Cooper Drive, 230 Moloney Building, Lexington, Kentucky 40506

Phone: 859-246-6324 E-mail: david.wachtel@kctcs.edu

Dr. Wachtel was raised in Buffalo, New York and then served in the U.S. Air Force as a Chinese translator and Morse Code Operator from 1962-1966. Upon returning to civilian life he enrolled at SUNY/Buffalo where he received his Ph.D in Sociology in 1982. After holding a number of different faculty positions around the country he settled here at Lexington Community College. Currently he is the Coordinator of the Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, and Law Enforcement Area and is the faculty advisor for the International Students Association. During his tenure at LCC he has been active in promoting educational relationships between LCC and Changsha College of Education, Hunan Province, China. On each of his three trips to China he has taught English to students there. In 1995, during his first trip to China, Dr. Wachtel actually had the opportunity to pursue his long distance running hobby by jogging through the Forbidden City pictured here.

B.A. in Political Science from SUNY/Buffalo 1969

M.S. in Social Sciences from SUNY/Buffalo 1975

Ph.D. in Sociology from SUNY/Buffalo 1982

M.A. in English (TESL) from UK (anticipated 12/00)

Western New Mexico University

Central State University (Oklahoma)

University of Alabama in Birmingham

University of Kentucky

Lexington Community College

Ganado College (Navajo nation)

Douglas College (Arizona)

Georgetown College (Kentucky)

Eastern Kentucky University

Introduction to Sociology Syllabus

Inequality in Society

Dr. Wachtel's 1995 Travel Log From China

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