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Office:
Department of Anthropology and Sociology
176 McKee Building
Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 227- 3832
Home:
242 Wren Lane
Whittier, NC 28789
(828) 631-9037
EDUCATION:
Ph. D. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1973-1975,
- Major: Development Sociology
- Minors: Research Methods and Community Service Education
- Dissertation: "Inequality and Service Delivery: The Utilization of
Medical Services."
M.S. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1972-1973,
- Major: Development Sociology
- Minor: Rural Sociology
- Thesis: "Level of Living: A Methodological Assessment."
B.S. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1967-1971,
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Professor of Sociology
1986-present
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
Dean, Research and Graduate Studies 1986-1997
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
Assistant; Associate Dean, Graduate School 1982-1986
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Associate Professor of Sociology 1979-1986
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Visiting Professor
Summer 1978-
Padagaogische Hochschule
Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany
Acting Chair, Department of Sociology 1976-1977
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Assistant Professor of Sociology 1975-1979
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Research Associate
1974
Institute on Man and Science
Rensselaerville, New York
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
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Finalist, College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, Western
Carolina University, 2000, 2001.
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Honorary Professor, Guandong Management Cadre College, People's
Republic of China, 1988.
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Danforth Associate, 1978-1986.
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Smith-Lever Fellowship, Cornell University, 1973-1974.
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Dean's List, Cornell University, 1969-70; 1970-71.
BOOKS:
Statistical Techniques for Social Research. Random House, Inc., January,
1986.
Workbook for Statistical Techniques for Social Research (with Jo Ann S.
Hickey).
Random House, Inc., January, 1986.
ARTICLES:
“ Community Attachment and Migration”, In: Mobilities and Mentalities,
Thomas Geisen, Editor IKO-Verlag, Frankfurt, Germany March 2002.
"School District Effectiveness and Academic Achievement: A Reanalysis."
Sociological Focus, Vol. 21, No. 4, 1988 (with L. Kalof and T. Dietz).
"A Model for Integrating Research Administration and Graduate School
Operations at a Regional Comprehensive University." Research Management
Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1988 (with K. W. King).
"Areal Differentiation in Virginia: A Research Note." Virginia Social
Science Journal, Vol. 23, Winter 1988 (with A. S. Barna and L. Kalof).
"Development Activities by American Missionaries in Sub-Saharan Africa."
Sociology and Social Research, Vol. 72, No. 1, October 1987 (with Jo Ann S.
Hickey).
"Fieldwork in Swaziland: True Confessions and More." The Rural Sociologist,
Vol. 7, No. 4, July 1987 (with Jo Ann S. Hickey).
"Black Farmers in Virginia, 1930-1978: An Analysis of the Social
Organization of Agriculture." Rural Sociology, Vol. 52, No. 1, Spring 1987 (with
Jo Ann S. Hickey).
"Network of Assistance: A Vertical Pattern of the Community." The Journal of
the Community Development Society, Vol.13, No. 1, 1982.
"Recreational and Community Activities of Dentists." Social Science and
Medicine, Vol. 15A, No. 7, December 1981 (with Thomasina Borkman and William
Ayer).
"Changing Sex Roles: Married Women in the Labor Force." Information Der
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Interdisziplinare Angewandte Sozialforschung, Vol.
8, No. 3, 1980 (with Jo Ann S. Hickey).
"Inequality and Service Delivery: The Utilization of Medical Services."
Journal of Social Service Research, Vol. 2, No. 3, Spring 1979.
"Children's Food Behavior Responses to Television Advertisements." Journal
of Nutrition Education, Vol. 6, No. 3, July-September 1974 (with K.
Clancy-Hepburn and G. Neville).
"Inequality and Service Access: Toward a Conceptual Framework." Paths Out of
Poverty Working Paper Series, Northeast Regional Research Project NE-68,
November 1974 (with J. W. Converse).
"Who Pays the Fuel Bill." Human Ecology Forum, Vol. 3, No. 3, Winter 1974 (with
Randolph Cantrell, K. Clancy-Hepburn and J. Wright).
BOOK REVIEWS (SELECTED):
Principles of Research Design in the Social Sciences, Bechhofer, Frank and
Lindsay Paterson. Choice, 2001.
The Road to Poverty: The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia,
Billings, Dwight B., and Kathleen M. Blee, Choice, 2000.
The Tainted Desert: Environmental Ruin and the American West, Valerie L.
Kuletz, Choice, 1998.
Toward and End to Hunger in America, Eisinger, Peter K., Brookings
Institution, Choice, 1998.
Community Development around the World: Practice, Theory, Research,
Training, Hubert Campfens, Editor, Choice,1997.
Harvest of Hope: Family Farming/Farming Families, Lorraine Garkovitch, Janet
L. Bokemeier and Barbara Foote, Choice, 1996.
Gender and Development: Rethinking Modernization and Dependency Theory,
Catherine V. Scott, Choice, 1996
Against all Odds: Rural Community in the Information Age, John Allen and Don
A. Dillman, Choice, 1995.
The Indigenous Voice in World Politics: Since Time Immemorial, Franke Wilmer,
Choice, 1994.
