Social Sciences Department Chair
Chairperson of the Social Sciences Department
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Lubbock Christian University; M.A., West Texas A&M University
Angela Roberts graduated from Lubbock Christian University
with a B.A. in Humanities in 1998. She graduated from West Texas A&M University
with an M.A. in History in 2007.
She began teaching history at South Plains College in 2008.
In 2017 she became chair of the Social Science Department.
Office: 146A, Administration Building, Levelland Campus
Phone: 806.716.2456
Email: aroberts@southplainscollege.edu
Social Sciences Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant to Behavioral Sciences
and Social Sciences Departments
A.S., South Plains College; B.S., Lubbock Christian University
Office: 146A, Administration Building, Levelland Campus
Phone: 806.716.2461
Email: plopez@southplainscollege.edu
Social Sciences Faculty
Assistant Professor of Government
B.A., M.A., Texas Tech University
Office: 1016B, Lubbock Downtown Center
Phone: 806.716.2454
Email: bbearden@southplainscollege.edu
![Bearden Faculty Portrait](/exploreprograms/artsandsciences/socialscience_pages/images/WES_5361.jpg)
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A., Southern Illinois University
Office: 115, Student Services Building, Levelland Campus
Phone: 806.716.2646
Email: cbeardenwhite@southplainscollege.edu
Professor of History
B.S., Eastern new Mexico University; M.A., Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Office: 331, Library Building, Levelland Campus
Phone: 806.716.2465
Email: sbuchanan@southplainscollege.edu
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A., Hardin Simmons University
Office: 123, Administration Building, Levelland Campus
Phone: 806.716.2533
Email: jclayton@southplainscollege.edu
Assistant Professor of Government
B.A., Midwestern State University; M.A., Ph.D.; Texas Tech University
Office: 134, Administration Building, Levelland Campus
Phone: 806.716.2972
Email: tholland@southplainscollege.edu
Instructor of History
B.A., University of Maryland; M.A. Texas Tech University
Office: 125C, Lubbock CTE Center
Phone: 806.716.2463
Email: shunt@southplainscollege.edu
Assistant Professor of Government
B.S., University of Evansville, M.A., University of Rhode Island
Office: 116, Student Services Building, Levelland Campus
Phone: 806.716.4032
Email: dlandry@southplainscollege.edu
Instructor of Government
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Office: 121, Administration Building, Levelland Campus
Phone: 806.716.2198
Email: jmartin@southplainscollege.edu
Instructor of History
B.S., Texas Tech University, M.A., Sam Houston State University
Office: 118, Administration Building, Levelland Campus
Phone: 806.716.2958
Email: cmcmahan@southplainscollege.edu
Assistant Professor of Government
B.A., Texas Tech University;
M.A., University of Texas at Arlington
Office: 132, Administration Building, Levelland Campus
Phone: 806.716.2466
Email: hnelson@southplainscollege.edu
Assistant Professor of History
B.S., M.A., Texas Tech University
Office: 1018, Lubbock Downtown Center
Phone: 806.716.2908
Email: tpayton@southplainscollege.edu
Instructor of Geography
B.S., University of Dallas;
M.A., University of St. Thomas
Office: 1015A, Lubbock Downtown Center, 129, Administration Building, Levelland Campus
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Southwestern Adventist University; M.A., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Office: 1015A, Lubbock Downtown Center, 129, Administration Building, Levelland Campus
Phone: 806.716.2459
Email: arios@southplainscollege.edu
Instructor of History
B.A., Roger Williams University; M.A., Texas Tech University
Office: 1015B, Lubbock Downtown Center
Email: ctrobridge@southplainscollege.edu