Charles Emmons

Professor of Sociology

A faculty member at Gettysburg College since 1974, Emmons has written four books and contributed to three television productions on the Ghosts of Gettysburg. Emmons speaks eight foreign languages and has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows in the United States and Hong Kong, including a History Channel series and Art Bell's "Dreamland."

For more information, please visit the Department of Sociology.

Topics:

Sociology of science, mass media and popular culture, race and ethnic relations, social stratification

Expertise: Mass media, popular culture, music, sociology of science, New Age spirituality

Education: Ph.D, M.A., University of Illinois; B.A., Gannon University

Recent Work:

Halloween itself is in disguise as Spider-Man, says professor

Coauthor of Science and Spirit (2012), Author of Guided by Spirit: A Journey into the Mind of the Medium (2003), At the Threshold: UFOs, Science and the New Age (1997), Chinese Ghosts and ESP: A Study of Paranormal Beliefs and Experiences (1982), and Hong Kong Prepares for 1997: Political Participation and Emigration in 1987 (1988).

Contact Information:

cemmons@gettysburg.edu
717.337.6193

Campus Box 412
Glatfelter Hall
300 North Washington St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325-1400