Persistent Poverty in Rural America, by the Rural Sociological Sociey Task
Force on Persistent Poverty, Choice, 1993.
Forgotten Places: Uneven Development in Rural America,Thomas A. Lyson and
William W. Falk, Choice, 1993.
The Future of Rural America: Anticipating Policies for Constructive Change,
Kenneth E. Pigg, Editor, Choice 1992.
Rural Policies for the 1990s, Cornelia Flora and James Christianson, Choice,
1992.
The Community in Rural America, Kenneth P. Wilkinson, Choice, 1991
American Rural Communities, A.E. Luloff and Louis Swanson (eds.), Choice,
1990.
New Seeds and Poor People, Michael Lipton with Richard Longhurst, Choice,
1989.
Rural Sociology and the Environment, Donald R. Field and William R. Burch,
Choice, 1989.
Putting People First: Sociological Variables in Rural Development, Michael
M. Gernea, Ed., Choice, 1987.
Summing Up: The Science of Reviewing Research, Richard Light and David B.
Pillemer, Choice, 1985.
Technology and Rural Women, I. Ahmed, Editor, Choice, 1985.
Rural Policy Problems: Changing Dimensions, William P. Browne and Don F.
Hadwiger (eds.), Choice, 1983.
Institutions of Rural Development for the Poor: Decentralization and
Organizational Linkages, David K. Leonard and Dale Rogers Marshall (eds.),
Choice, 1983.
The Social Dimensions of Development: Social Policy and Planning in the
Third World, Margaret Hardiman and James Midgley, Choice, 1982.
Power and Influence in a Southern City, James B. Haugh, in Social Forces,
Vol. 60, No. 1, September 1981.
Ethical Dilemmas and Social Science Research, Paul Davidson Reynolds in
Sociology: Reviews of New Books, Vol. 7, No. 5, July/August 1980.
Community Development in America, James A. Christenson and Jerry W. Robinson
(eds.), in Rural Sociology, Vol. 45, No. 4, Winter 1980.
Dependent Development: The Alliance of Multinational, State and Local
Capital in Brazil, Peter Evans in Sociology: Reviews of New Books, Vol. 6,
No. 6, September/October 1979.
Mail and Telephone Surveys: The Total Design Method, Don Dillman in
Sociology: Reviews of New Books, Vol. 6, No. 3, March/April 1979.
Correlation Procedures for Behavioral Science Research, Robert Thorndike in
Sociology: Reviews of New Books, Vol. 6, No. 2, January/February 1979.
Doing Sociological Research, Colin Bell and Howard Newby (eds.) in Sociology:
Revief New Books, Vol. 5, No. 5, July/August 1978.
PAPERS PRESENTED:
“Community Attachment and Migration”, Trier, Germany, Mobilities and
Mentalities
“Community Attachment and Use of Downtown Amenities,” Rural Sociological
Society Meetings, Washington, D.C., August 2000.
“Community Attachment: A Survey of the Residents of a Rural County Toward
the Revitalization of the County Seat,” Lexington, Kentucky, Southern Rural
Sociological Association, February, 2000.
“The Regional Impact of a Gambling Casino in Cherokee, N.C.: A Preliminary
Report,” with Fred Fisher and Tara Chadwick. Southern Rural Sociological
Association, Memphis, Tennessee, February 1999.
"Market Issues and the Master's Degree," presented at the Council of
Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 1991.
"Applied Research in Academia: Quality, Recognition and Faculty Development."
invited paper, Annual Conference of the American Society of Allied Health
Professions, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1988.
"Development in Africa: Projects by Women for Women," presented at the Rural
Sociological Society Meetings, Athens, Georgia, August 1988 (with Jo Ann S.
Hickey).
"Development Roles of Missionaries in Swaziland," presented at the Rural
Sociological Society Meetings, Madison, Wisconsin, August 1987 (with Jo Ann
S. Hickey).
"Some Thoughts on Program Evaluation," presented at the Conference of
Southern Graduate Schools, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1987.
"Development Activities of American Missionaries in Sub-Saharan Africa,"
presented at the Rural Sociology Society Meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah,
August 1986 (with Jo Ann S. Hickey).
"Black Farm Operators in Virginia, 1930-1978: An Analysis of Control Over
Means of Production," presented at the Rural Sociological Society Meetings,
Blacksburg, VA, August 1985 (with Jo Ann S. Hickey).
"Considerations of Sampling Design for the Study of Christian Missionaries
in Africa," presented at the African Society of Social Sciences Workshop on
Christianity in Africa: Missionaries and Change, Geneva, Switzerland, August
1984.
"The Structure of Agriculture in Virginia: Correlates of Profitability and
Plans to Continue Farming," presented at the Rural Sociological Society
Meetings, San Francisco, CA, September 1982 (with Jo Ann S. Hickey).
"Attitudes Toward Development Among Rural Leaders: A Partial Test of the
Political Economy of Place Model," presented at the Rural Sociological
Society Meetings, Toronto, Canada, August 1981.
