Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Departmental Advising

Sociology and Anthropology faculty work closely with majors to guide them through their years at MTSU. They help students select courses, plan schedules, and make academic decisions. Faculty advisors also assist students with career planning and provide information about university resources, deadlines, etc.

Students are assigned a faculty advisor when they declare sociology or anthropology as a major and are encouraged to meet with their assigned advisor early in their program. Regular meetings (at least once a year, preferable once a semester) can greatly expedite progress through the program. Advisors can save you time, money, and frustration resulting from a badly planned schedule.

To find your advisor in Pipeline: Log into PipelineMT, click on the Advisors tab (left hand navigation), then under Student Details click ‘Assigned Advisors.’ Then, select the term and input your M number and click submit. This will list your current advisor with contact information.

If you need to be assigned or would like to change an advisor in the Sociology/Anthropology department, please contact the Executive Aide, Stephanie Steiner, TODD 342, at stephanie.steiner@mtsu.edu or (615) 898-2508.

Note: College of Liberal Arts (CLA) students can schedule an appointment to meet with their college advisor (in-person or virtually), Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM, year round. Click Here to go to the CLA Advisors page for more information, or to make an appointment with your college advisor.

Meet our faculty advisors for department minors:

Archaeology Studies

Kevin E. Smith

Professor

Office: TODD 313
Phone: (615) 898-5958
Email: Kevin.Smith@mtsu.edu
Homepage

Areas of interest:
Prehistoric Archaeology, 19th-Century Historic Archaeology, Public Archaeology, Chiefdoms

Asian Studies

Ida Fadzillah Leggett

Associate Professor

Office: TODD 317
Phone: (615) 904-8275
Email: Ida.Fadzillah@mtsu.edu

Areas of interest:
Gender, Sexuality, Adolescence, Globalization

Criminology Minor and Concentration

Ugur Orak

Assistant 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 Minor and Work & Family Concentration

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

Shannon Hodge

Anthropology Program Director | Professor

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

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

General Anthropology Studies

William Leggett

Associate Professor

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

Areas of interest:
Globalization, Colonization, Economic Anthropology, Southeast Asia, Urban Anthropology

General Sociology Studies

Angela Mertig

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

J. Brandon Wallace

Chair | 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

Graduate Studies

Vicky M. MacLean

Graduate Studies Program Director | Professor

Office: TODD 332
Phone: (615) 898-2692
Email: vicky.maclean@mtsu.edu

Areas of interest:
History of American Sociology Qualitative Methodology Race/Class/Gender Social & Feminist Theory Women’s and Minority Health

Native American Studies

Kevin E. Smith

Social Justice

Ashleigh McKinzie

Assistant Professor

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

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

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Mailing Address: Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Middle Tennessee State University
1301 East Main Street , Box 10
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Main Office: Todd Hall 342/344
Telephone: (615) 898-2508
Fax: (615) 898-5427