• Dr. Hoey and students at the SAS Conference 2013

    Dr. Hoey, Farris Jackson, Emily Cain, and Autumn Crank at the Southern Anthropological Society Conference, Spring 2013, Johnson City, Tennessee

  • Old Main & Smith Hall - Marshall University

    Marshall University – Smith Hall, Old Main, and Drinko Library

  • Marshall Anthropology - Four Field

    Marshall Anthropology's Four Fields

  • The Archaeological and Ethnological Labs at Marshall University

    Marshall Archaeological and Ethnological Lab & Library

  • Drinko Library

    Drinko Library

  • Dr. Hoey and students at the SAS Conference 2013

    Dr. Hoey, Farris Jackson, Emily Cain, and Autumn Crank at the Southern Anthropological Society Conference, Spring 2013, Johnson City, Tennessee

  • Old Main & Smith Hall - Marshall University

    Marshall University – Smith Hall, Old Main, and Drinko Library

  • Marshall Anthropology - Four Field

    Marshall Anthropology's Four Fields

  • The Archaeological and Ethnological Labs at Marshall University

    Marshall Archaeological and Ethnological Lab & Library

  • Drinko Library

    Drinko Library

  • Dr. Hoey and students at the SAS Conference 2013

    Dr. Hoey, Farris Jackson, Emily Cain, and Autumn Crank at the Southern Anthropological Society Conference, Spring 2013, Johnson City, Tennessee

  • Old Main & Smith Hall - Marshall University

    Marshall University – Smith Hall, Old Main, and Drinko Library

  • Marshall Anthropology - Four Field

    Marshall Anthropology's Four Fields

  • The Archaeological and Ethnological Labs at Marshall University

    Marshall Archaeological and Ethnological Lab & Library

  • Drinko Library

    Drinko Library

  • Dr. Hoey and students at the SAS Conference 2013

    Dr. Hoey, Farris Jackson, Emily Cain, and Autumn Crank at the Southern Anthropological Society Conference, Spring 2013, Johnson City, Tennessee

  • Old Main & Smith Hall - Marshall University

    Marshall University – Smith Hall, Old Main, and Drinko Library

  • Marshall Anthropology - Four Field

    Marshall Anthropology's Four Fields

  • The Archaeological and Ethnological Labs at Marshall University

    Marshall Archaeological and Ethnological Lab & Library

  • Drinko Library

    Drinko Library

  • Dr. Hoey and students at the SAS Conference 2013

    Dr. Hoey, Farris Jackson, Emily Cain, and Autumn Crank at the Southern Anthropological Society Conference, Spring 2013, Johnson City, Tennessee

  • Old Main & Smith Hall - Marshall University

    Marshall University – Smith Hall, Old Main, and Drinko Library

  • Marshall Anthropology - Four Field

    Marshall Anthropology's Four Fields

  • The Archaeological and Ethnological Labs at Marshall University

    Marshall Archaeological and Ethnological Lab & Library

  • Drinko Library

    Drinko Library

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Marshall University offers a supportive environment for undergraduate and Masters level students who wish to pursue training in sociology and anthropology. Our accomplished faculty place a strong emphasis on teaching and mentoring while also striving to maintain an active research agenda.  The curriculum is designed to provide our students with a wide range of options in pursuit of their academic and professional goals and interests, while also providing solid training in core foundations of  the two disciplines. Students learn both qualitative and quantitative research methods and are exposed to a variety of subfields and theoretical perspectives.

 

Faculty core strengths include: social movements and social change, language, gender, race, inequality, stratification, deviance, cultural diversity, social interaction and group processes, migration, globalization, social institutions (religion, family, work and occupations, health care, politics and the economy), criminology, gerontology, qualitative and quantitative research methods, and advanced statistical analysis.