Spring 2008 Syllabi

SOC 346
SOC 300
SOC 346 Course Project 1
SOC 346 Course Project 2
McGuire (for course project2)

Specialty Areas
Social Inequality
Racial and Ethnic Relations

Courses Taught
Methods of Sociological Research
Social Classes
Racial and Ethnic Group Relations
Sociology of Religion
Sociology of Poverty
Introduction to Sociology

Current Research Projects
Merit and nonmerit bases of social class and social mobility
Wealth inequality and intergenerational transmission of wealth
Conflict relations among status groups and social classes
Net effects of elite university education on subsequent socioeconomic status

Service Activities
Sociology Minor Advisor
University College Advisor
Chancellor's Human Relations Advisory Committee
Academic Standards Committee
Alpha Kappa Delta, founder and faculty co-sponsor of UNCW chapter

Professional Affiliations
American Sociological Association, member
Southern Sociological Society, member
North Carolina Sociological Association, member
Alpha Kappa Delta, member