CURRICULUM VITAE July 2012 William L. Smith, Ph.D.

(912) 478-0255 wmlsmith@georgiasouthern.edu

CURRENT Professor of Sociology, Tenured, Graduate POSITION Faculty, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460-8051, August 2000- ,

Successful Post-Tenure Review, Spring 2011 & 2006, Associate Professor of Sociology, Tenured, Graduate Faculty, August 1999-July 2000, Associate Professor of Sociology, Tenure-Track, Graduate Faculty, September 1994-July 1999

PAST Associate Professor of Sociology, Tenured,

POSITIONS Department of Sociology, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa 52001, August 1991-August 1994 Chairperson, May 1991-June 1994 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Tenure-Track, August 1988-July 1991

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Tenure-Track, Department of Sociology, Carroll College, Helena, Montana 59625, August 1984-July 1988

EDUCATION Ph.D., May 1984, University of Notre Dame, Notre

Dame, Indiana, Sociology

Ph.D. Specialty Area--Family Dissertation title, "Urban Communitarianism in the 1980's: Seven Religious Communes in Chicago."

M.A., May 1980, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sociology M.A. Specialty Area--Alternative Communities

B.A., Magna Cum Laude, May 1978, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, Sociology and Business Administration

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PUBLICATIONS Books

Irish Priests in the United States: A Vanishing Subculture. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc., June 2004.

Families and Communes: An Examination of Nontraditional Lifestyles. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., August 1999.

Articles

“Conservative Protestant College Students and their Peers: Similarities and Differences.” Religion & Education, forthcoming 2013, (with Ted M. Brimeyer). “Religion, Race, Social Class, and Gender Differences in Dating and Hooking Up Among College Students.” Sociological Spectrum, Volume 32, Number 5, 2012, (with Ted M. Brimeyer), 462-473.

“Latinos, the Academic Ethic, and the Transition

to College.” Journal of Latinos and Education, Volume 11, Number 1, 2012, (with Nathan W. Pino and Gloria P. Martinez-Ramos), 17-31. “Religiousness and Spirituality: An Analysis of a Practice-Oriented Retreat.” Sociological Viewpoints, Volume 27, Number 1, 2011, (with Pidi Zhang), 57-75. “A Spiritual Getaway: The Motivations, Experiences, and Benefits of a Silent Retreat.” Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 22, 2011,(with Pidi Zhang), 1-24.

“From High School to College: The Transition Experiences of Black and White Students.” Journal of Black Studies, Volume 42, Number 5, 2011, (with Pidi Zhang), 828-845. “The Impact of Key Factors on the Transition From High School to College Among First-Generation and Second-Generation Students.” Journal of The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition,

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Volume 22, Number 2, 2010,(with Pidi Zhang), 49-70. “Teaching Religion in the Deep South.” Kentucky Journal of Excellence in College Teaching and Learning, Volume 8, 2010, 51-59.

“Using Community Studies to Facilitate Study in Depth.” Currents in Teaching and Learning, Volume 2, Number 2, 2010, 46-53.

“Academic Dishonesty, Alcohol and Marijuana Use,

and the Transition to College.” Sociological Imagination, Volume 45, Number 2, 2009, (with Nathan W. Pino), 62-74.

“Students‟ Perceptions and Experiences with Key Factors During the Transition from High School to College.” College Student Journal, Volume 43, Number 2, 2009,(with Pidi Zhang), 643-657. “Southerner and Irish? Regional and Ethnic Consciousness in Savannah, Georgia.” Southern Rural Sociology, Volume 24, Number 1, 2009, 223-239.

“The Academic Ethic and the Transition to College.” College Student Journal, Volume 43, Number 1, 2009,(with Pidi Zhang), 86-98. “Perceived Factors Facilitating Students‟ Transition from High School to College.” Michigan Sociological Review, Volume 22, 2008,(with Pidi Zhang), 19-40.

“A Postmodern Explanation of Student Consumerism in Higher Education.” Reprinted in Controversies in Canadian Sociology edited by M. Reza Nakhaie, Ontario, Canada: Thomson Nelson, 2008, (with

Michael Delucchi), 117-120. “How Does Membership in Irish Organizations Contribute to Ethnic Identity?” Virginia Social Science Journal, Volume 43, 2008, 56-75. “The Role of the Family in the Transmission of Ethnic Identity Among the Irish of Savannah, Georgia.” Sociological Viewpoints, Volume 23, 2007, (with Barbara Hendry), 101-120.

