Faculty

Office Location
AD 309

Office Hours
Tuesday & Thursday, 1:30-2:30;
Friday, 9:30-11:30

Edward F. Vacha, Professor, Department of Sociology, Gonzaga University received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Vacha's research interests include sociology of education, socialization, applied sociology, deviant behavior, and the sociology of poverty and homelessness. His research has appeared in sociology, social work and education journals including Teaching Sociology, Social Work, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, Urban Education, Contemporary Sociology, Journal of Instructional Psychology, Child & Family Behavior Therapy and Journal of Education. He teaches courses in research methods, social psychology, small group dynamics, socialization, deviant behavior, and sociology of education.

Office Location
CG 319

Ph.D., University of Washington, 1990
M.A., Western Washington University, 1984
B.A., Western Washington University, 1979