Faculty/Staff, SO/AN Department, Washburn University

Full-Time Faculty

Photo of Dr. Zelkovitz Dr. Bruce M. Zelkovitz
Professor of Sociology and Chair
Ph.D. -- Washington University

Office: HC 218-A
Phone: (785) 670-1610
bruce.zelkovitz@washburn.edu

Teaching Interests:
Sociological Theory • Sociology of Sport • Aging and Society • Deviance • Introduction to Sociology

Research Interests:
Aging in Cross-Cultural Context • Sport and Society • Baseball and Societal Continuity and Change • Baseball and Intersection with Opera • Sociology of Literature

Dr. Sharla Blank
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. -- University of California at San Diego

Office: HC 218-H
Phone: (785) 670-2104
sharla.blank@washburn.edu

Teaching Interests:
Cultural Anthropology • Caribbean Studies • Gender • Qualitative Methods

Research Interests:
Female heads of household in the Caribbean • Gender relations

Dr. Cheryl D. Childers
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D. -- Texas Woman's University

Office: HC 218-C
Phone: (785) 670-2103
cheryl.childers@washburn.edu

Teaching Interests:
Social Inequality • Race/Ethnic Group Relations • Research Methods • Sociology of Disasters • Organizations • Social Statistics • Collective Behavior and Social Movements

Research Interests:
Race/Class/Gender Issues in Education, Work, Health, and Disasters • Sociology of Popular Culture • Race Relations

Dr. Karen Kapusta-Pofahl
Lecturer, Sociology / Anthropology
Ph.D. -- University of Minnesota

Office: HC 214-A
Phone: (785) 670-1781
karen.kapusta-pofahl@washburn.edu

Teaching Interests:
Cultural Anthropology • Introduction to Sociology • History and Theory in Anthropology

Research Interests:
Gender • Postsocialism • Czech Republic • Europe • Knowledge Production • European Union • Feminism • Women • Higher Education Research

photo of Dr. Park Dr. Sangyoub Park
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D. -- University of South Carolina

Office: HC 218-G
Phone: (785) 670-1612
sangyoub.park@washburn.edu

Teaching Interests:
Quantitative Methodology • Social Demography • Social Inequality • Social Psychology • Introduction to Sociology

Research Interests:
Social Capital/Social Networks • Quantitative Methods • Stratification • Tolerance • Cultural Change in Korea

Dr. John Paul
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D. -- Oklahoma State University

Office: HC 218-B
Phone:(785) 670-1609
john.paul1@washburn.edu

Teaching Interests:
Introduction to Sociology • Criminology • Juvenile Delinquency • Deviance • Race/Ethnic Group Relations

Research Interests:
Ethnicity • Supremacist Organizations and Native American Studies • Sociology of Art

Dr. Margaret Wood
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. -- Syracuse University

Office: HC 218-D
Phone: (785) 670-1613
margaret.wood@washburn.edu

Teaching Interests:
Introduction to Archaeology • Historical Archaeology • Physical Anthropology • Cultural Anthropology • Visual Anthropology • Mesoamerican Archaeology

Research Interests:
Historical Archaeology • Landscape Analysis • Labor History • Social Inequality • Ethicity • Gender • Nationalism • Class

Full-Time Staff

Tammy Schlingmann
Secretary II

Office: HC 218
Phone:(785) 670-1608
tammy.schlingmann@washburn.edu