People
Coordinator
Wesley M. Shrum, Jr.
Professor of Sociology
PhD, Princeton University
Office: 105B Stubbs Hall
Email: shrum@lsu.edu
Specializations: Technology (e.g., video, internet, mobile communication); Africa/Asia
Fellow
Mark J. Schafer
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
PhD, Indiana University
Office: 110A Stubbs Hall
215 Martin Woodin Hall
Email: mschaf1@lsu.edu
Phone: (225) 578-5032
(225) 578-5357
Specializations: Sociology of education; comparative & global sociology; social inequality; rural
sociology
Fellow
Frederick Weil
Associate Professor of Sociology
PhD, Harvard University
Office: 17C Stubbs Hall
Email: fweil@lsu.edu
Phone: (225) 578-1140
Specializations: Political sociology; comparative-historical; community & urban; disasters; poverty
& grassroots mentoring; survey research; photo/video ethnography; geospatial analysis