James H. Sutton, M.A., RPA
Instructor/Coordinator of Graduate Academic Services
Department of Behavioral Sciences
Russell 302A
Education
B.A., History and Political Science, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
M.A., in Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
Biography
James Sutton is the Instructor/Coordinator of Graduate Academic Services. Sutton is responsible for teaching courses in the Behavioral Sciences Department and assisting in general retention services for graduate students in the School Counseling Program and has been in his current position since August 2024. Sutton is currently in doctoral studies.
As a transdisciplinary scholar, Sutton’s current research centers on the exploration of martial arts philosophy and practice, including the intersections between cultural history, mythology, popular culture, and religion. As a cultural praxis, martial arts are a global phenomenon interweaving Far Eastern systems with Western adaptations and reinventions of self-defense trainings. As an anthropologist by training, Sutton’s research interests also include examining changing cosmologies and cultural histories of Southeastern tribes in the US, particularly examining how long term landscape modification creates social events that are highly influential in shaping societal worldviews which may still be diffused in modern times.
Courses Taught
NS 3213, SOC 1113, SOC 2213, SOC 3823, SOC 4333