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Department of History, Culture & Society

Opportunities in History, Culture & Society: Degrees, Scholarships & More

Communication | History | Religion | Sociology

Faculty & Staff

Jacob Bucher - 8475

Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A. Baker University, M.A. University of Memphis, Ph.D. Emory University
Expertise: social psychology, victimization, activism and social movements, policing
Office: Mabee 209
785.594.8475

Timothy Buzzell - 4598

Professor of Sociology, Chair of the Department of History, Culture & Society
B.A., M.P.A. Drake University; Ph.D. Iowa State University
Expertise: computer crime and Internet deviance, sociology of ritual and holidays, political sociology and extremist groups
Office: Mabee 208
785.594.4598

Darlene Cederholm - 7867

History, Culture & Society Department Assistant
Office: Mabee 209
785.594.7867

Susan Emel - 8457

Professor of Communication, Ernestine Susannah Buckley Chair, Director of BU Speech Choir
B.S. Kansas State University, M. Div. St. Paul School of Theology, Ph.D. University of Kansas
Expertise: interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, communication theory, rhetorical studies
Office: Mabee 207
785.594.8457
Leonard Ortiz

Leonard Ortiz - 8482

Assistant Professor of History, Susan L. Perry Chair
B.A. Santa Clara University, M.A. Stanford University, Ph.D. University of Kansas
Expertise: American west, Native American and 20th century U.S. history
Office: Mabee 210
785.594.8482

John Richards - 8391

Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A. University of Kansas; ABD Brown University
Expertise: Dynastic Egypt, ancient Greece and Rome, early medieval Europe
Office: Mabee 405
785.594.8391

Kimberly Schaefer - 4539

Assistant Professor of Communication
Office: Mabee 215
785.594.4539

Ralph Tanner

Instructor of Political Science

Russell Taylor - 8457

Instructor of Communication, Forensics Assistant
Office: Mabee Hall
785.594.8457
George Wiley

George Wiley - 8476

Professor of Religion, Osborne Chair in Religious Studies
B.A. University of North Carolina; M.Div., Ph.D. Emory University
Expertise: Christian theology and ethics
Office: Case 107
785.594.8476