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“The Social and Cultural Construction of Ethnic Identity Among Irish Americans in Savannah, Georgia.” Sociological Imagination, Volume 43, Number 1, 2007, (with Barbara Hendry), 69-90. “Religion and Ethnicity Among Irish Americans in Savannah, Georgia.” Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 17, 2006, (with Barbara Hendry), 79-103.

“Monastic Spirituality Beyond the Cloister: A

Preliminary Look at Lay Cistercians.” Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 16, 2005, 17-39. “College Students, the Academic Ethic, and Academic Achievement.” Virginia Social Science Journal, Volume 40, 2005, (with Nathan W. Pino), 52-67.

“Gender Differences in the Academic Ethic and Academic Achievement.” College Student Journal, Volume 39, Number 3, September 2005, (with Kyong Hee Chee and Nathan W. Pino), 604-618.

“African American Students, the Academic Ethic, and GPA.” Journal of Black Studies, Volume 35, Number 1, September 2004, (with Nathan W. Pino), 113-131.

“College Students and Academic Dishonesty.” College Student Journal, Volume 37, Number 4, December 2003,(with Nathan W. Pino), 490-500.

“Intentional Communities.” International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family, Second Edition. Macmillan Reference USA, Volume 2, January 2003, 903-907.

“Intentional Communities 1990-2000: A Portrait.” Michigan Sociological Review, Volume 16, Fall 2002, 107-131.

“Families in Contemporary Intentional Communities: Diversity and Purpose.” Communal Societies, Volume 21, 2001, 79-93.

“Teaching in a Consumeristically Charged

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Environment.” Michigan Sociological Review, Volume 14, Fall 2000, 58-72.

“Euntes Docete Omnes Gentes: Emigrant Irish Secular Priests in America.” History Ireland, Volume 8, Number 3, Autumn 2000, 39-43. “Contemporary Irish Priests in America.” Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 11, 2000, 193-207.

“Priests From Ireland.” The Encyclopedia of the

Irish in America. University of Notre Dame Press, October 1999, 789-792. “Ethnicity and Ethnic Groups.” Racial and Ethnic Relations in America. Salem Press, August 1999, 395-397.

“Irish Priests and American Catholicism: A Match Made in Heaven.” Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 9, 1998, 49-73.

“Satisfied Customers vs. Pedagogic

Responsibility: Further Thoughts on Student Consumerism.” Teaching Sociology, Volume 25, Number 4, October 1997 (with Michael Delucchi), 336-337.

“A Postmodern Explanation for Student Consumerism

in Higher Education.” Teaching Sociology, Volume 25, Number 4, October 1997 (with Michael Delucchi), 322-327.

“Divorce.” The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Social Issues. Salem Press, January 1997, 497-500.

“Family.” The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Social Issues. Salem Press, January 1997, 626-632.

“Are the Amish Becoming More Like the Hutterites?” Michigan Sociological Review, Number 10, Fall 1996,68-86. “The Contemporary Communal Movement.” Research in Community Sociology, Volume 6, 1996, 239-261.

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“Ethnic Identity.” The Latino Encyclopedia. Salem Press, February 1996, 556-560.

“Race and Ethnicity.” Magill's Survey of Social Science: Government and Politics. Salem Press, December 1995, 1654-1660.

“Utopian Communities.” Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family. Macmillan, Volume 2, August 1995, 735-738.

“Communes.” Encyclopedia of Marriage and the

Family. Macmillan, Volume 1, August 1995, 125-128.

“The Impact of Communal Living on Children in the 1980s.” SYGYZY: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture, Volume 3, Number 1-2, 1994, 51-60.

“Environmental Impacts, Stewardship, and Development: The Building of a Religious Community in Montana.” SYGYZY: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture, Volume 3, Number 3-4, 1994, 231-240.

“Ethnicity and Ethnic Groups.” Magill's Survey of Social Science: Sociology. Salem Press, December 1994, 689-695.

“Cults.” Magill's Survey of Social Science: Sociology. Salem Press, December 1994, 399-404.

“Subcultures and Countercultures.” Magill's Survey of Social Science: Sociology. Salem Press, December 1994, 2003-2009.

“The Capstone Course at Loras College.” Teaching Sociology, Volume 21, Number 3, July 1993, 250-252.

