![Jackson Roberts '19 and Peyton Powers '18 at a Shepherd Open House.](images/shepherd-program/headers and banners/Jackson Peyton Header.jpg)
Faculty and Staff
Program Director
![Pickett, Howard](images/directory/thumbnails/picketthy.jpg)
Howard Pickett
Director of the Shepherd Program, Associate Professor of Ethics and Poverty Studies
Mattingly 301
540-458-4592
picketthy@wlu.edu
Founder
![Beckley, Harlan](images/directory/thumbnails/beckleyh.jpg)
Harlan Beckley
Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor of Religion, Emeritus; Founding Director of the Shepherd Poverty Program; Founding Executive Director of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty
Newcomb 312
540-458-8164
beckleyh@wlu.edu
Core Members
![Bell, Melina](images/directory/thumbnails/bellm.jpg)
Melina Bell (she/her)
Professor of Philosophy and Law
Washington Hall 312
540-458-8899
bellm@wlu.edu
![Brink, Ryan](images/directory/thumbnails/rbrink.jpg)
Ryan Brink
Assistant Director of the Shepherd Program and Campus Kitchen Coordinator
Mattingly 307
540-458-8784
rbrink@wlu.edu
![Charley, Marisa](images/directory/thumbnails/charleym.jpg)
Marisa Charley
Associate Director | Bonner Program Director | Instructor of Poverty Studies
Mattingly 310
540-458-8131
charleym@wlu.edu
![Davidson, Jenny](images/directory/thumbnails/jdavidson.jpg)
Jenny Davidson
Associate Director | Instructor of Poverty Studies
Mattingly 312
540-458-4669
jdavidson@wlu.edu
![Eastwood, Jonathan](images/directory/thumbnails/eastwoodj.jpg)
Jonathan Eastwood
Professor of Sociology and Department Chair, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Newcomb Hall 104
540-458-8777
eastwoodj@wlu.edu
![Elrod, Fran](images/directory/thumbnails/elrodf.jpg)
Fran Elrod
Associate Director | Instructor of Poverty Studies
Mattingly 304
540-458-8230
elrodf@wlu.edu
![Goldsmith, Arthur](images/directory/thumbnails/goldsmitha.jpg)
Art Goldsmith
Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Economics
Huntley 212
540-458-8970
goldsmitha@wlu.edu
![Michelmore, Molly](images/directory/thumbnails/michelmorem.jpg)
Molly Michelmore
Professor of History, Department Head
Newcomb Hall 103
540-458-8779
michelmorem@wlu.edu
Twentieth Century U.S. Political, Cultural and Social
![Murdock, Karla](images/directory/thumbnails/murdockk.jpg)
Karla Murdock
Jo M. and James M. Ballengee Professor of Cognitive Behavioral Science
on sabbatical leave 2024-2025
Parmly 151
540-458-8248
murdockk@wlu.edu
![Perez, Marcos](images/directory/thumbnails/mperez.jpg)
Marcos Perez
Assistant Professor of Sociology
225 Newcomb Hall
540-458-8793
mperez@wlu.edu
![Shester, Katharine L.](images/directory/thumbnails/shesterk.jpg)
Katharine L. Shester
Professor of Economics
Hopkins 102
540-458-8607
shesterk@wlu.edu
![Sutton, Alex](images/directory/thumbnails/asutton.jpg)
Alexander C. Sutton
DeLaney Postdoctoral Fellow, Shepherd Program
Mattingly 109
540-458-4842
asutton@wlu.edu
![Taylor, Erin](images/directory/thumbnails/taylore.jpg)
Erin Taylor
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Washington Hall 316
540-458-8051
taylore@wlu.edu
Affiliated Faculty
![Blunch, Niels-Hugo](images/directory/thumbnails/blunchn.jpg)
Niels-Hugo Blunch
Professor of Economics
Huntley 113
540-458-8619
blunchn@wlu.edu
![Brock, Michelle D.](images/directory/thumbnails/brockm.jpg)
Michelle D. Brock
Associate Professor of History
Newcomb 219
540-458-8780
brockm@wlu.edu
The Age of the Witch-hunts, history of Medieval, early modern, and modern Britain, Scottish history, the British Reformations
![Chin, Lynn G.](images/directory/thumbnails/chinl.jpg)
Lynn G. Chin
Associate Professor of Sociology
Newcomb 210
540-458-8791
chinl@wlu.edu
![Colón, Aly](images/directory/thumbnails/colona.jpg)
Aly Colón
John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Media Ethics
Reid 120
540-458-8433
colona@wlu.edu
![Goluboff, Sascha L.](images/directory/thumbnails/goluboffs.jpg)
Sascha L. Goluboff
Director of Community-Based Learning, Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Newcomb 208
540-458-8807
goluboffs@wlu.edu
![Guse, Joseph](images/directory/thumbnails/gusej.jpg)
Joseph Guse
Professor of Economics
Hopkins 207
540-458-8915
gusej@wlu.edu
![Harris, Rebecca C.](images/directory/thumbnails/harrisr.jpg)
Rebecca C. Harris
Professor of Politics
Holekamp 204
540-458-8199
harrisr@wlu.edu
![Hess, Andrew M.](images/directory/thumbnails/hessa.jpg)
Andrew M. Hess
Ehrick Kilner Haight, Sr. Term Professor of Business Administration and Associate Department Head of Business Administration
Hopkins 204
540-458-8346
hessa@wlu.edu
![Kao, Wan-Chuan](images/directory/thumbnails/kaow.jpg)
Wan-Chuan Kao
Associate Professor of English and Chair of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
Payne Hall 214
540-458-8345
kaow@wlu.edu
![Moffa, Eric D.](images/directory/thumbnails/moffae.jpg)
Eric D. Moffa, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Education
Newcomb 107
540-458-8778
moffae@wlu.edu
![Sandberg, Stephanie](images/directory/thumbnails/sandbergs.jpg)
Stephanie Sandberg
Associate Professor
Lenfest Center 309
540-458-8004
sandbergs@wlu.edu
![Sigler, Haley](images/directory/thumbnails/siglerh.jpg)
Haley Sigler, Ph.D.
Director of Education Studies, Associate Professor
Newcomb Hall 107
540-458-8284
siglerh@wlu.edu
![Silwal, Shikha](images/directory/thumbnails/silwals.jpg)
Shikha Silwal
Associate Professor of Economics
Holekamp 213
540-458-8256
silwals@wlu.edu