Sections and Affiliations
Although a majority of its members reside in the American West, WSSA draws social scientists from throughout the United States and internationally. Membership is open to all who share the Association’s goals. Currently, WSSA has thirty sections and affiliated groups which include a number of specific sections organized around shared interests and a number of affiliated groups.
To find a section coordinator for your field of interest, use the drop-down menu menu below and click "Go".
interested in affiliating
If your association is interested in affiliating with the WSSA, please let us know. You may contact Larry Gould, WSSA Executive Director.
If you association already affiliates with WSSA and you would like its homepage linked to the WSSA web site, please contact Chris Hiryak to send him the association's complete website address.
african-american studies
George Junne
Africana Studies Department
University of Northern Colorado
CB 159, African Studies
Greeley, CO 80639
Phone: 970-351-2418
Fax: 970-351-2998
E-mail: ghjunne@aol.com
american indian studies
Jaime Eyrich
University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210176 - Roundtree Hall
Tucson AZ 85721-0176
E-mail: jaimee@email.arizona.edu
american studies
Daniel J. McInerney
Department of History
Utah State University
0710 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-0710
Phone: 435-797-1283
Fax: 435-797-3899
E-mail: danielj@hass.usu.edu
Anthropology
Heather Albanesi
University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
Department of Sociology
PO Box 7150
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80933
Phone 719-262-4137
Fax 719-262-4450
E-mail: halbanes@uccs.edu
Arid Lands Studies
Conrad Moore
Western Kentucky University (Ret'd)
2200 Sandspring Ct.
Sierra Vista AZ 85650
E-mail: CONRAD.MOORE@WKU.EDU
Asian Studies
Walter Y. Kiang, Ph.D., MSW
Los Angeles County
Dept of Children & Family Services
9320 Telstar Ave. Suite 206
El Monte, CA 91731
Tel. (626)569-6803
E-mail: KIANGW@dcfs.co.la.ca.us
Association of Borderland Studies (ABS)
View Association of Borderland Studies website.
ABS Student Paper Competition [word] [pdf]
ABS Call for Papers [word] [pdf]
| Chris Brown Department of Geography New Mexico State University P.O. Box 30001/MSC MAP Las Cruces , NM 88003-8001 . Phone: (505) 646-1892 Fax: (505) 646-7430 E-mail: brownchr@nmsu.edu |
Irasema Coronado Department of Political Science University of Texas at El Paso 500 W University Blvd. El Paso, TX 79968 Phone: 915-747-7980 E-mail: icoronado@utep.edu |
Canadian Studies
View Canadian Studies website.
Diddy R.M. Hitchins
Department of Political Science
University of Alaska Anchorage
3221 Providence Dr.
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Phone: (907) 786-1582
Fax : (907) 786-4647
E-mail: diddy@uaa.alaska.edu
Chicano Studies
Santos C. Vega
Hispanic Research Center
PO Box 872702
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-2702
Phone : 480-965-8234 or 3990
Fax 480-965-0315
E-mail: Sanvega@aol.com
Chronic Disease and Disability
| J. Gary Linn Box 9580 School of Nursing/ Center for Health Research Tennessee State University 1406 Beechwood Ave. Nashville, TN 37209 Phone: 615-297-1354 Fax: 615-963-5049 E-mail: Jlinn87844@aol.com |
Stephen Brown Ph.D. Center on Disability Studies The University of Hawaii at Manoa 1776 University Ave UA-46 Honolulu, HI 96815 Phone: 808-956-5715 E-mail: rds@cds.hawaii.edu |
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Dennis W. Catlin
Department of Criminal Justice
Northern Arizona University (Tucson)
401 N. Bonita Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85709-5090
Phone: 520-879-7915
Fax: 520-879-7941
E-mail: dennis.catlin@NAU.EDU
Economics (Association for Institutional Thought)
