Dr. Robert Sanderson
Stabler Hall 405
Office: 569.8414
Email: resanderson@ualr.edu
http://www.anpa.ualr.edu
Dr. Robert Sanderson was born in Windsor, Vermont, on January 13, 1948. As the son of a Navy Petty Officer, Dr. Sanderson has traveled extensively along the eastern seaboard. Upon completion of high school at Trezevant High in Memphis, Tennessee, Bob worked briefly as an engineering draftsman before entering Memphis State University where he earned his BA in Sociology. Studying briefly at Oklahoma State University in 1980, he transferred to Louisiana State University and earned a Ph.D. in Sociology. Bob is married to the former Sonja McGough of Jonesboro, Arkansas, with whom he has one son, Ian Spencer Sanderson. Dr. Sanderson is an Associate Director of the Sequoyah Research Center, Home of the American Native Press Archives. The Sequoyah Research Center is currently involved in a funding campaign to build a world-class facility on the UALR campus. His teaching interests include Native American Studies, Deviance, Criminology, Gender Roles, and the Sociology of Mental Illness.