Department of Sociology Faculty Directory
Research Areas: Assimilation Theory and Multiculturalism, Race and Sports Participation, Amateurism in Sports.
Current Research Projects: The reconciliation of racial and national identities. Also working on Amateurism in sports.
Publications:
George, Douglas and George Yancey. 2007. "Racial Aspirations for Late Twentieth Century Mulitcultural America." Sociological Imagination, 43:52-68.
George, Douglas and George Yancy. 2007. "Taking Stock of America's Attitudes on Cultural Diversity: An Analysis of the Public Deliberation on Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Intermarriage." Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 35:1-19.
Research Areas: Crime, Deviance and Social Control, Juvenile Development and Delinquency
Current Research Projects: Serious and violent offenders' reentry into the community
Publications:
Powers, Edward and Janet Wilson. 2004. "Access Denied: The relationship between alcohol prohibition and driving under the influence." Sociological Inquiry, 74(3), 318-337.
Research Areas: New religious movements and student activism/dissent.
Current Research Projects: Conflict and accommodation in a new religious movement called The Family/Children of God.
Publications:
Organizational Transformation of The Family/Children of God. Co-author Gary Shepherd. Nuevo Religio, 2005.
"Charisma and the Social Construction of Prophecy in The Family/Children of God". Co-author Gary Shepherd. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, forthcoming 2004.
"Liberal Tolerance Among Honors College Students: A Regional Comparison". Co-author Gary Shepherd. Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2001.
"The Moral Career of a New Religious Movement." Co-author Gary Shepherd. Oakland Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2000.
Mormon Passage: A Missionary Chronicle. Co-author Gary Shepherd. University of Illinois Press, 1998.
Research Areas: Demography, Family, Divorce, Marital Quality, Premarital Cohabitation, Internship and Research Methods.
Current Research Projects: The evaluation of methodologies used to teach research methods to undergraduate students.
Research Areas: Criminology, Victimology, and Gender.
Current Research Projects: Serious and violent offenders' reentry into the community
Publications:
Powers, Edward and Janet Wilson. 2004. "Access Denied: The relationship between alcohol prohibition and driving under the influence." Sociological Inquiry, 74(3), 318-337.
Cossman, Jeralynn, Gary A. Lewers, Janet K. Wilson, Elaine Fox, and Jeffrey J. Kamakahi. (2002). "The Hemlock Society Membership: Comparisons between 1983 and 1995 surveys and the general population." Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying, 45(1), 43-55.
Wilson, Janet K., Ronald J. Hy, and David L. Huseman. (1999). "Grass Roots Support for a charter School System." Arkansas Business and Economic Review, 32(1), 6-21.
Osgood, D. Wayne, Janet K. Wilson, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald G. Bachman, and Lloyd D. Johnston. (1996). "Routine Activities and Individual Deviant Behavior." American Sociological Review, 61(4), 635-655.
Wilson, Janet K., Elaine Fox, and Jeff Kamakahi. (1998). "Who is Fighting for the Right to Die? Older women's participation in the Hemlock Society." Health Care for Women International, 19(5), 101-116.