Sociology and Criminology

Contact Dr. Leslie Hossfeld
Office: SB211-C
Phone: 910.962.7849
Email: hossfeldl@uncw.edu

2002 Ph.D. Sociology, North Carolina State University

1986 M.S. Sociology, University of Mississippi

1983 B.A. History, UNCW

Current Research Interests

Southeastern North Carolina Food Systems Project (SENCFS)

Poverty Reduction in North Carolina

Philanthropy of Community

Jobs for the Future Project

Worker Displacement

Gender and Job Loss

Center for Integrating Research and Action (CIRA)

Professional Associations

Vice President-Elect: Sociologists for Women in Societ

Chair, Committee on Sociological Practice: Southern Sociological Society

Co-Chair ASA Task Force for Institutionalizing Public Sociologies

North Carolina Sociological Association

SWS-South

Society for the Study of Social Problems

Research Associate: International Gender and Trade Network

Editorial Board: Journal of Applied Social Science

Editorial Board: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Development

Council Member: ASA Section on Sociological Practice and Public Sociology

Program Committee: ASA Spivack Program in Applied Social Research and Social Policy

Specialty Areas

Economic Development

Community Engagement

Poverty in Southeastern North Carolina

Public Sociology

Community-based Participatory Research

Job Loss and Economic Restructuring

Courses Taught

Public Sociology Seminar

Public Sociology Practicum

Sociology of Poverty

Community Development

Population

Race and Ethnic Relations

Gender and Society