Michelle Loyd-Paige
Professor of Sociology & Social Work
Dean of Multicultural Affairs
Office: Spoelhof Center 323
Telephone: (616) 526-8703
E-mail: lopa@calvin.edu

Professor Loyd-Paige came to Calvin College in 1985. She did her undergraduate work at Calvin and her graduate work, including her Ph.D. in sociology, at Purdue University.

Prof. Loyd-Paige has taught several courses in the Department of Sociology and Social Work since joining the department in 1985. These course include, but are not limited to: Introduction to Sociology, Diversity and Inequality in the United States, Demography, DCM: Christian Response to Racism, and the Sociology Senior Capstone course. This fall she will be teaching "Sociology of the African Diaspora."

Michelle's research interests include the social worlds of Black Clergywomen, Afro-Christian worship, and Christian responses to racism. She is the Dean for Multicultural Affairs at Calvin College. In addition to her responsibilities at Calvin, she is a mother of three, wife of one, a minister of the gospel at Christian Fellowship and Outreach in Muskegon, and founder of PreachSista! Inc. She also teaches within the African & African Diaspora Studies program. Prof. Loyd-Paige has been a part of the Consultation of Afro-Christian Scholars in Higher Education for the last five years.