J. Anthony Capon, Ph.D. (University of Virginia, 1976)
Associate Professor Statistics, Research Methods, Population, Welfare Policy & Institutions, Evolutionary Sociology, Aging
Office location: 104-A Krebs Hall Office phone: 814-269-2989
E-mail: tcapon@pitt.edu
William F. Fine, Ph.D. (University of Iowa, 1976)
Associate Professor Classical & Contemporary Theory, Social Movements, Identity and Culture, Sociology of Religion
Office location: 120-A Krebs Hall Office phone: 814-269-2975
E-mail: bfine@pitt.edu
Daniel J. Santoro, Ph.D. (University of New Hampshire, 1988)
Associate Professor & Department Chair Urban Sociology, Wealth & Power, Historical Sociology, Gender, Political Sociology
Office location: 120-E Krebs Hall Office phone: (814) 269-2976
E-mail: santoro@pitt.edu
Andrew Sherwood, Ph.D. (York University 1998)
Assistant Professor
Deviance & Criminology, Qualitative-Feminist Method, Social Theory, Social Psychology
Office Location: 123E Krebs Hall Office phone: 814-269-2980
E-mail: sherwood@pitt.edu
Emeritus Faculty
The following faculty member has retired with Emeritus status as of June 2008.
Jon Darling, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut, 1976) Professor Emeritus
Years of Service (September 1977 - June 2008); Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs (3/03/2008 - 06/05/2008)
Public Sociology, Applied Community Sociology & Social Problems, Social Psychology (Symbolic Interactionism), Family Study
Full Time Sociology Faculty in Earlier Years
Faculty who have served in this department in previous years include:
L. Sue Greer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology (1982-1989) / Rural and community sociology
George R. Walter, Ph.D. (Professor of Sociology; Retired 1985) In 1996, Pitt-Johnstown named its baseball field the "George R. Walter Field" in honor of "Doc. Walter", who died on March 21st of that year after many years of service at the main campus and at Johnstown. Pitt-Johnstown also established the George R. "Doc" Walter Memorial Fund to support improvements to the field. Dr. Walter served as chair of Pitt-Johnstown's athletics committee from its inception in the 1950s until his death. He also was instrumental in establishing an intercollegiate athletic program at Pitt-Johnstown in the 1960s and helped the campus obtain its first baseball field in 1967. In the 1970s, He served as Pitt-Johnstown's first faculty representative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and was active in securing NCAA membership for Pitt-Johnstown in 1975. In the 1960s and 70s, Doc (an urban and community sociologist) also served two terms as the elected Mayor of Johnstown, a member of the City Council, and for a short time, he served as the Chief of Police.
John Howard Roland, Ph.D. (Professor of Sociology; Retired 1977) Dr. Rowland began his career at the main campus in Oakland and came to Johnstown in 1968, where he taught courses in social organization, collective behavior, and social theory. He is well-known for his 1947 study of a sociological analysis of radio as a form of mass communication in American life, based on an alternative “community study approach to radio research” supplemented by “the life-history narrative approach.” He conducted this research in Columbus, Ohio, and elsewhere in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Dorathy [sic] A. Pavian, M.A. Prof. Pavian began her Pitt-Johnstown service in 1952 as the college librarian and later became an assistant and then associate professor. She kept an accurate tally of students in her classes over the years, and at the point of her retirement, she reported that she had taught 3,391 students in her career at Pitt-Johnstown.