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Sociology and Affiliated Centers Staff Support
Main Office
Tina Drenovas
Administrative Assistant
Office: 238C Townshend Hall
Phone: 614.247.6366
Fax: 614.292.6687
E-Mail: drenovas.3@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: Marty Moffa
- Assist fiscal officer with processing, tracking, and recording purchasing and financial transactions
- Create requisitions, payment requests, and 100W's
- Process reimbursements for purchases
- Maintain Procurement Card and purchase records
- Payroll timekeeping approver for Staff, Faculty and Student Employees
- Maintain quarterly office hours, directories and databases for department
- Manage copy requests: including copying exams
- Manage copy code system, and faculty bulletin board
- Coordinate office moves and furniture needs, deliveries etc.
- Manage mail; incoming and outgoing, packages, and maintain department mailroom
- Manage incoming and outgoing faxes
- Manage log of disability exams
- Reserve conference rooms electronically
- Disseminate information to faculty, staff and students
- Provide clerical support
- Call in service requests for building problems
- Perform related and/or additional job duties as required
Michelle Blackwell
Administrative Assistant
Office: 238B Townshend Hall
Phone: 614.292.1422
E-Mail: blackwell.6@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: Marty Moffa
- Process travel requests & travel reimbursements
- Order text books
- Process requisitions & payment requests
- Timekeeper for Staff, Faculty and Student Employees
- Order Office Keys & Reports Lock Problems
- Order and maintain Office Supplies & Troubleshooter for Office Equipment
- Telephone Orders & Service Requests/Computer Wiring & Changes
- Department Contact for Federal Work Study Program Office
- Maintain Work-Study Employment Records
- Coordinator of quarterly Student Evaluations
- Print and Copy selected Class Exams
- Department Contact for Building Security Access
- Procure Special Parking Passes & Permits
As Back-Up to Co-Worker
- Greet Visitors
- Check-Out Master Key
- Reserve Conference Rooms
- Report Building & Office Problems
- Procurement Card Purchases
Marty Moffa
Human Rescources and Fiscal Officer
Office: 238D Townshend Hall
Phone: 614.292.8432
E-Mail: moffa.1@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: Professor Craig Jenkins
- processes appointments and approves payroll for faculty, lecturers, staff and graduate associates
- processes research appointments and release time for faculty
- maintains vacation and sick leave records for faculty and staff
- processes fee authorizations for graduate students
- supervises two full-time staff
- assists Chair with budgets
- manages department budgets, SBS and other research grants/awards
- processes purchase orders for equipment, furniture, etc.
- processes requests for reimbursement, honoraria, etc.
- payroll questions
- direct deposit
Adm. Asst. to Department Chair
Office: 238 Townshend Hall
Phone: 614.292.1214
E-Mail: wilson.630@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: Professor J. Craig Jenkins
- Adm Asst scheduling appointments and meetings for department Chair
- Liaison between department and Office of Scheduling
- Staff support for various department faculty committees
- Coordinates materials for faculty Promotion & Tenure and 4th Year Review cases
- Collects and processes annual Faculty Contribution Reports
- Coordinates Autumn Departmental Welcome Event, plans annual Emeriti Luncheon, and assists faculty with planning of annual Sociology Summer Symposium
- Updates electronic departmental calendar of events and deadlines
Graduate Program
Graduate Program Coordinator
Office: 238E Townshend Hall
Phone: 614.688.8691
E-Mail: hopkins.27@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisors: Professors Dana Haynie & Vincent Roscigno
- assists with graduate student recruitment
- coordinates open house for prospective graduate students
- coordinates individual visits for prospective graduate students
- coordinates orientation for incoming graduate students
- prepares and distributes appointment forms to current graduate students
- assists graduate students with class registration and assigns office space
- prepares course check lists for students when applying for MA graduation and when applying to take candidacy exam
- administers candidacy exams for current graduate students
- liaison between department and Graduate School
- maintains academic and appointment records of current graduate students
- updates graduate student handbook annually
Undergraduate Student Services
Coordinating Academic Advisor
Office: 144 Townshend
Phone: 614.292.1175
E-Mail: shirkey.9@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: Professor Paul Bellair
- Advises Rank 4 students
- Student-athlete liaison
- Coordinates USS operations
- maintains Undergraduate Student Services WebPages, including bi-weekly web newsletter
- Produces weekly Webletter
- Supervises Academic Counselor(s)
Shannon Phlegar
Academic Advisor
Office: 142 Townshend
Phone: 614.292.9416
E-Mail: phlegar.3@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: Karyl Shirkey
- Advise Criminology and Sociology Students
- Instruct SOC 489, the Internship class
- Provide Internship and career related resources to students
Sociology Research Lab
Director - Sociology Research Lab (SRL)
(Senior Systems Manager)
Office: 160D Townshend
Phone: 614.292.7380
E-Mail: crawford.6@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: Professor Craig Jenkins
- acting director/coordinator of department's computing and technology initiatives
- computing/network services and infrastructure management
- computing support for faculty, graduate students, and staff
Instructional Lab Manager (SIL)
(Systems Manager)
Office: 160C Townshend
Phone: 614.292.3870
E-Mail: moffitt.10@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: John Crawford
- manages the Sociology Instructional Lab (SIL) in 70 DB
- departmental computing services and network services administration
- computing support for faculty, graduate students, and staff
Lab and User Services Coordinator
(Systems Manager)
Office: 160B Townshend
Phone: 614.292.6155
E-Mail: odden.2@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: John Crawford
- management of day to day issues in the Sociology Research Lab and graduate lab
- desktop hardware and software issues management
- computing support for faculty, graduate students, and staff
- departmental database design
Sociology Research Lab Student Staff
"SRL Labsters"
SRL: 160 Townshend Hall
Phone: 614.292.1294
E-Mail: srl@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: Colin Odden
- students working in the Sociology Research Lab, Homework Lab, and Instructional Lab
- supporting computing issues for the department under guidance from SRL staff
Criminal Justice Research Center
Professor Ruth D. Peterson
Director
Office: 231 Journalism
Phone: 614.292.7468
E-Mail: cjrc@osu.edu
Debbie Flower-Smith
Administrative Assistant
Office: 231 Journalism
Phone: 614.292.7468
E-Mail: flower-smith.1@osu.edu
Supervisor: Professor Ruth Peterson
Susan Pennington
Human Resources and Fiscal Officer
Office: 251 Journalism
Phone: 614.292.2858
E-Mail: pennington.41@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: Professor Randall Olsen
Initiative in Population Research
Dr. Randall J. Olsen
Director, Initiative in Population Research
Office: 251 Journalism Building
Phone: 614.442.7348
E-Mail: olsen.6@osu.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Cooksey
Associate Director, Initiative in Population Research
Office: 251 Journalism Building
Phone: 614.292.6484
E-Mail: cooksey.1@osu.edu
Susan Pennington
Administrative Assistant
Office: 251 Journalism
Phone: 614.292.2858
E-Mail: pennington.41@sociology.osu.edu
Supervisor: Professor Randall Olsen
- IPR Office Manager
- procurement, human resources, fiscal
Mary (Merlin) Marshall
Lab and user Coordinator
Office: 251 Journalism
Phone: 614.688.5423
E-Mail: marshall.11@osu.edu
Supervisor: Professor Randall Olsen
- data manager
- programmer
- web maintenance
