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Eric Boyer
Professor
School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3432
eboyer@colby-sawyer.edu

 

Social Sciences Faculty

Colby-Sawyer's social sciences and education professors are trained experts, educators and practitioners who have spent years studying, researching and working with groups and individuals.

They have published and presented on a variety of significant cultural topics and issues including developmental disabilities, criminology, gender and sexuality, addiction, abuse, poverty and economic inequality — and they invite you join in their research while encouraging you to make your own discoveries in subject areas that matter to you. Small classes help faculty get to know you as they advise you in academics as well as career planning and graduate school options.

 

ERIC BOYER

Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3432 | eboyer@colby-sawyer.edu

Professor Boyer joined faculty in 2008. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He formerly served as a lecturer at the University of Minnesota and as an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Saint Thomas University. Read more

Kathleen P. Farrell

Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3660 | kfarrell@colby-sawyer.edu

Joined the faculty in 2009. Honors B.A. in sociology from Trinity College; C.T. and Ph.D. in sociology from Syracuse University. Professor Farrell's primary research and teaching interests include gender and sexualities, with an emphasis on inequality studies. In her courses, Professor Farrell focuses on the interdisciplinary and practical implications of sociology. Read more

CRAIG GALLAGHER

MSW Program Director, Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3377 | craig.gallagher@colby-sawyer.edu

Professor Gallagher joined the faculty in 2024. He holds a PhD in history from Boston College, an MA in transnational history from Central Michigan University, and a BA (Hons) in history from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK, a city close to where he grew up in Scotland. Prior to coming to Colby-Sawyer College, he was an assistant professor at New England College, a lecturer at Saint Anselm College and a visiting assistant professor at Boston College. Read more

Randy Hanson

Academic Dean, Professor, School of Business & Social Sciences
603.526.3657 | rahanson@colby-sawyer.edu

Joined faculty in 1996. BA from Washington University, St. Louis; MA and Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington. Areas of teaching include modern Mexico, U.S. history, America in the 1960s, and revolutions and revolutionaries. Professor Hanson has presented a number of conference papers on topics such as the Catholic church in modern Mexico, the Harry S. Truman presidency and Latin American women's studies. Read more