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Social Sciences Advising

Fall 2023 Semester Advising Day

  • Free Pizza and Parking Passes (while supplies last), a Raffle and Advising

Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2023
Time: noon-4 p.m.
Location: White Hall Reading Room, DeVos Campus

Schedule an advising time

The Social Science Department is committed to discipline-specific academic advising.  If you are interested in learning more about majoring in any of the disciplines in Social Sciences and cannot attend the event, please contact the respective faculty members teaching in those areas.

To set up appointments for individual advising outside of the scheduled advising time, please contact:

Anthropology

Dillon Carr, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Department Head
Office: 201F, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-4284
Email: dcarr@grcc.edu 

Economics

Lisa Gloege, Ph.D., Professor
Office: 201C, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-4781
Email: lgloege@grcc.edu

Mihnea Tudoreanu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Office: 201B, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-4411
Email: mihneatudoreanu@grcc.edu 

Gender Studies

Rachel Lutwick-Deaner
Coordinator of Gender Studies
Assistant Professor of English
rlutwickdeaner@grcc.edu

Emily Pain, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Office: 201D, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-3336
Email: emilypain@grcc.edu 

Geography

Mike DeVivo, Ph.D., Professor
Office: 201A, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-4410
Email: mdevivo@grcc.edu 

History

Robert Hendershot, Ph.D., Professor
Office: 203D, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-4104
Email: rhenders@grcc.edu

Mike Light, Professor
Office: 203J, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-4298
Email: mlight@grcc.edu

Susan Williams, Professor
Office: 203E, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-4418
Email: swilliams@grcc.edu 

Political Sciences

Yan Bai, Professor
Office: 203K, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-4407
Email: ybai@grcc.edu

Heather Richards, Professor
Office: 201E, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-3165
Email: hrichards@grcc.edu

Keith St. Clair, Professor
Office: 203B, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-4401
Email: kstclair@grcc.edu

Sociology 

L. Daisy Henderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Office 203A, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-2557
Email: lilianhenderson@grcc.edu 

Emily Pain, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Office 201D, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-3336
Email: emilypain@grcc.edu

Cedric Williams, Professor
Office: 203L, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-4400
Email: cwilliam@grcc.edu

Department

Office: 2nd Floor, White Hall
Phone: (616) 234-4283
Email: socialscience@grcc.edu

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