
Department Chair
Office: MH 109G
Phone: 507-389-5014
Email: kebba.darboe@mnsu.edu
Area of Interests: Race & Ethnic Relations, Immigration, Social Inequality, Criminology, Political Sociology, and Research Methods.

Ethnic Studies Graduate Director
Office: MH 222J
Phone: 507-389-5276
Email: hanh-huy.phan@mnsu.edu
Area of Interests: Cultural Pluralism, Interracial/Ethnic Dating & Marriage, Women of Color, Asian American Studies, Social Problems, Social Justice in Ethnicity/Gender, Racial & Ethnic Politics, and Community Leadership Development.

Office: AH 010
Phone: 507-389-1126
Email: michael.fagin@mnsu.edu
Area of Interests: Impact of Institutional Racism on Cognitive Development, Social & Psychological Dynamic that Impact the Growth & Development of Multi-Racial Children/Families.

Office: MH 222M
Phone: 507-389-5013
Email: wayne.allen@mnsu.edu
Area of Interests: Native American Studies, Resource Colonialism, Shamanism, Environmental Racism & Environment Justice, Cross-Cultural Studies in Nepal & Global Perspectives.

Office: MH 222N
Phone: 507-389-5874
Email: vang.xiong@mnsu.edu
Area of Interests: Immigration, Multicultural & Ethnic Experiences, Social Justice in Race/Ethnicity, LGBTQ Issues, Asian American Studies, Hmong Studies, Qualitative Research Methods, Counselor Education & Supervision, and College Student Development.

Office: MH 222K
Phone: 507-389-1131
Email: dalton.crayton@mnsu.eduu
Area of Interests: Recruitment & Retention of Minority Students/Faculty & Staff, Civil Rights Movement, and African American Leadership.

Office: MH 109
Phone: 507-389-2798
Email: cynthia.veldhuisen@mnsu.edu
Office Location: Armstrong Hall 36
Phone: (507) 389-5458

Akobo, South Sudan

Panama City, Panama
irma.de-la-guardia@mnsu.edu

St. Paul, Minneosta
lindsay.bolstad@mnsu.edu

Chanhassen, Minnesota
alisha.phandanouvong@mnsu.edu

Bloomington, Illinois
labetra.chambers@mnsu.edu