Social Sciences: Faculty & Staff

Our faculty members are experienced teachers and respected scholars in their fields. The Social Sciences Department prides itself on maintaining open and engaging faculty-student relationships. They're dedicated to helping you put together a program to meet your needs.

Margaret Gannon, IHM, Ph.D., C.M.F.C., Department Chair

• Women's, developing world, and peace studies, African and Middle East history
• Author of Paths of Daring, Deeds of Hope
• Contributor to The New Catholic Encyclopedia

Kathleen P. Munley, Ph.D., C.M.F.C.

• American history, ethnic studies, American diplomacy and foreign policy, women's studies, American politics
• Author of The Carbondale Mine Fire

Walter Broughton, Ph.D., C.M.F.C., Director, Applied Social Sciences

• Criminal justice, sociology, social research
• Author of Images of America: Lake Carey

Frederick F. Fagal, Jr., Ph.D., C.M.F.C.

• Economics, statistics, econometrics, educational policy
• Author of Classroom: the Computer Simulated Teaching Experience

Thomas Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

• Political science, constitutional law, pre-law

Alexander Vari, Ph.D.

• European history, Latin American history, urban studies
• Contributor to Crossing Borders: A Transnational Approach to European Tourism History and The American History Yearbook

Patrick Seffrin, Ph.D.

• Criminology, criminal justice, sociology

 

Joseph Cabrera, Ph.D.

• Urban Sociology, urban crime patterns, social networks
• Joseph Cabrera's personal Website

 

 Jeremy Rich, Ph.D., Associate Professor

• Author of two books, A Workman is Worthy of His Meat:  Food and Colonialism in the Gabon Estuary (2007) and Missing Links:  The American and African Worlds of R.L. Garner, Primate Collector (2012).
• Has written over 30 peer-reviewed articles & book chapters on Gabonese history.
• Executive editor of the peer-reviewed journal French Colonial History (2012-2014)
• Amnesty International USA country specialist on Central African issues.

 

Sharon Nazarchuk, Ph.D.

• Anthropology, sociology

 

James Frutchey, M. A.

• European and world history

Mark Lemoncelli, M. A.

• American history, social studies methods