“Reflections on Race: The Debate Continues.” Teaching Sociology, Volume 20, Number 3, July 1992, 254-257.

“The World of Meaning of Urban Religious Communalists.” SYGYZY: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture, Volume 1, Number 2, Spring 1992, 137-146.

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“From Monastery to Commune: Teaching the Sociology of Extraordinary Groups.” Teaching Sociology, Volume 20, Number 1, January 1992, 71-74.

“Recent Changes in Hutterite Colony Expansion.” The Great Plains Sociologist, Volume 4, October 1991, 63-67.

“Teaching Economy and Society: A Course in Industrial Sociology.” Teaching Sociology, Volume 19, Number 2, April 1991, 237-242.

“The Use of Structural Arrangements and Organizational Strategies by Urban Communes.” Communal Societies, Volume 6, 1986, 118-137.

“Historical Trends in the Marriage and Family Textbook Literature, 1887-1980: A Preliminary Analysis.” Family Relations, Volume 34, Number 2, April 1985 (with David M. Klein), 211-219.

Book Reviews

Mapping Yorùbá Networks: Power and Agency in the Making of Transnational Communities by Kamari Maxine Clarke. Utopian Studies, Volume 16, Number 1, 2005, 135-137.

The Riddle of Amish Culture (Revised Edition) by Donald B. Kraybill. Utopian Studies, Volume 13, Number 2, 2002, 160-162.

Disquiet in the Land: Cultural Conflict in American Mennonite Communities by Fred Kniss. Contemporary Sociology, Volume 27, Number 5, September 1998, 500-501.

Brethren Society: The Cultural Transformation of a "Peculiar" People by Carl F. Bowman. Contemporary Sociology, Volume 25, Number 3, May 1996, 411-412.

The Plough and the Pen: Paul S. Gross and the Establishment of the Spokane Hutterian Brethren by Vance Joseph Youmans. Utopian Studies, Volume 6, Number 2, 1995, 229-230.

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Cities in a World Economy by Saskia Sassen. Teaching Sociology, Volume 23, Number 4, October 1995, 426-427.

Amish Society by John Hostetler. Utopian Studies, Volume 5, Number 2, 1994, 143-145.

After the Fire: The Destruction of the Lancaster County Amish by Randy-Michael Testa. Utopian Studies, Volume 5, Number 1, 1994, 227-228.

Two Hundred Years of American Communes by Yaacov Oved. SYZYGY: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture, Volume 2, Numbers 3 & 4, Summer/Fall 1993, 362-363.

Racial and Ethnic Families in America by Juan L. Gonzales, Jr. Social Forces, Volume 72, Number 3, September 1993, 287-288.

Cults, Converts and Charisma: The Sociology of New Religious Movements by Thomas Robbins. Utopian Studies, Volume 4, Number 2, 1993, 241-242.

The Monastery: A Study in Freedom, Love, and Community by George Hillery. Sociology of Religion, Volume 54, Number 4, Winter 1993, 429-430.

The Riddle of Amish Culture by Donald Kraybill. SYZYGY: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture, Volume l, Number 3, Summer 1992, 273-274.

What is Family? by Jaber Gubrium and James Holstein. Teaching Sociology, Volume 20, Number 3, July 1992, 262.

The Sociology of Mennonites, Hutterites, and Amish: A Bibliography with Annotations, Volume II 1977-1990 by Donovan Smucker. Utopian Studies, Volume 3, Number 1, 1992, 193-194.

Do Not Neglect Hospitality: The Catholic Worker and the Homeless by Harry Murray. Social Forces, Volume 70, Number 1, September 1991, 275-276.

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Voyages to Utopia: From Monastery to Commune--The Search for the Perfect Society in Modern Times by William McCord. Utopian Studies, Volume 2, Numbers 1 and 2, 1991, 224-226.

Defenders of God: The Fundamentalist Revolt Against the Modern Age by Bruce Lawrence. Sociological Analysis, Volume 51, Number 4, Winter 1990, 416-417.

Mennonite Society by Calvin Redekop. Contemporary Sociology, Volume 19, Number 3, May 1990, 448-

449.

The Shaker Holy Land by Edward R. Horgan. Communal Societies, Volume 9, 1989, 126-127.

The Baptists by William Henry Brackney. Sociological Analysis, Volume 50, Number 2, Summer 1989, 200-201.

Opting for the Poor: Brazilian Catholicism in Transition by Madeleine Adriance. Sociological Analysis, Volume 48, Number 4, Winter 1988, 386.