"An Evaluation of an Academic Advising System from the Point of View of
Students," presented at the Association for Institutional Research Forum,
Atlanta, GA, April 1980 (with Jo Ann S. Hickey), ERIC: HE 012-875.
"Decision-Making and Extra-Community Assistance to Rural Local Officials,"
presented at the Rural Sociological Society Meetings, Burlington, VT, August
1979, ERIC: ED 175-607.
"Community Participation in Voluntary Associations of Dentists," presented
at the meetings of the International Association for Dental Research and the
American Association for Dental Research, Atlanta, GA, March 1979 (with
Thomasina Borkman and William A. Ayer).
"Comparative Survey of Stutterer's Self-Help Organizations and Their
Community Relations," presented at the National Conference of the
Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, Toronto, Canada, October 1978 (with
Thomasina Borkman).
"Capacity-Building Needs in Rural Virginia: A Preliminary Report," presented
at the Rural Sociological Society Meetings, San Francisco, August 1978.
“Changing Sex Roles: Married Women in the Labor Force," presented in the
Series: New Contributions to Sociological Research, Padagogische Hochschule
Niedersachsen, Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany, June 1978.
"The Concept of Region in Regional Development," presented at the
Pennsylvania Sociological Society Meetings, Bloomsburg, PA, October 1976.
"Inequality and Service Delivery: The Utilization of Medical Services,"
presented at the Rural Sociological Society Meetings, New York, August 1976.
"Status Position and Adoption: Some Conceptual Caveats and Some Empirical
Support Thereof," presented at the Rural Sociological Society Meeting, San
Francisco, August 1975 (with J. W. Converse).
TECHNICAL REPORTS:
"Administration of University Athletic Programs: Internal Control and
Excellence," Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education and George
Mason University, 67 pp., August 1986 (with J. Wade Gilley), Executive
Summary: ERIC Document ED 268 923.
"Organizational Commitment: A Secondary Analysis of the Army Officer
Education and Training Survey," April 1978, Report to U.S. Army Research
Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences (with Thomas C. Wyatt and Jo
Ann S. Hickey).
"Capacity Building Needs for Rural Virginia," Final Report, National Science
Foundation Grant ISP 76-20175, Richmond: Virginia Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services, 109 pp., September 1978 (with Berkwood Farmer, W. H.
Hansen, I.W. Smith and M. H. Silverman).
"A Study of Water Resources Public Decision-Making," December 1971,
Technical Report 37, Office of Water Resources Research, U.S. Dept. of the
Interior, Washington, D.C. (with James R. Finley).
MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS:
1999- present
Study of Community Attachment in Rural Small Towns in Western North
Carolina.
1998-present
Study of The Impact of a Casino on the Economic Development of a Rural,
Regional Economy.
1986-89
Study of American Missionaries in Africa: Summer, fieldwork in Swaziland .
1981-82
National Council on Aging grant for development of position papers for the
1981 White House Conference on Aging. Responsible for sections dealing with
the rural elderly. Also assisting NCOA on various research proposals in the
area of research design.
1976-78
Fairfax Community Action Program of hidden poverty, assessment of needs and
service availability in Fairfax County, Virginia.
1976-79
National Science Foundation Grant to Virginia Department of Agriculture and
Commerce to study capacity-building needs of rural governments. Responsible
for study design, survey instrument design, analysis of data and final
report.
1974-75
Study of Attitudes Toward the Environment in the Catskill Region. Contracted
by the Institute of Man and Science. Presented to the Catskill Regional
Commission in 1975. Staff Consultant to the Project.
1973-75
Study of Human Resources and Service Delivery in New York. Funded jointly by
the Flood Recovery Assistance Program (HUD), the Appalachian Regional
Commission, and U.S. Department of Commerce (Economic Development District
Planning Assistance Grant).
1973
Study of Manpower Development Through Service Delivery Affiliation with
Cooperative Extension, Schoharie County, New York. Part of the National
"Project Hitchhike," Department of Labor.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
1997- present
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Galway, Ireland: Consultation
1991-97
Workshop Presenter: Program Review. Council of Graduate Schools
1987-97
Conference of Southern Graduate Schools:
- Workshop Coordinator (1987-88)
- Publications Committee (1987-88)
- Membership Committee (1988-90)
1987-88
Rural Sociological Society, Program Committee.
1987-89
Board of Directors, Mountain Aquaculture Research Center.
1987-97
North Carolina Conference of Graduate Schools,
-President (1989-90)
-Vice-President (1988-89)
1980-88
National Science Foundation. Science Education: Evaluation of research
proposals and projects.
1981-83
National Endowment for the Humanities. Evaluation of proposals.
1980-87
National Institute for Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse. Evaluation of research
needs, programs and proposals.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
-Society and The Environment
-Statistics and Methods
-Stratification and Inequality
-Societal and Regional Development
-Political and Social Change and the Community
-Freshman Seminar
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
-Environmental Sociology
-Community Development
- Political and Social Development of Rural Areas
-Inequality and Social Policy
-Third World Development
-Methodological and Computer Applications to Social Research
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Rural Sociological Society
Southern Sociological Society
Council of Graduate Schools
Conference of Southern Graduate Schools
North Carolina Conference of Graduate Schools
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