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DEPARTMENT CHAIR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Robert<\/figure>
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Robert A. Brown, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Chair
Department of Social Science<\/strong>
rabrown1@umes.edu<\/a>
Office: Hazel Hall Suite 3028
Office Number: 410-651-8482
Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Constance<\/figure>
\n

Constance Pruitt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & Assistant Chair<\/strong>
Faculty Advisor of Hawks Organized for Political Engagement (H.O.P.E.)
Political Science<\/strong>
cmpruitt@umes.edu<\/a>
Office: Hazell Hall 3008
Office Number: (410) 621-3514
Curriculum Vitae<\/a>
Expertise: Comparative Politics, with Africa as a regional focus, International Relations, and American Government.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>
\n

Zelma E. Hayward, MPA 
Administrative Assistant<\/strong>
zehayward@umes.edu<\/a> <\/strong>
Office: Hazel Hall, Suite 3040
Office Number: 410-651-6086 \/ Fax: 410-651-6584<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>
\n

Prince Attoh, Ph.D.
Professor
Organizational Leadership<\/strong>
paattoh@umes.edu<\/a>
Office: Spaulding Building
Office Number: 410-621-2280
Expertise: Cross-Cultural Leadership<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Kathryn<\/figure>
\n

Kathryn Barrett-Gaines, Ph.D. <\/strong>
Professor<\/strong>
kbarrett-gaines@umes.edu<\/a>
Office: Hazel Hall, Suite 3010
Office Number: 410-651-7934
Curriculum Vitae<\/a>
Expertise: Africa-centered World History, African History, African American History, Comparative History of Race, and Social, Cultural, and Economic History of Uganda and East African Great Lakes Region<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>
\n

Shannon Paige Clark, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Assistant Professor<\/strong>
Organizational Leadership<\/strong>
smclark1@umes.edu<\/a>
<\/strong>Office: Spaulding Hall, Room 1102
Office Number: 410-621-2281
Curriculum Vitae<\/a>
Latest Work<\/a>
Expertise: Schools as Organizations; Critical Qualitative Research; Leadership; Family-School Relations; Black Education<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>
\n

Leslie Foncette, Ph.D.\u00a0
Assistant Professor<\/strong>
Coordinator of the Sociology\/Social Work Dual Degree Program
Sociology<\/strong>
lcfoncette@umes.edu<\/a>
Office: Hazel Hall, Suite 3009
Office Number: 410-651-3034
Curriculum Vitae<\/a>
Expertise: Qualitative Research Methods, Black, Caribbean and Transnational Feminist Theory, Interdisciplinary Methods<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Tao<\/figure>
\n

Tao Gong, Ph.D.
Professor and Interim Director
Organizational Leadership <\/strong>
tgong@umes.edu<\/a>
Office: Spaulding Hall, Room 1110
Office Number: 410-621-2278
Curriculum Vitae<\/a>
Expertise: Organizational Leadership, Economics, and Policy Evaluation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"James<\/figure>
\n

James Meeker, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor
Sociology & Criminology
<\/strong>jmeeker@umes.edu<\/a>
Office: Hazel Hall, Suite 3037
Cell Phone Number: 419-202-4940
Curriculum Vitae<\/a>
Expertise: Inequality & Criminology<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Dr.<\/figure>
\n

Dr. Marcella L. Mulhollem
Assistant Professor
Sociology<\/strong>
mlmulhollem@umes.edu<\/a>
Office: Hazel Hall, Suite 3036
Office Number: 410-651-7336
Curriculum <\/a>V<\/a>itae<\/a>
Expertise: Sociology, Criminology, Gender, Women\u2019s Studies<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Arlisha<\/figure>
\n

Arlisha R. Norwood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor<\/strong>
History<\/strong>
anorwood@umes.edu<\/a>
Office: Hazel Hall, Suite 3012
Office Number: 410-651-6240
Curriculum Vitae<\/a>
Expertise: 19th Century United States History\/ Civil War and Reconstruction<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Marshall<\/figure>
\n

Marshall F. Stevenson, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor<\/strong>
History<\/strong>
mfstevenson@umes.edu<\/a>
Office: Spaulding Hall
Office Number: 410-621-1547
Biography<\/a>
Expertise: African American\u2014Black-Jewish Relations; Blacks in the American Labor Movement; Globalization and Competing Ideologies<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

ADJUNCT FACULTY <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Joyce<\/figure>
\n

Joyce Bell, Ph.D.<\/strong>
Volunteer<\/strong> Associate Professor
Social Work<\/strong>
jabell@umes.edu<\/a>
Curriculum Vitae<\/a>
Expertise: Clinical social work, work with families and children, religion and spirituality, philosophy, working with groups<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Joseph<\/figure>
\n

Joseph Chaikel
Adjunct Professor<\/strong>
History, Political Science<\/strong>
jchaikel@umes.edu<\/a>
Resume<\/a>
Expertise: Ancient History, Holocaust<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEPARTMENT CHAIR Robert A. Brown, Ph.D.ChairDepartment of Social Sciencerabrown1@umes.eduOffice: Hazel Hall Suite 3028Office Number: 410-651-8482Curriculum Vitae Constance Pruitt, Ph.D.Assistant Professor & Assistant ChairFaculty Advisor of Hawks Organized for Political Engagement (H.O.P.E.)Political Sciencecmpruitt@umes.edu Office: Hazell Hall 3008Office Number: (410) 621-3514Curriculum VitaeExpertise: Comparative Politics, with Africa as a regional focus, International Relations, and American Government. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT…Read more Faculty and Staff<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1347","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}