Richard
Garnett
(Sociology)
received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in 1993, his M.A. in Sociology from the same school in1987,
and his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Vermont in 1980. He was
born in Burlington, Vermont during the Eisenhower administration and
lived there during the Flatlander Invasion of the 1970s and 1980s. He is
currently an Associate Professor in the Department of
Sociology/Anthropology at Marshall University, where he has taught since
1995. He teaches courses in introductory sociology, sociological theory,
social movements, and social stratification. In addition, he teaches and
researches in the areas of genocide, globalization, and cyberspace. His
current research involves a comparative analysis of racial construction
in the United States, Brazil, and Colombia.
office: Smith Hall 527
phone: (304) 696-2800
