Minor Advisors

Archaeology

Dr. Paul N. Eubanks

Associate Professor

Office: TODD 309
Phone: (615) 898-2517
Email: Paul.Eubanks@mtsu.edu 


Areas of interest: 
The Archaeology and History of Salt, The Archaeology of the American Southeast, The Development of Complex Societies, Craft Production and Specialization, Pottery Analysis, Quantitative Analysis 

Asian Studies

Dr. William Leggett

Associate Professor

Office: TODD 319 
Phone: (615) 904-8589 
Email: Will.Leggett@mtsu.edu 

Areas of interest: 
Gender, Sexuality, Adolescence, Globalization 

Criminology

Dr.Ugur Orak

Sociology Graduate Program Director | Associate Professor

Office: TODD 334 
Phone: (615) 898-2697 
Email: Ugur.Orak@mtsu.edu 
Curriculum Vitae

Areas of interest: 
Crime, Deviance and Delinquency, Drugs/Alcohol, Mental Health, Military Sociology, Immigrants, Statistics and Quantitative Research Methods 

Family Studies

Dr. Gretchen Webber

Professor

Office: TODD 305 
Phone: (615) 898-2519 
Email: Gretchen.Webber@mtsu.edu 

Areas of interest: 
Gender, Family, Intersection of Gender and Work, Qualitative Methods 

Forensic Anthropology

Dr. Shannon Hodge

Professor

Office: PH 109A 
Phone: (615) 494-7681 
Email: shannon.hodge@mtsu.edu 
Homepage 

Areas of interest: 
Bioarchaeology, Chiefdoms; North America, Paleopathology, Prehistoric Archaeology 

Anthropology

Dr. William Leggett

Associate Professor

Office: TODD 319 
Phone: (615) 904-8589 
Email: Will.Leggett@mtsu.edu 

Areas of interest: 
Southeast Asian history and culture, Southeast Asian Colonial History, Post-Colonial Globalization, Transnational Economic Southeast Asia, Popular Culture (particularly films and music) in East and Southeast Asia, Urban Studies in Jakarta.

Sociology

Dr. Angela Mertig

Sociology Undergraduate Program Director | Professor

Office: TODD 328 
Phone: (615) 904-8349 
Email: angela.mertig@mtsu.edu 

Areas of interest: 
Animals and Society, Environmental Sociology, Public Opinion,  Research Methods, Social Movements 

Gerontology

Dr. J. Brandon Wallace

Aging Studies Program Director | Professor

Office: TODD 344 
Phone: (615) 898-2509 
Email: Brandon.Wallace@mtsu.edu 
Homepage 

Areas of interest: 
Family, Medical, Aging, Social Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics 

Native American Studies

Dr. Shannon Hodge

Professor

Office: TODD 344 
Phone: (615) 898-2509
Email: Shannon.Hodge@mtsu.edu 


Areas of interest: 
Bioarcheology, Paleopathology, North American precontact archaeology, and African Diaspora archaeology

Social Justice

Dr. Ashleigh McKinzie

Associate Professor

Office: TODD 330 
Phone: (615) 904-8644 
Email: Ashleigh.McKinzie@mtsu.edu

Areas of interest: 
Race, Social Responses to Disasters, Theory, Social Justice