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DIVISION CONTACT INFO:  Bellamy Hall (BELL) 231A
Division Chair: Earlene Camarillo (camarilloe@wou.edu) 503-838-8544
Admin Program Asst: Sharyne Ryals (ryalss@wou.edu) 503-838-8288

ANTHROPOLOGY 
Isidore Lobnibe, Professor, Excellence in Scholarship (2023)
Robin Smith, Professor Emeritus (Retired)

HISTORY DEPARTMENT
David Doellinger, Professor, Excellence in Scholarship (2014)
Patricia Goldsworthy-Bishop, Professor, Excellence in Scholarship (2024)
Kimberly Jensen, Professor, Department Head, Excellence in Scholarship (2011), Excellence in Teaching (2002)
John Rector, Professor Emeritus (Retired)
Elizabeth Swedo, Associate Professor
Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada, Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies Coordinator
Donna Sinclair, NTT Assistant Professor

 

POLITICS, POLICY, & ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Earlene Camarillo, Associate Professor, Social Science Division Chair, Excellence in Service (2024)
Eliot Dickinson, Professor, Excellence in Scholarship (2017)
Edwin Dover, Professor Emeritus (Retired)
Robert Forbis, NTT Assistant Professor
Mark Henkels, Professor Emeritus (Retired)
Mary Pettenger, Professor, Department Head, Excellence in Advising (2023)
Salam Noor, NTT Instructor
Julio “Mingo” Vidrio, NTT Instructor

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Dean Braa, Professor Emeritus (retired) , Excellence in Teaching (2007)
Peter Callero, Professor Emeritus (Retired) Excellence in Scholarship (1996), Excellence in Teaching (2018)
Maureen Dolan, Professor, Department Head, Excellence in Teaching (2015)
Olga Custer, NTT Assistant Professor
Becky Phillips, Assistant Professor
Chris Solario, NTT Instructor
CM Hall, NTT Instructor

SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT
Shaun Huston, Professor, Department Head
Michael McGlade, Professor
Mark Van Steeter, Professor

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