Directory

Department Chair

Ruth Triplett
Professor & Chair Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3804

Associate Chair

Daniel Pryce
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3801

Graduate Program Director - Ph.D. in Criminology & Criminal Justice

Vanessa Panfil
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-4238

Graduate Program Director - M.A. in Applied Sociology

Ingrid Whitaker
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3811

Chief Departmental Advisor

Jessica Huffman
Senior Lecturer Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3935

Office Manager

Calisa Farmer
Program Support Technician Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3791

Sociology & Criminal Justice

Organizational Chart

Full-Time Faculty

Allison Chappell
Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-4041
Mengyan Dai
Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-5327
Research Interests
Mona Danner
Higher Ed Teach Res Asst Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-5931
Research Interests
Mica DECKARD
Assistant Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-6894
Jared Ellison
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-6883
Randy Gainey
Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-4794
Research Interests
Isabel Arriagada Gajewski
Assistant Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757683-3791x
Roderick Graham
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-5539
Research Interests
Charles Gray
Master Lecturer Sociology & Criminal Justice
Research Interests
Jessica Huffman
Senior Lecturer Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3935
Jeehye Kang
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-4977
Jonathan Lopez
Master Lecturer Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3791
Scott Maggard
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
Research Interests
Substance use, race and ethnicity, drug policy, social disorganization theory, juvenile justice
Professor Philip J. Mann
Senior Lecturer Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3813
Jeanee Miller
Assistant Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3791
Vanessa Panfil
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-4238
Brian Payne
Interim Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Academic Affairs
757-683-3079
Research Interests
Pedagogy, Cybercrime, White-collar Crime
Amanda Petersen
Assistant Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-5931
Daniel Pryce
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3801
Research Interests
Kent Sandstrom
Adjunct Instructional Faculty Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-504-4812
Derek Siegel
Assistant Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
Kathleen Slauson-Blevins
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3791
Tracy Sohoni
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-6895
Melvina Sumter
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3812
Elizabeth Monk Turner
Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3817
Victoria Time
Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-6100
Ruth Triplett
Professor & Chair Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3804
Research Interests
Ingrid Whitaker
Associate Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3811
Brandi Woodell
Assistant Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-4707
Dr. Woodell's Website
Xiushi Yang
Professor Sociology & Criminal Justice
757-683-3809