Faculty & Staff
Dr. John McMullen
Chair

Office: Framptom 108G
Phone: 301.687.3162
Email: jmcmullen@frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. VA. Tech
M.A. WVU
B.A. FSU
Additional Roles:
Internship Coordinator
AKD National Sociology Honor Society Contact
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Areas of Teaching Interest:
Crime, Deviance, JD
Bio:
Dr. John McMullen is an associate professor of sociology and has been at Frostburg since 2000. He earned his Ph.D. is in sociology from Virginia Tech. He has an M.A. in applied social research from WVU, and earned a Bachelor's in sociology from Frostburg in 1988.
His research has included studies on rural policing and house arrest, and most recently assisting with a statewide study of low-income individuals in Maryland. Dr. McMullen has served on the Council of University System Faculty, Faculty Handbook Committee, Faculty Appeals, the Allegany County Juvenile Review Board, and Human Resources Development Commission. In addition to this he has been the chapter representative for Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology Honor Society) and director of internships.
Dr. McMullen teaches a wide variety of classes including Intro to Sociology, Deviant Behaviors, Criminology, Juvenile Delinquency, American Correctional System, Research Methods, Sociology of Urban Life, Sociology of Work and Occupations, and Race and Crime.
Dr. Robert Moore
Professor
Unavailable
Office: Framptom 108F
Phone: 301.687.4995 (email is preferred during this time period)
Email: rmoore@frostburg.edu
Degrees:
MSW, Temple U.
Ph.D., Temple U. (Sociology)
Additional Roles:
Sociology Department Chair
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Areas of Teaching Interest:
Race and Ethnicity, Marriage and Family, Social Psychology, Sociology Capstone
Bio:
Dr. Moore has taught at Frostburg State University since 1998. To the best of his knowledge, he was the first president of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, 2000, who was employed at an institution of higher education outside of the state of Pennsylvania. He is a past coordinator of the African American Studies program, 2003-2007, and has chaired the sociology department since 2007. He is a strong advocate of study abroad experiences for students, having experienced a study abroad semester in Rome as an undergraduate, and internships.
He has edited three books and written one. The first edited book was on social problems in rural America,The Hidden America: Social Problems in Rural America for the Twenty-first Century. The next two were on race relations on college campuses, The Quality and Quantity of Contact: African Americans and Whites on College Campuses, and, African Americans and Whites: Changing Relationships on College Campuses. The book written by himself was about growing up in an inner-ring suburb of Philadelphia in the 1960s titled, “They always said I would marry a white girl”: Coming to Grips with Race in America. He was interviewed on C-Span's https://www.c-span.org/video/?288724-11/they-marry-white-girl&start=115BookTV.
One of his most memorable moments was a group presentation at Howard University, organized by the sociology department at American University, in Blackburn auditorium, April, 2003, with authors that contributed to an edited volume on race relations on college campuses.
He has received faculty achievement awards for service, 2004, and teaching, 2003, and was nominated for a Regents' Award for Teaching, 2005. President Gira appointed him to a state task force on African American men in the state of Maryland.
He did a sabbatical at the University of Waterloo in the fall, 2004, where he was a Visiting Associate Professor. He had the opportunity to teach a course on race to students at University of Waterloo at that time. He enrolled his children in Canadian public schools while there.
He was nominated for the Executive Committee three times for the Southern Sociological Society. As a member of the Southern Sociological Society, he was chair of CREM, 2003-2005, Committee on Race and Ethnic minorities. As chair of the committee he organized numerous panel presentations including a tribute to the work of James Jackson, Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan.
He also helped coordinate wards for a Congressman in South Philadelphia, turning down a subsequent job offer from the Congressman to pursue his doctoral degree. He published a magazine on travel called, The Cool Traveler, for approximately seven years that was sold in 130 bookstores in three countries.
His current research interests include interracial contact and the overall position of African Americans in our society. The theoretical orientation he is most interested that supports his research interests stems from a short article Herbert Blumer published in the 1958 edition of the sociological journal published by the Pacific Sociological Review, "Race Prejudice as a Sense of Group Position."
Dr. Daniel Moorehead
Associate Professor