Women in Shaker Community and Worship: A Feminist Analysis of the Uses of Religious Symbolism by Marjorie Procter-Smith. Sociological Analysis, Volume 48, Number 1, Spring 1987, 95-96.

PRESENTATIONS “Academic Entitlement Among College Students:

Antecedents and Outcomes.” Paper to be read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2012, Denver, Colorado (with Ted M. Brimeyer) “Religion, Race, Social Class, and Gender

Differences in Dating and Hooking Up Among College Students.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada (with Ted M. Brimeyer) “A Spiritual Getaway: The Motivations, Experiences, and Benefits of a Silent Retreat.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2010, Atlanta,

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Georgia (with Pidi Zhang) “Globalization and Localization: “Old” and “New” Irish Rituals.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society, February 2010, Savannah, Georgia (with Barbara Hendry) “Latinos, the Academic Ethic, and the Transition to College.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2009, San Francisco, California (with Nathan W. Pino)

“Black Student Transition to College: An Example

from the Deep South.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2009, San Francisco, California (with Pidi Zhang)

“Academic Dishonesty, Alcohol and Marijuana Use, and the Transition to College.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November 2008, St. Louis, Missouri (with Nathan W. Pino) “Perceived Factors Facilitating Students‟ Transition from High School to College.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2008, Boston, Massachusetts (with Pidi Zhang)

“Kiss Me I‟m Irish: Maintaining an Ethnic Identity in Savannah, Georgia.” Paper read at the Southern Regional Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies, March 2008, Savannah, Georgia

“Southerner and Irish? Regional and Ethnic Consciousness in Savannah, Georgia.” Paper read

at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2007, New York City

“Teaching the Capstone Course.” Panel participant

at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2007, New York City

“The Social and Cultural Construction of Ethnic

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Identity Among Irish Americans in Savannah, Georgia.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2006, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (with Barbara Hendry)

“The „St. Patrick‟s Season‟ in Savannah: Negotiating Irish Identity in a Changing Southern City.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, December 2005, Washington, D.C. (with Barbara Hendry)

“Religion and Ethnicity Among Irish Americans in

Savannah, Georgia.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (with Barbara Hendry)

“The Greening of Savannah: Exploring Irish American Identity in a Southern City.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society, March 2005, Chattanooga, Tennessee (with Barbara Hendry)

“Monastic Spirituality Beyond the Cloister: A Preliminary Look at Lay Cistercians.” Paper read

at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 2004, San Francisco, California “African American Students, the Academic Ethic, and GPA.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2004, Atlanta, Georgia (with Nathan W. Pino)

“Habits of the Mind: In Search of the Academic Ethic Among College Students.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2003, Atlanta, Georgia (with Nathan W. Pino)

“Revisiting the Academic Ethic Issue: A Preliminary Analysis.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, March 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana (with Nathan W. Pino)

“Intentional Communities 1990-2000: A Portrait.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2002, Chicago,

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Illinois

“Insights into the Life and Times of Irish Priests in the United States.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 2001, Anaheim, California

“Families in Contemporary Intentional Communities: Diversity and Purpose.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2000,

Washington, D.C. “Teaching in a Consumeristically Charged Environment.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, March 2000, Baltimore, Maryland

“Models of Ministry/Priesthood Among Irish-born and Irish-seminary Educated Priests.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 1999, Chicago, Illinois “Irish Priests in the United States: Where Are They and What Are They Saying?” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 1998, San Francisco, California

“Irish Priests in the United States: Some Preliminary Findings.” Paper read at the Southern Regional Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies, February 1998, Columbia, South Carolina

“Irish Priests and American Catholicism: A Match Made in Heaven.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting

of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 1997, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

“Are the Old Order Amish Becoming More Like the Hutterites?” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 1996, New York City “A Profile of Foreign-born Irish Roman Catholic

Priests in the United States.” Paper read at the

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Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 1995, Washington, D.C.

