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. Stephanie Bradley
sbradley20@radford.edu
Fiscal Sociology, politics, economic sociology, social movements, inequalities
Dr. Joanna Hunter
jhunter35@radford.edu
Identity, organizations, gender, qualitative methods
Dr. Mary B. LaLone
mlalone@radford.edu
Cultural anthropology, applied research (participatory development/community-based planning), economy and environment, culture change, experiential education, Appalachian cultures
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
Ms. Pat Brown
Executive Director
The Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley
Mr. Eric Bucey
Executive Director
Beans and Rice, Inc.
Dr. Theresa Burriss
Radford University
Director/Chair, Appalachian Regional & Rural Studies Center
Ms. Teresa Dickens
Radford University
Assistant Director, Career Counseling
Dr. Erin Webster-Garrett
Radford University
Director, Scholar-Citizen Initiative