About
The Center for Social and Cultural Research (CSCR) is affiliated with the Department of Sociology in collaboration with the Program in Public Sociology. Learn about our faculty, advisory council, and community board.
Faculty Associates
Dr. Aysha Bodenhamer
abodenham3@radford.edu
Environmental sociology, sociology of health and illness, rural sociology, Appalachian Studies, Applied Sociology
Dr. Joanna Hunter
jhunter35@radford.edu
Identity, organizations, gender, qualitative methods
Dr. Elizabeth Lyman
elyman@radford.edu
Social inequality, sociology of education, organizational theory
Dr. Jeanne Mekolichick
jmekolic@radford.edu
Social psychology, applied sociology, research methods, undergraduate education
Dr. Roby Page
erpage@radford.edu
Deviance, delinquency, family, social problems, visual sociology
Dr. Paula Prince
pprince2@radford.edu
Medical sociology, racial health disparities, Appalachian health and culture, research methods
Dr. Melinda B. Wagner, Emeritus
mwagner@radford.edu
Cultural anthropology, religion, ethnograhpic research methods, North American Indians, Appalachia
Dr. Allison Wisecup
awisecup@radford.edu
Social psychology; self, role and society; gender, stratification, identity, interaction and emotions; health inequalities, sport and society, mental health
Advisory Council
Mary LaLone, PhD
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Elizabeth Lyman, PhD
Chair, Department of Sociology
Melinda Wagner, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Appalachian Studies
Alison Wisecup, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology
Community Board
Annie Pearce
Associate Professor of Building Construction
Virginia Tech
Tricia Smith
Associate Vice President for Student Life
Radford University
Krystal Thompson
Executive Director
New River Community Action
Laura Beth Weaver
Executive Director
The Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley
Jessica Wirgau
Chief Executive Officer
Community Foundation of the New River Valley