“The Capstone Course.” Panel participant at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April 1995, Chicago, Illinois

“The Research Trilogy: The Teaching of Statistics, Research Methods, and Data Analysis.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April 1995, Chicago, Illinois(with Michael Delucchi)

“Where Have all the Communes Gone?” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 1993, Miami Beach, Florida

“Senior Seminar: An Assessment Tool.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April 1993, Chicago, Illinois

“The Capstone Course.” Panel participant at the Annual Meeting of the North Central Sociological

Association, April 1992, Fort Wayne, Indiana

“Reflections on Race: The Debate Continues.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April 1992, Kansas City, Missouri

“From Monastery to Commune: Teaching the Sociology of Extraordinary Groups.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April 1991, Des Moines, Iowa “The Hutterites of Montana and Washington.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the National

Historic Communal Societies Association, October 1989, Yankton, South Dakota

“Useful Resources for Teaching a Class in the Sociology of Business.” Roundtable discussion at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 1989, San Francisco, California

“Conceptual Schemes for Understanding Hutterite

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Society.” Paper read at the International Communal Studies Association Conference, University of Edinburgh, July 1988, Edinburgh, Scotland

“Camelot: Can it be Recreated in Paradise Valley?” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 1987, Chicago, Illinois

“The Sociological Implications of the Vatican's Recent Dealings in the Curran, Provost, and

Hunthausen Cases.” Roundtable discussion at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April 1987, Chicago, Illinois

“The Old Order Amish of Lincoln County Montana.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 1986, New York City

“Religious and Spiritual Orientations of Urban Communalists.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 1985, Washington, D.C.

“The Monastery as a Social System.” Roundtable discussion at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 1985, Washington, D.C.

“Structural Arrangements and Organizational Strategies in Contemporary Urban Religious Communes.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 1984, San Antonio, Texas

“Commitment and Community in Urban Religious Communes.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of

the Midwest Sociological Society, April 1984, Chicago, Illinois

“Urban Religious Communes in Chicago.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the National Historic Communal Societies Association, October 1983, New Harmony, Indiana

“A Peculiar People: The Amish and Community Conflict.” Paper read at the Annual Meeting of

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the North Central Sociological Association, April 1983, Columbus, Ohio

“Historical Trends in the Marriage and Family Textbook Literature, 1887-1980: A Preliminary Analysis.” Paper read at Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, October 1982, Washington, D.C. (with David M. Klein)

SERVICE Georgia Southern University

October 2011-February 2012, Co-Chair, B.S. Sociology Program Review Committee

October 2011- , College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Personnel Review Committee

January 2011-December 2011, Sociology Assessment

Review Committee November 2010, Presentation on “Irish Priests in

the United States: A Vanishing Subculture” for the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

Fall 2010, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Tenure and Hiring Committee

July 2010, Submitted a report about a web-based

survey conducted in April 2010 to Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, Atlanta, Georgia (with Pidi Zhang)

February 2010, Presentation on “Key Findings of

the Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center Survey” for the Board of Directors, Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, Atlanta, Georgia

November 2009, Submitted a 625 page report based

on survey data collected from 700 retreatants to Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, Atlanta, Georgia (with Pidi Zhang)

September 2009-February 2010, Chair, Faculty Search Committee

Fall 2009-2010, College of Liberal Arts & Social

Sciences Assessment Committee

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Spring 2009, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Post-Tenure Review Committee

November 2008, Presentation on “Ignatius House

Jesuit Retreat Center Survey” for the Board of Directors, Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, Atlanta, Georgia

July 2007- , Institutional Review Board

April 2007, Invited lecture on “Irish Priests in the United States: A Vanishing Subculture”

sponsored by the Southern Speaks Irish Lecture Series of the Center for Irish Studies at Georgia Southern University Fall 2006, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Tenure Committee

June 2006-April 2007, Faculty Search Committee October 2005, Invited lecture on “Irish Priests

in the United States: A Vanishing Subculture” College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

August 2005-February 2006, Chair, Faculty Search Committee

February 2005, Presentation on “Irish Priests in the United States: A Vanishing Subculture” for the Savannah Irish Festival January 2005-May 2006, Mentor, McNair Scholars Program January 2005-February 2006, Chair, Department Evaluation Committee (Merit and Compensation Committee)

Fall 2003, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Promotions Committee

August 2000-February 2001, Chair, Faculty Search Committee October 1999-March 2001, Chair, Department Evaluation Committee (Merit and Compensation Committee)

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August 1999-March 2000, Chair, Faculty Search Committee

August 1999- , Department Representative, Religious Studies Minor

April 1999, Presentation on "What is the Relationship Between Religion and the Family Today?" for the Savannah Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, 60th Annual Convention

