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Interests
I am Professor of Sociology and Director of the Master of Liberal Studies Program. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 1995. My areas of academic interest include the history of sociology, urban society, and postmodernism. I have published on the history of American sociology. For the last 10 years I have been working with Professor Janusz Mucha of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland to explore the recent history of sociology in Central and Eastern Europe. We are working on our third book in this area. I am currently involved in local urban planning and green development activities. In a nod to my postmodern interests, my wife and I love to prepare "cross-continental cuisine."
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Sociological Theory
- Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies
- Postmodernism
- Sociology of Science
- Environment and Society
- Qualitative Methods
Selected Publications
- 2004. With Janusz Mucha. "Sociology in Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s: A Decade of Reconstruction." European Societies.
- 2004. With Janusz Mucha. "Central and Eastern European Sociology in the Post-Communist Era." Eastern European Quarterly
- 2003 Stalking Sociologists, paperback reproduction of 1999 work, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
- 2003 With Janusz Mucha (eds.). Sociology in Central and Eastern Europe: Transformation at the Dawn of a New Millennium. Westport, CT: Praeger.
- 1999. Stalking the Sociological Imagination: J.Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. (Winner of NCSA Award)
- 1996. With Gabrielle Robinson. "Cafe Kultur: The Coffehouses of Vienna." Contemporary Review 269(1566):24-32.
- 1996. "Teaching Qualitative Methods: A Face-to-Face Encounter." Teaching Sociology 24(April):166-176.
- 1994. With Janusz Mucha (eds.). Eastern Europe in Transition: The Impact on Sociology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Honors and Awards
- 2004 IUSB Eldon Lundquist Award
- 2002 Honorable Mention, American Sociological Association’s History of Sociology Section, Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
- 2001 Indiana University Trustees’ Teaching Award
- 2000 North Central Sociological Association’s (NCSA) Scholarly Achievement Award
- 2000 Full Graduate Faculty Status, Indiana University
- 1998-1999 IUSB Chancellor’s Fellow
- 1997 Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award
- 1994 Indana University President's Award for Distinguished Teaching
- 1993 Indiana University South Bend Distinguished Teaching Award
- 1993 FACET (Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching) Award, Indiana University
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