Robert H. Freymeyer is a professor of sociology, chairman of the sociology department, and the director of undergraduate research.  A double major in chemistry and sociology at Vanderbilt University, he earned his M.A. from William and Mary and Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati.  His special areas of instruction include Introductory Sociology, Sociology of the Contemporary South, Urban Sociology, World Population Issues, Research Methods, and Field Inquiry.

Dr. Freymeyer studies topics related to demography and southern culture and encourages his students in all of the courses he teaches to conduct their own research. He has published numerous articles in professional journals and frequently presents papers at professional meetings. An elected Councilor for the Council of Undergraduate Research, a professional organization that supports and promotes high-quality undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship, Dr. Freymeyer is also editor of The Southern Sociologist, the newsletter of the Southern Sociological Society.  

He enjoys traveling with his wife Dr. Barbara Johnson, a sociology professor at the University of South Carolina-Aiken, and their two children. To date he has visited six of the seven continents and frequently uses examples from these travels in his classes.