Sociology Program

Department of Anthropology and Sociology Chair: Lawrence E. Bradley, Ph.D.
Sociology Program Director: Jack Niemonen, Ph.D.

Sociology Program
East Hall, Room 301
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: (605) 677-5402
Jack.Niemonen@usd.edu
sociology@usd.edu
www.usd.edu/sociology

FACULTY

Professor:

Jack Niemonen, Ph.D., Michigan State University. Specialization: Race Relations, Social Stratification, and Social Problems.

Assistant Professors:

Wenqian (Lucy) Dai, Ph.D., University of South Carolina. Specialization: Research Methods, Social Demography, Courtship and Marriage.
David Lane, Ph.D., University of Delaware. Specialization: Deviant Behavior, Criminology, Collective Behavior and Social Movements.

DEGREE

Although there is no graduate program in Sociology at USD, graduate students in other disciplines are welcome in the programs’s 500-level courses. These courses complement a number of graduate programs and can be used to fulfill outside-of-the-department course requirements.