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Faculty
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Charles Reasons, PH.D.Courtesy Faculty
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Dr. Charles Reasons earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from Washington State University in 1972. He also holds an M.A. in Sociology from Ohio University and a B.A. in Sociology from Central Washington State College. Dr. Reasons has also obtained his J.D. from the University of British Columbia. His career focused on social and legal issues and activism/social change. He has published 9 books and scores of articles and book chapters on social and legal problems in the United States and Canada, while teaching in both countries. In 2000, he was inducted into the Olympic College Hall of Fame, while in 2010 he was inducted into the Linfield College Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2013 he received a Chief Supporter Award from the CWU student organization E.M.P.I.R.E. In 2018, Dr. Reasons was selected to receive the Central Washington University Distinguished Professor-Service award, while also being chosen for the CWU Faculty Diversity award. Dr. Reasons is one of only four public university faculty in 2018 to receive the coveted Ormsby for Faculty Citizenship Award for his exemplary work in civic engagement with CWU and the Ellensburg community. He was selected as CWU Phi Kappa Phi Scholar of the Year for 2021-2022.
In Fall 2022, he moved to the Tampa Bay area to retire (mainly) receiving a Courtesy Faculty Appointment in the USF Department of Criminology to continue part-time teaching and mentoring.