September 1998- , Faculty Associate, the Center

for Irish Studies September 1998-May 2000, Religious Awareness Week Committee

August 1998-February 1999, Faculty Search Committee

September 1997-August 1998, B.A. Sociology Library Coordinator

September 1997-August 2005, M.A. Sociology Program Committee

May 1996, Presentation on "New Religious Movements" for the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

September 1995-August 2000, Department Honors

Committee

May 1995, Presentation on "Cults" during Religious Diversity Week at Georgia Southern University

September 1994- , Academic Advisor

September 1994- , Undergraduate Sociology Coordinator (including semester conversion, self-study, and program review efforts) and member of the Undergraduate Sociology Program Committee

September 1994, Grant Writing Workshop

September 1994-April 1995, Faculty Search Committee

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Loras College

Spring 1994, Guest Lecturer for the Tri-College Individual Freedom class--lecture topic-"Status of Native Americans"

1993-1994, Truman Scholarship Committee

September 1993, Participated in the Loras College Assessment Workshops conducted by Dr. Reid Johnson, Director, South Carolina Higher

Education Assessment (SCHEA) Network

April 1993-May 1994, Faculty Council (Rank and Tenure Committee)

November 1992, Attended workshop for department chairpersons on "Evaluating Faculty" Loras College

Fall 1992, Consultant to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque

November 1992, Participant in "The Assessment

Workshops: Faculty-Developed Approaches to Assessment of Learning" Indiana University--Purdue University at Indianapolis

Fall 1992-Spring 1993, Thesis and Examining Committee, International Studies Spring 1992, Guest Lecturer for Honors 22--lecture topic--"Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.A."

December 1991, Attended seminar on "Accountability and Accreditation: Techniques for Demonstrating Institutional Effectiveness" Iowa City, Iowa

Fall 1991-Fall 1993, Faculty Senate (Division II representative)

Fall 1991, Ad Hoc Member, Experiential Learning Review Committee

September 1991, Participated in "Ethics and Values Across the Curriculum--A Faculty Development Conference" as a presider of the session on Ethics and the Natural Sciences

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June 1991, Participated in "The Sixth AAHE Conference on Assessment in Higher Education" San Francisco, California

Spring 1991-May 1994, Graduate Council

November 1990, Participated in "Strategies for Assessing Outcomes" workshop at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Fall 1990-May 1994, Outcomes Assessment Task

Force

Fall 1990-1991, Committee on Discipline

Fall 1989-Fall 1990, Alternate Member, Committee on Discipline

Summer 1989-1991, Advisor, Mentor Program

Summer 1989, Research Associate, Center for Business and Social Research (Dubuque Bank and Trust Project)

1988-1994, Loras College Speakers Bureau

1988-1994, Academic Advisor

1988-1992, International Studies Committee

1988-1989, Select Committee on Fraternity and Sorority Life

Fall 1988, Dubuque Annual Appeal Volunteer

Carroll College

1987-1988, Planning Committee and Co-Director for

Conference on "Prophecy and Politics: Religious Perspectives and State Practices"

1987-1988, Lewis and Clark County Project Work Task Force

Fall 1987, Consultant to the Work and Welfare Reform Task Force of Lewis and Clark County

Fall 1987-Spring 1988, Honors Thesis Director

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Spring 1987, Honors Theses Reader

1986-1987, Planning Committee for Conference on "Religion in the 21st Century--Visions From Three Continents"

1986-1988, Truman Scholarship Committee

Fall 1986, Forensics Discussion Tape Committee

Spring 1986, Search Committee for Director of

Admissions

Spring 1986, Search Committee for Assistant Director of Admissions and Admissions Representatives

Spring 1986, Faculty Representative on Admissions Recruiting Trips

1985-1988, Chair, Committee on Admissions and Scholarships

1985-1986, Committee on Alcohol and Drug

Education

1985, Consultant to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena

1984-1988, Academic Advisor

University of Notre Dame

1982-1983, 1981-1982, Graduate Student Representative to the Methods Committee and Family Committee

Marquette University

1979-1980, Graduate Student Representative to the Departmental Faculty Committee

CITATIONS February 1988 and March 1989, Quoted at length in

an Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences concerning the Church Universal and Triumphant and their proposed land development in

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the Corwin Springs, Montana, area outside of Yellowstone National Park.

1990, Dissertation is cited in Introduction of American Communes 1860-1960 A Bibliography by Timothy Miller, (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc.).

