Sociology and Anthropology faculty work closely with majors to guide them through their years at MTSU. They help students select courses, plan schedules, and make academic decisions. Faculty advisors also assist students with career planning and provide information about university resources, deadlines, etc.

Students are assigned a faculty advisor when they declare sociology or anthropology as a major and are encouraged to meet with their assigned advisor early in their program. Regular meetings (at least once a year, preferable once a semester) can greatly expedite progress through the program. Advisors can save you time, money, and frustration resulting from a badly planned schedule.

During their sophomore year, majors should complete an Upper Division Form (UDF) which lists all the courses that a student has taken and will take to complete their degree. Students declaring their major after their sophomore year should complete the UDF as soon as possible.

To find your advisor in Pipeline:  Log into PipelineMT, click on the Advisors tab (left hand navigation), then under Student Details click 'Assigned Advisors.'  Then, select the term and input your M number and click submit.  This will list your current advisor with contact information.

If you need to be assigned or would like to change an advisor in the Sociology/Anthropology department, please contact the Executive Aide, Stephanie Steiner, TODD 342, at stephanie.steiner@mtsu.edu or (615) 898-2508.

Meet our faculty advisors for department minors:

Anthropology | Archaeology | Native American Studies
Kevin E. Smith Anthropology Program Director | Professor  Office: TODD 313  Phone: (615) 898-5958  Email: Kevin.Smith@mtsu.edu  Homepage Areas of interest:  Prehistoric Archaeology, 19th-Century  Historic Archaeology, Public Archaeology,  Chiefdoms
Criminology
Meredith Dye Associate Professor   Office: TODD 331  Phone: (615) 898-2690  Email: Meredith.Dye@mtsu.edu  Curriculum Vitae Areas of interest:  Deviance and Social Control,  Criminology, Law and Society,  Sociology of Punishment
Family Studies
Ronald H. Aday Professor   Office: TODD 330  Phone: (615) 898-2125  Email: Ronald.Aday@mtsu.edu  Areas of interest:  Aging/Social Gerontology, Family,  Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research
Gretchen Webber Associate Professor   Office: TODD 305  Phone: (615) 898-2519  Email: Gretchen.Webber@mtsu.edu    Areas of interest:  Gender, Family, Intersection of  Gender and Work, Qualitative  Methods
Gerontology
J. Brandon Wallace Chair | Aging Studies Program Director | Professor Office: TODD 344  Phone: (615) 898-2509  Email: Brandon.Wallace@mtsu.edu  Homepage Areas of interest:  Family, Medical, Aging, Social Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics
Graduate Studies
Vicky M. MacLean Graduate Studies Program Director | Professor Office: TODD 332 Phone: (615) 898-2692 Email: vicky.maclean@mtsu.edu Areas of interest:  History of American Sociology Qualitative Methodology Race/Class/Gender Social & Feminist Theory Women's and Minority Health
Asian Studies
Ida Fadzillah Leggett Associate Professor Office: TODD 317  Phone: (615) 904-8275  Email: Ida.Fadzillah@mtsu.edu  Areas of interest:  Gender, Sexuality, Adolescence,  Globalization
International Media Studies
William Leggett Associate Professor   Office: TODD 319  Phone: (615) 904-8589  Email: Will.Leggett@mtsu.edu  Areas of interest:  Globalization, Colonization, Economic  Anthropology, Southeast Asia, Urban  Anthropology