Faculty & Staff

Faculty and Staff

Dr. Huiying Wei Hill

Professor of Sociology
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Huiying Wei-Hill specializes in teaching organizational studies, sociological classical and contemporary theories, research methods and statistics. Her research interests are in organizational studies, Asian Americans, social, political and economical issues and phenomena in present-day China, along with cultural revolution in China.

Huiying came to Utah from New York in 1995 after she received her Ph.D. in sociology in 1994 from State University of New York at Stony Brook. Prior to this degree, she received two master degrees, one in linguistics and the other in sociology. She lived in Long Island, New York for 10 years.

Major Publications

"Film - An Effective Propaganda Tool in Socialist China in the 1950s" in the Selected Papers in Asian Studies, New series #66, 2001.

A Study of Authority and Relations in Chinese Governmental Agencies and Institutional Work Units -- Neo-Partimonialism in Urban Work Units by The Edwin Mellen Press, May 2000.

"The Massive Unemployment in Present-Day China", in The Journal of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, Vol. 1, Oct 1999.

Huiying W. Hill

Department Chair
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Lindquist Hall 241
801-626-7888
huiyinghill@weber.edu

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Sally West

Administrative Specialist
Lindquist Hall 232
801-626-6241
sallywest@weber.edu

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Anthropology

Dr. Joanna Gautney

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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Ph.D. Biological Anthropology, Tulane University (2016)
M.A. Biological Anthropology, Tulane University (2012)
B.A. Anthropology, California State University, Sacramento (2007)

Dr. Gautney is a biological anthropologist specializing in paleoanthropology. Her primary research focuses on the phylogenetic relationships between fossil hominin species, and the role interspecific hybridization may have played in human evolutionary history. Other areas of interest include paleoecology, paleodemography, and climate change during the late Pleistocene, and their role in recent human evolution and dispersal.

Joanna Gautney

Assistant Professor
Lindquist Hall 237
joannagautney@weber.edu

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Abigail Mack

Assistant Professor
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PhD: UCLA - 2021
MA: Indiana University Bloomington - 2013
BA: Indiana University, Bloomington - 2010

Abby Mack is a medical and linguistic anthropologist. Her research examines how people navigate the everyday ethical and political dilemmas that emerge in the course of providing and seeking care for psychiatric and substance use disorders in the United States, with established field programs in Los Angeles and Central Appalachia. Abby engages people seeking care in a diverse range of settings including: hospital and clinical facilities, jails and prisons, diversion and therapeutic justice courtroom programs, and church and faith-based recovery programs. She uses her research in applied settings to help increase access to affordable and effective care.

Abigail Mack

Assistant Professor
Lindquist Hall 239
abigailmack@weber.edu

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Dr. Mark Stevenson

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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B.A. Anthropology & Political Science, State University of New York College at Oneonta (1984); Ph.D. Anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (1996)

In addition to introductory courses (Intro. to Anthropology, Peoples & Cultures of the World, Language & Culture), Dr. Stevenson teaches a variety of electives, including courses on the cultures of contemporary Europe, post-socialism in Eastern Europe, globalization, Celtic culture and history, technology & culture, political and economic anthropology. He has also led numerous study abroad courses to Europe and China. Dr. Stevenson has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Ireland and Germany, including studies of the process of German unification in public broadcasting and film institutions and of the intersection of labor market policies, education reform and professionalization in the non-profit arts sector.

His current research projects and interests include:

Professionalization and the influence of social media in Irish traditional music
Sustainability in the business and non-profit sectors
Cultural heritage, cultural policy and tourism
Anthropology of work
Anthropology of education
Environmental anthropology
Visual anthropology

Mark Stevenson

Anthropology Coordinator
Lindquist Hall 244
801-626-6244
mstevenson1@weber.edu

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Dr. David Yoder

Professor of Anthropology
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Dr. Yoder is an archaeologist who focuses on the prehistory of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau of North America. His primary areas of research include Fremont societies, the Paleoarchaic to Early Archaic Transition, archaeometry, and cultural resource management (CRM). Outside of the university system, Dr. Yoder’s career has included positions in state government and private sector CRM.

Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2009); M.A. Anthropology, Brigham Young University, Provo (2005); B.S. Anthropology/History, 91��Ƶ, Ogden (2003).

David Yoder

Associate Professor
Lindquist Hall 235
davidyoder@weber.edu

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Sociology

Dr. Anna Gabur

Assistant Professor of Sociology
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PhD: Notre Dame – 2024

MA: Notre Dame – 2020

MA: “Ion Creanga” Pedagogical State University of Moldova – 2015

BA: “Ion Creanga” Pedagogical State University of Moldova – 2012

Anna Gabur is a sociologist of health, emotions, networks, and culture. Her research examines social constructs of well-being and pain, as well as narratives that people use to make sense of emotions and relationships. She uses mixed methods including interviews, experiments, social network analysis and statistical analysis. Her current book project explores how people share pain and joy with their confidants and how those practices affect wellbeing.

Dr. Anna Gabur

Assistant Professor of Sociology
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PhD: Notre Dame – 2024 MA: Notre Dame – 2020 MA: “Ion Creanga” Pedagogical State University of Moldova – 2015 BA: “Ion Creanga” Pedagogical State University of Moldova – 2012

Anna Gabur

Assistant Professor
Lindquist Hall 238

annagabur1@weber.edu

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Dr. Pepper Glass

Professor of Sociology
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An ethnographer and qualitative researcher, Dr. Glass’s teaching and scholarly interests include the topics of deviance, social psychology, social movements, race and ethnicity and urban studies.

He is currently researching the effects of immigration and the shifting racial color line on Ogden, Utah.

Dr. Pepper Glass

Professor of Sociology
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An ethnographer and qualitative researcher, Dr. Glass’s teaching and scholarly interests include the topics of deviance, social psychology, social movements, race and ethnicity and urban studies.

He is currently researching the effects of immigration and the shifting racial color line on Ogden, Utah.

Pepper Glass

Professor
Lindquist Hall 250

pepperglass@weber.edu

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Dr. RC Morris

Professor of Sociology
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Dr. Morris is an Assistant Professor of Sociology; his major area of interest is Social Psychological Criminology. He is a national paper winner for his work on the collateral consequences of mass incarceration impacting childhood development. He teaches courses in Sociology & Criminology. His most recent work has been published in the Journal of Applied Social Science and Emerald Publishing's series on Sociological Studies of Children and Youth. Outside of academia, he enjoys spending time with his wife and four children, mountain biking, golfing with his father and brother, traveling, and eating good food!

R.C. Morris

Associate Professor
Lindquist Hall 243

rcmorris@weber.edu

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Marjukka Ollilainen

Department Chair, Professor (Sociology)
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Ph.D. (sociology), Virginia Tech, 1999; MA (political science), Virginia Tech, 1992; MSocSc (journalism and mass communication), University of Tampere, Finland, 1991.

Professor Ollilainen teaches Introduction to Sociology, Classical and Contemporary Social Theory and courses in Sociology of Gender, Work, Organizations and Consumerism. Her research explores the intersection of gender, work and organizations and appears in Advances in Gender Research, Gender & Society, Economic and Industrial Democracy and Research in the Sociology of Work. She is currently studying work-life issues in academia in the U.S. and Finland.

Marjukka Ollilainen

Professor
Lindquist Hall 246

mollilainen@weber.edu

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Dr. Robert Reynolds

Associate Professor of Sociology
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Rob Reynolds received his Ph.D. in sociology from Washington State University in 1993.

His primary research interests are the environment and technology and the part they play in society and religion. He teaches courses in environment and society, statistics, religion and introduction to sociology most often.

Currently, his research focuses on the Atomic West and religious pilgrimage.