Leslie Hossfeld, Assistant Professor, Public Sociology Program Coordinator
1983 B.A. History, UNCW
1986 M.S.S Sociology, University of Mississippi
2002 Ph.D. Sociology, North Carolina State University
Social and Behavioral Science Building 211C | (910) 962-7849 | 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5978
hossfeldl@uncw.edu

Photo taken by
Cassius Hossfeld

Specialty areas:
Job Loss and Economic Restructuring
Poverty in Southeastern North Carolina
Community Engagement
Community-based Participatory Research
Public Sociology

Courses Taught
Gender and Society
Race and Ethnic Relations
Public Sociology Seminar
Public Sociology Practicum
Population
Research Methods
Sociology of Poverty
Community Development

Current Research Interests:
Worker Displacement
Gender and Job Loss
Jobs for the Future Project
CIRA Collaboration on Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction in North Carolina
Center for Integrating Research and Action (CIRA) http://www.cira-unc.org/
Southeastern North Carolina Food Systems Project (SENCFS)

Professional Associations:
Editor, Network News, Sociologists for Women in Society
Co-Chair ASA Task Force for Institutionalizing Public Sociologies
Executive Council, North Carolina Sociological Association
SWS-South
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Southern Sociological Society
Research Associate, International Gender and Trade Network