Meet Our Faculty and Staff
Chair
![Photo of Ken E. Mitchell](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2013/05/Kenneth-Mitchell-Profile.jpg)
Ken E. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair
Political Science and Sociology
Samuel E. and Mollie Bey Hall, 248
Full-time Faculty
![Photo of Melissa A . Alvare](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2019/08/Melissa-Alvare-Profile.jpg)
![Photo of Stephen J. Chapman, Ph.D.](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2014/09/DM5A6981.jpg)
![Photo of Rekha Datta, Pd.D.](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2013/05/rekha-datta.jpg)
Rekha Datta, Ph.D.
Professor;
Freed Endowed Chair in Social Sciences
Email: rdatta@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-571-4438
![Photo of Kevin L. Dooley](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2013/05/Kevin-Dooley-Profile.jpg)
![Johanna Foster](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2013/05/Johanna-Foster-Headshot_20220308_AD_09-web.jpg)
Johanna E. Foster, Ph.D.
Associate Professor;
Director, Sociology Program;
Helen Bennett McMurray Endowed Chair in Social Ethics
Email: jfoster@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-263-5440
![Photo of Peter Jacques](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2023/07/Peter-Jacques-3.jpeg)
![Photo of Sam Maynard](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2019/06/Sam-Maynard-Profile.jpg)
![Photo of Faculty member Jennifer McGovern 2021](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2014/02/Jennifer-McGovern-Headshot_2021.jpg)
Jen McGovern, Ph.D.
Associate Professor;
Faculty Athletics Representative;
Sociology Program Director
Email: jmcgover@monmouth.edu
Phone: 732-923-4658
![Photo of faculty member Joseph Patten 2021](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2013/05/Joseph-Patten-headshot_2021.jpg)
![Photo of Saliba G. Sarsar](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2013/05/Saliba-Sarsar-Profile.jpg)
Part-time Faculty
![Photo of Diditi Mitra](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2013/05/MitraHeadshot.jpg)
Staff
Emeritus Faculty
![Photo of Nancy J. Mezey, Ph.D.](https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/476/2013/05/Nancy-Mezey.jpg)