John F. Henry
Department of Economics
University of Missouri , Kansas City
211 Haag Hall
5100 Rockhill Rd.
Kansas City , MO 64110-2499
E-mail: HENRYJF@UMKC.EDU
Economics (Business and Finance)
Kashi Nath Tiwari
KNT's Academic Financial Research
PO Box 4202
California, CA 94704-0202
E-mail: k1k2k3@hotmail.com
Economics (General)
Jack Hou
California State University, Long Beach
Department of Economics
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840
Phone: 562-985-4710
Fax: 562-985-5804
E-mail: jackhou@csulb.edu
Environmental Policy & Natural Resources Management
Peter Jacques, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 161356
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816-1356
Phone: (407) 823-2608
Fax: (407) 823-0051
E-mail: pjacques@mail.ucf.edu
Geography
John C. Stager
Claremont Graduate University
School of Information Science
130 East Ninth Street
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: 909-437-1871
Fax: 909-278-0947
E-mail: john.stager@cgu.edu
History
| Patricia Loughlin, Ph.D Dept. of History and Geography University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK 73034-5209 Phone: 405-974-5491 E-mail: ploughlin@ucok.edu |
T. H. Baughman, Ph.D Dept. of History and Geography University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK 73034-5209 Phone: 405-974-5491 E-mail: thbaughman@ucok.edu |
Latin American Studies
Ignacio Medina
ITESO Jesuit University, Guadalajara Mexico
Pico de Orizaba 167
Colonia Independencia
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Mexico 44270
Phone: 33-36519774
E-mail: nacho@iteso.mx
Mass Communication
Gil Fowler, Ph.D.
Professor of Journalism
Editor, Journalism and Mass Comm Abstracts
Business Manager Southwestern Mass Com Journal
Arkansas State University
PO Box 1930
State University, AR 72467-1930
Phone: 870-972-3075
Fax: 870-972-3856
E-mail: gfowler@astate.edu
New Zealand and Australia Studies
View New Zealand and Australia Studies website.
| William C. Schaniel Department of Economics State University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA 30118 Phone: 770-836-6477 Fax: 770-836-6774 E-mail: bschaniel@westga.edu |
Dave Theissen Social Science Division Lewis-Clark State College 500 8th Ave Lewiston, ID 83501 Phone: 208-792-2362 E-mail: theissen@lcsc.edu |
Philosophy
| Paul Tang Department of Philosophy CSU, Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90840 Phone: 562-985-4343 Fax: 562-985-7135 Email: pcltang@csulb.edu |
David A. Freeman Department of Political Science Washburn University 1700 College Ave. Topeka, KS 66621 Phone: 785-231-1010 x1318 Fax: 785-231-1089 Email:David.Freeman@washburn.edu |
Political Science
Theo Edwin Maloy, Assistant Professor
Department of History and Political Science
West Texas A&M University
Box 60807
Canyon, Texas 79016
Phone: 806-651-2436
FAX: 806-651-2601
E-mail: emaloy@mail.wtamu.edu
Public Administration
Vic Heller
The University of Texas at San Antonio
College of Business
UTSA San Antonio, TX 78249-0632
Phone: 210-458-7135
E-mail: vheller@UTSA.edu
Public Finance and Budgeting
| Jun Peng School of Public Administration and Policy University of Arizona, Tucson AZ Phone: 520-626-8547 E-mail: peng@eller.arizona.edu |
Deborah Carroll University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Department of Political Science P. O. Box 413, Bolton Hall 674 Milwaukee, WI 53201 Phone: 414-559-6517 E-mail: dknudson@uwm.edu |
Rural Studies
Anthony Amato
Southwest State University
Center for Rural & Regional Studies
Marshall, MN 56258
Phone: 507-537-6117
E-mail: tamato@southwest.msus.edu
Slavic Studies
R. Edward Glatfelter
Utah State University
College of Humanities
Phone: (435) 797-1196
Home: (435) 753-3455
Fax: (435) 797-1196
E-mail: Ed.glatfelter@usu.edu
Social Psychology
Marvin G. Bulgatz
Psychology Department
Montana State University
Billings, MT 59101
Phone: 406-657-2242
E-mail: gbulgatz@msubillings.edu
Sociology
Heather Albanesi
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
Department of Sociology
PO Box 7150
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80933
Phone 719-262-4137
Fax 719-262-4450
E-mail: halbanes@uccs.edu
Urban Studies
Thomas Sammons
University of Louisiana - Lafayette
202 Wallings Ford Circle
Youngsville, LA 70592
Phone: 337-482-5310
Fax: 337-482-1128
E-mail: tcs3147@Louisiana.edu
Women's Studies
| Diane Calloway-Graham Utah State University Social Work Program Logan , Utah 84322-0730 Office: (435) 797-2389 Home: (435) 245-3942 Fax: 435-797-1240 E-mail: diancall@hass.usu.edu |
Karen Mitchell Ottawa University 324 East Dartmouth Rd. Kansas City , MD 64113 Office: (913) 266-8634 E-mail: mitchell@ottawa.edu |