Sociology at Whitman College

7 faculty and 0 courses in Sociology at Whitman College.

Faculty

• Alissa Cordner, Professor of Sociology, Director of Public Health h-index 20
  Es on environmental sociology, the sociology of risk and disasters, environmental health and justice, and politics and participation. Her two major areas of research are the social and political aspects of wildfire risk management and the s
• Chris Wakefield, Assistant Professor of Sociology h-index 14
  /Interest Education Publications Biography Areas of Expertise/Interest Education Publications Chris Wakefield is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Whitman College. Professor Wakefield teaches courses topic courses in crime and sexualit
• Michelle Janning, Raymond and Elsie DeBurgh Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology, Co-Director of Human-Centered Design Program h-index 8
  Es on the intersection between social roles and relationships and the spaces and objects of everyday life. In addition to her frequent public speaking and applied consulting projects with local Walla Walla organizations, she has done interd
• Helen Kim, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Sociology h-index 6
• Alvaro Santana-Acuña, Associate Professor of Sociology
  Biography Education Areas Of Interest Álvaro Santana-Acuña (Ph.D., Harvard University, 2014) is Associate Professor of Sociology at Whitman College, where he teaches courses in Cultural Sociology, Social Theory, Social Researc
• Gilbert F. Mireles, Professor of Sociology
• Neal Christopherson, Director of Institutional Research

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.