Faculty

Charles Huffman, Ph.D.- Department Chair
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. - University of Southern Mississippi
Interest: Memory
HHS-2 Room 206, Phone: 931-2316
email: charles.huffman@gsw.edu

Marianna Baykina, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. - Texas Tech
Interests: Perception, cognition
HHS-2 Room 208, Phone: 931-2313
email: marianna.baykina@gsw.edu

Joseph Comeau, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D. - University of North Texas
Interests: Race/ethnicity, education, inequality, and social theory
HHS-2 Room 215, Phone: 931-4646
email: joseph.comeau@gsw.edu

Ellen Cotter, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Interest: Caregiving
HHS-2 Room 213, Phone: 931-2267
email: ellen.cotter@gsw.edu

Gary Fisk, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D . - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Interest: Perception, consciousness, PowerPoint in education
HHS-2 Room 218, Phone: 931-2296, Mobile phone 229-234-2790
Web site: www.garyfisk.com
email: gary.fisk@gsw.edu

Debaleena Ghosh 
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D. - Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Interests: Sociology of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Work, Occupations and Organizations, Immigration, Culture, Social Inequalities, Intersectionality, and Qualitative Methods
HHS-2 Room 214, Email: debaleena.ghosh@gsw.edu, Phone: 931-2295
Website: https://debaleenaghosh.wixsite.com/mysite

Leigh Laughlin
Lecturer in Criminal Justice
M.S. - Arizona State University
M.A. - Michigan State University
Interests: Gender, Class, and Race in Criminal Justice; Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
HHS-2 Room 210, Phone: 931-2038
email: leigh.laughlin@gsw.edu

Jamie MacLennan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D. - Rutgers University
Interest: Environmental sociology
HHS-2 Room 216, Phone: 931-2314
email: jamie.maclennan@gsw.edu

Judy Orton Grissett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. - Georgia State University
Interest: Educational Psychology
HHS-2 Room 228, Phone: 931-4647
email: judy.grissett@gsw.edu

Debbie Palmer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. - University of Utah
Interests: Developmental psychology, family, pediatrics
HHS-2 Room 229, Phone: 931-5138
email: debbie.palmer@gsw.edu

Bill Dragoin, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology

Tom Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology

Lamon Moates, Ed.D.
Professor of Psychology

Linda Singleton
Senior Administrative Assistant
HHS-2 Room 201, Phone: 931-2311