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Wright State University College of Liberal Arts WSU School of Graduate Studies |
The facultyClasses in the Applied Behavioral Science Program are taught by both regular and adjunct faculty. Regular faculty are fulltime employees of Wright State University's College of Liberal Arts. They hold doctoral level degrees from major
institutions of higher learning, have significant expertise in their major area of academic concentration, and engage both in teaching and
research. Chairs of thesis committees additionally have been evaluated and granted regular graduate faculty status by the Graduate School of
Wright State University. MEET THE FACULTY!! David
Orenstein is the ABS Program Director and a member of
the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. He received
his A.B. degree from Tempe University and his M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees from The Ohio State University (all sociology). He
Jeanne Ballantine is a professor of sociology at Wright State.She received her master's degree from Columbia University and her PhD from Indiana University. Jeanne's specialties in sociology are Sociology of Education, international issues, women's issues, applied sociology, and teaching sociology. She has taught in most areas of sociology. The master's program in Applied Behavioral Science began
over 25 years ago, and is one of the oldest applied programs in sociology.
Jeanne was involved in designing and implementing the program. She continues
to develop curricula, teach, offer workshops for faculty, and write
in applied sociology. Jeanne has written numerous articles and books
in her specialty areas. She is actively involved in her professional
organizations including American Sociological Association and Society
for Applied Sociology, and helps students become involved as well. | |
Jacqueline Bergdahl has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland European Division. She earned both a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Bergdahl is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology/Anthropology. She also teaches in the Applied Behavioral Science (ABS) Program. Dr. Bergdahl's teaching areas include statistics and research methods. Her areas of specialization are traffic safety, gender and race/ethnicity. Email: jacqueline.bergdahl@wright.edu |
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has spent the whole of his 27 year academic career at Wright
State. Prior to his current position, Dr. Orenstein has
been Director of the Graduate Humanities Program and Chair
of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. He
currently advises all in-coming Criminal Justice and Social
Problems track students, Chairs the ABS Program Committee
and teaches some sections of ABS 703, 751 and 788. He is
best known for co-authoring (with David Ashley) Sociological Theory: Classical Statements, which is now going into its
6th edition. Among other things, he is a member of the
British Sociological Association and the Association for
Humanist Sociology. 
