A History of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Crime and Society Program at Southwest Missouri State University

A History of the Department of
Sociology and Anthropology
and the Crime and Society Program
at Missouri State University

~ Group Pictures ~

The first group picture of the Department was taken in 1972 (below). Portraits since that time have been irregular, and no pictures were taken of the group between 1985 and 2003.

Faculty of 1972
Left to Right: Francis Tucker, Lloyd Young - Head, Imogene Hill, Lou Vargo, Elizabeth Robinson, Richard E. Clark, Oreen Ruedi, Tom Varghese, Donald Landon, Gilbert/Fred Dirks, Clarence Ketch.

Faculty of 1973
First row, left to right: Elizabeth Robinson, Doris Ewing, Oreen Ruedi, Imogene Hill, Donald Landon
Second row, left to right: Gilbert/Fred Dirks, Toni Loman, Lloyd Young - Head, Lawrence Reed, Francis/Bud Tucker, Clarence Ketch.

The Department in 1979

The Department in 1980

The Department in 1981

The Department in 1982

The Department in 1983

The Department in 1984

The Department in 1985

The Department in 2003
Front row, left to right: Suzanne Walker, Melodye Lehnerer, Christy Titus, Janet Graham.
Second row: John Harms, Karl Kunkel.
Third row: Bill Wedenoja, Diane Leamy, Martha Wilkerson, Jeff London.
Fourth row: Robin Amonker, Gayle Rhineberger, LiYing Li.
Fifth row: Bill Meadows, Shahin Gerami.
Sixth row: Marty Prosono, Jeff Nash, Tim Knapp.
Seventh row: Mike Carlie, Juris Zarins, Gary Brock.
Back: Gary Brinker and Margie Buckner.