Faculty
Sociology听 |听 Criminology and Criminal Justice听 |听 Anthropology
SOCIOLOGY
Dr. Robert M. Anthony
Associate Professor of Sociology, Chair of the Senate Professional Development, Faculty Salary, and Welfare Committee
Email: rantho02@shepherd.edu
Phone: (304) 876-5192
Areas and Interests: Undergraduate Research, Statistics, Theory, Research Methods, International Comparative-Historical Research, Urbanization, Social Change, Social Identity
Office: White Hall 328
Dr. Amy DeWitt
Professor of Sociology, Assistant Dean of Student Academic Enrichment
Email: adewitt@shepherd.edu
Phone: (304) 876-5075
Areas and Interests:听Research Methods, Sociology of the Family, Sociology of Film
Office: LIB 156
Richard C. Snyder, Jr.
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
E-mail:听 rsnyder@shepherd.edu
Phone:听 304-876-5332
Master of Arts鈥揌uman Sciences/Government, Hood College, Frederick, MD
Bachelor of Science鈥揝ociology, University of Maryland, College Park
Academic Specialties:听 Social Problems, social services, and general sociology
CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Dr. Albina Laskovtsov
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Email:alaskovt@shepherd.edu
Phone: 听(304) 876-5303
Areas and Interests:听Cyber Abuse, Gender and Crime, Victimization
Office:听White Hall 312A
Dr. Janay M. Gasparini
Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice
Email:听jgaspari@shepherd.edu
Areas and Interests: Women in policing, police-community interactions, and intersections of agriculture and the justice system.
Christopher Cobian
Adjunct Instructor of Criminology
E-mail:听 ccobian@shepherd.edu
Phone:听 304-876-5332
Master of Social Work, University of Maryland at Baltimore
Bachelor of Arts鈥揊amily Studies, Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Licensed social worker
Mark Hofe
Adjunct Instructor of Criminology
E-mail: chofe@shepherd.edu
Phone: 304-876-5332
Master of Arts鈥揅ommunication Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown
Bachelor of Science鈥揝ociology, 黑料吃瓜网College, Shepherdstown, WV
Academic Specialties:听 Probation and parole, penologyAcademic Specialties:听 Psychiatric and vocational rehabilitation, career and supportive counseling
Francine H. Phillips
Adjunct Instructor of Criminology
E-mail: fphillip@shepherd.edu
Phone: 304-876-5332
Juris Doctorate鈥揥est Virginia University, Morgantown
Master of Business Administration鈥揝hippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
Bachelor of Science鈥揃usiness听 Administration, 黑料吃瓜网College, Shepherdstown, WV
Academic Specialties: Business and administrative law, criminal justice, legal research and writing
Homer A. Speaker
Adjunct Instructor of Criminology
E-mail: hspeaker@shepherd.edu
Phone: 304-876-5332
Juris Doctorate鈥揥est Virginia University, Morgantown
Master of Business Administration鈥揥est Virginia University, Morgantown
Bachelor of Science鈥揗arketing, West Virginia University, Morgantown
Academic Specialties: Criminal law and criminal procedures, environmental law
ANTHROPOLOGY
Patrick Farris
Adjunct Instructor of Anthropology
E-mail: pfarris@shepherd.edu
Phone:听 N/A
Master of Arts鈥揂nthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington
Bachelor of Arts鈥揂nthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Academic Specialties: Cultural Anthropology, Middle East, Central Asia, Southeastern United States
Eugene Marino
Adjunct Instructor of Anthropology
E-mail: emarino@shepherd.edu
Phone: 304-876-5332
Master of Arts鈥揂nthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia
Bachelor of Arts鈥揂nthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia
Academic Specialties: Archaeology and archaeological curation, forensic anthropology, cultural resource management, historic preservation, history of anthropology and archaeology