Dr. Shawn Bingham joins the Department of Sociology as CSU’s new University Honors Program Director. Dr. Bingham’s tenure home is in our Department as Associate Professor of Sociology. He was formerly Director and Associate Dean of the Honors College and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Dr. Bingham earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from American University and his M.Ed. in Special Education from the University of Maryland at College Park. In addition to his administrative work, his scholarship includes numerous recent books and articles focusing on the Sociology of Culture, Humor as Social Agency, Disability, and the Small Housing Movement.

Interim Provost Janice Nerger sent this announcement to the CSU community on Feb. 15.

Dr. Bingham was featured by The Collegian in this article, “New CSU Honors director to focus on campus-wide connections,” on March 28.

Welcome, Dr. Bingham!