Office: Framptom 108D
Phone: 301.687.7965
Email: dlmoorehead@frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Ed.D, West Virginia University
M.S., University of Central Missouri
B.S., Frostburg State University
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Areas of Teaching Interest:
Animals and Society, Corrections, Crime, Delinquency, Deviance, Marriage and Family, Sociology of Education, Social Problems.
Bio:
Dr. Daniel Moorehead is Associate Professor of Sociology at Frostburg State University. Dr. Moorehead has been a faculty member in the Department of Sociology since 2006. He strives to create a “learning community” in his classrooms, promoting engagement in the learning process by sharing information, ideas, and experiences. His course “Animals In Human Society” has been nominated several times for the Award of Outstanding Course on Animals & Society “The Clifton Bryant Animals & Society Course Award.” In 2018 he also received the Outstanding Mentor Award.
For information on Dr. Moorehead’s “Animals In Human Society” course (SOCI-420) the Animals & Society Institute website provides some additional information.
Dr. Moorehead actively serves on several university committees, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Curriculum Committee, Faculty Senate, Academic Affairs Committee, Faculty Grievance Committee, Student Conduct Hearing Panel. He is Advisor to the student group “Students Against the Irresponsible Treatment of Animals,” and has served as the Library Representative for the Department of Sociology from 2008 to Present.
Dr. Moorehead also serves as a Governing Board Member, HART for Animals Inc. (Helping Animals through Rescue and Transport) a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit corporation. Board members are elected by invitation only.
Dr. Kara Rogers Thomas
Professor

Office: Framptom 108E
Phone: 301.687.3124
Email: krogersthomas@frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. Indiana University, Folklore and American Studies
M.A. Indiana University, Folklore
2 B.A. degrees from University of Missouri, Religious Studies & Anthropology
Additional Roles:
Cultural Anthropology Coordinator
Appalachian Festival Coordinator
Mountain City Traditional Arts Coordinator
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Areas of Teaching Interest:
Cultural Anthropology, Sociology of Religion, Folklore in Appalachia, Interdisciplinary Studies
Bio:
Dr. Kara Rogers Thomas is a Professor of Sociology. She holds a combined PhD in Folklore and American Studies and an MA in Folkore from Indiana University-Bloomington, and a BA in Anthropology and Religious Studies from the University of Missouri- Columbia.
She is the coordinator of a Minor in Cultural Anthropology. Her interdisciplinary academic interests include: Folklore and Folklife Studies, Appalachian Studies, Cultural Anthropology, and Environmental Sociology.
As a partner with the Maryland Traditions Program of the Maryland State Arts Council, Dr. Rogers Thomas directs Folklore and Folklife Programming at Frostburg State University. As part of those efforts, she coordinates the annual FSU Appalachian Festival in September and manages Mountain City Traditional Arts, a shop and venue on Frostburg’s Main Street dedicated to the sales, presentation, documentation and perpetuation of the traditional arts in the Appalachian region.
Since the mid-1990s, her academic work and research has focused on the Appalachian Region. She is an Appalachian Teaching Fellow through the Appalachian Teaching Project, supported by the Appalachian Regional Commission and East Tennessee State University. Those efforts highlight student experiential and service learning in the region, providing students with the opportunity to present their work to ARC officials and ATP participants each Fall and to attend and participate in the Appalachian Studies Association annual conference each Spring.
Dr. Kara Rogers Thomas is a 2012-2013 University of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award Winner in Public Service. She is current chair of the President’s Advisory Council for Sustainability, a member of the FSU’s Honors Committee, and a member of the Advisory Committee for the Interdisciplinary Minor in Sustainability. Each Spring, Dr. Rogers Thomas coordinates Focus Frostburg, a campus-wide event centered on environmental and cultural sustainability.
Dr. Kara Rogers Thomas has formerly served as president of the Middle Atlantic Folklife Association, and is a member of the American Folklore Society and the Appalachian Studies Association. She has served on multiple boards and organizations in the region.
Dr. Wei Li
Associate Professor

Office: Framptom 108C
Phone: 301.687.3412
Email: wli@frostburg.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D., Sociology, Georgia State University
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Areas of Teaching Interest:
Theory, Globalization, Race and Ethnic Relations, and East Asian Societies
Bio:
Dr. Wei Li is Associate Professor of Sociology at Frostburg State University. He joined the Sociology faculty in August 2008. He teaches Introduction to Sociology, Classical Sociological Theory, and Contemporary Sociological Theory each semester. He has also taught several courses outside Department of Sociology, including Basic Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, and History of Japan.
In addition to teaching, Dr. Li also actively engages in other professional activities. He has served on several university committees.
He published a book about China’s ethnic policy and how it affected China’s modernization in the late Qing dynasty. He was twice invited by Voice of America to comment on China’s social issues and China-Japan relations. He also serves American Council on Education as an evaluator of college-level Japanese and Sociology courses.
Staff
Amanda Bucy
Administrative Assistant II
Unavailable
Office: Framptom 206D
Phone: 301.687.7497
Email: ajbucy@frostburg.edu