Faculty
Vince Gil, vgil@vanguard.edu Ph.D. Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, MA (UCLA), Latin American Studies/Anthropology (1971); Postdoc, The Masters and Johnson Institute, Sexological Sciences (1982); Postdoc (UCLA), Public Health/Epidemiology (1992). Dr. Gil is the author of numerous articles on cross-cultural health and development issues. Dr. Gil conducts work in the U.S., the Caribbean, and China on HIV/AIDS, and has published over 40 HIV/AIDS related papers in major journals and books.
Elizabeth Leonard, eleonard@vanguard.edu Ph.D. Professor of Sociology; Ph.D., University of California at Riverside (1997). Dr. Leonard is the author of Convicted Survivors: The Imprisonment of Battered Women Who Kill (SUNY Press 2002) as well as numerous articles and book chapters. Dr. Leonard's main areas of research, teaching, and scholarship are intimate partner violence, women prisoners, and child sexual abuse. Her research has been used by legislators, law professors, advocates for convicted battered women, documentary film makers, and is the basis for the play by Warren Doody, Life Without Parole.
Ed Clarke, eclarke@vanguard.edu Ph.D., Chair, Department of Anthropology and Sociology; Associate Professor of Sociology; Ph.D., M.M.F.T., M.A., University of Southern California. Dr. Clarke is the author of several articles, and Deviant Behavior: A Text-Reader in the Sociology of Deviance (Worth Publishing). Dr. Clarke's specializations include deviance, juvenile delinquency, marriage and family therapy, marriage and the family, and inequality.
Phil Robinette, probinette@vanguard.edu Ph.D., Professor of Sociology; Ph.D., University of California at Riverside. Dr. Robinette is a Clinical Sociologist and author of several articles. His specializations include social processes, racial/cultural minorities, and sociology of organizations. Dr. Robinette has worked in the U.S. and Italy.
Craig Rusch, crusch@vanguard.edu Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology; M.A., University of California at Irvine; M.A. (Cross-cultural studies), Fuller Theological Seminary. Dr. Rusch's specializations include cognitive and linguistic anthropology, language and culture, world and Asian religions, leadership, and methodology in anthropology. Dr. Rusch has done field research in Japan and the U.S.
James Huff, jhuff@vanguard.edu Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., American University. Dr. Huff's specializations include anthropology of education and development anthropology, Latin American Pentecostalism, Central American history and culture, and grassroots community development. Dr. Huff has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in El Salvador. Current interests include the formation of faith-based, community development organizations in US and Central America.
Sharon Linzey, sharon.linzey@vanguard.edu Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Associate Provost for Special Projects; Ph.D. Indiana University, J.D. Cornell Law School; Author of several books and articles; specializations include sociology of religion and missions, human rights and international law. Dr. Linzey is currently on leave to establish a Women's Cultural Center in Kurdistan (north Iraq).