justice, Social Psychology, Medical Sociology, Sociology of the Family. ryanm@longwood.edu -2069