1990, "The Use of Structural Arrangements and Organizational Strategies by Urban Communes" is cited in Social Science and the Cults An Annotated Bibliography by John A. Saliba (New

York: Garland Publishing, Inc.). 1999, Dissertation and “The World of Meaning of Urban Religious Communalists” are cited in The Jesus People Movement: An Annotated Bibliography and General Reference by David Di Sabatino, (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press).

Winter 1999, Research on Irish Priests is cited in The CARA Report.

April 1999, Interviewed by CNS (Catholic News Service, Washington, D.C.) regarding Irish Priest

Project. A syndicated article was carried in newspapers throughout the country. April 24, 1999, Article on Irish Priest Project appeared in America magazine. October 1999, Interviewed by ABC News-New York regarding my book, Families and Communes: An

Examination of Nontraditional Lifestyles.

July 2000, Interviewed for an article on Irish priests which appeared in the Bradenton Herald. April 2001, Interviewed for an article on school

violence which appeared in the Savannah Morning News. May 2001, Interviewed for an article on changing family structure which appeared in the Savannah Morning News.

June 2001, Interviewed for an article on single fathers which appeared in the Savannah Morning News.

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August 2003, Interviewed for an article on stay-at-home mothers which appeared in The Brunswick News. March 2004, Interviewed for an article on geographical mobility which appeared in The Brunswick News. 2004, Families and Communes: An Examination of Nontraditional Lifestyles is cited in “Alternative Lifestyles Today: Off the Family

Studies Screen” by Roger H. Rubin in the Handbook of Contemporary Families edited by Marilyn Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong,(Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications). January 2006, Interviewed for an article on residential segregation which appeared in the Savannah Morning News. February 2006, Research on Irish Priests in the United States is cited in International Priests in America by Dean R. Hoge and Aniedi Okure, (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press).

2006, “Priests From Ireland” is cited in “Twentieth-Century American Catholicism and Irish Americans” by Thomas Shelley in Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States edited by J. J. Lee and Marion R. Casey (New York: New York University Press).

GRANTS & October 1987, $14,407.50 from the Montana AWARDS Committee for the Humanities for the Spring 1988

conference on “Prophecy and Politics.”

March 1994, $1,000.00 Hibernian Research Award

from the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame, for the support of the research project, "A Profile of Foreign-born Irish Priests in the United States." November 1994, $250.00 Faculty Development Award for Instruction from Georgia Southern University. March 1995, $500.00 Faculty Development and Welfare Committee Grant for Professional Travel

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from Georgia Southern University.

April 1997, $10,000.00 gift from a retired Irish priest for the support of the research project on Irish priests in the United States.

February 1999, $2,500.00 Faculty Research Stipend Award from Georgia Southern University, for the support of the research project on Irish Priests. March 2004, Awarded an educational leave (sabbatical) for the Fall Semester 2004 to

research how Irish Americans in Savannah, Georgia construct their ethnic identity. March 2004, $4,000.00 Faculty Research Spring Grant Award from Georgia Southern University for the support of the research project on the construction of ethnic identity among the Irish in Savannah, Georgia. June 2008, $500.00 Research Grant from the Provost‟s Office at Georgia Southern University for the support of the research project on retreatants at Ignatius House, Atlanta, Georgia.

May 2011, $5,000.00 CLASS Faculty Research and Creativity Seed Grant from Georgia Southern University for the support of the research project on the Beachy Amish Mennonites of (Montezuma) Macon County, Georgia.

HONORS March 2011, Special Commendation for

Scholarship/Research, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Personnel Review Committee, Georgia Southern University

OTHER December 1987, Reviewed a book proposal for the PROFESSIONAL University of Idaho Press ACTIVITIES

April 1991- , Reviewer for Teaching Sociology

April 1991, 1993, and March 1994, Session organizer and presider, March 1994, discussant, Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting

January 1992-December 1995, Committee on Undergraduate Education, Midwest Sociological

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Fall 1992, Contributor to the American Sociological Association syllabi set on The Capstone Course

April 1993, Faculty Advisor to 3rd place winner, Undergraduate Paper Competition, Midwest Sociological Society

Fall 1993, Reviewed book on interracial conflicts for Routledge Press

January 1995-December 1997, Member of the Editorial Board and Associate Editor, Teaching Sociology

April 1996, Reviewed In Conflict and Order for Allyn and Bacon

July 1996, Reviewed a prospectus for the text Experiencing Cities for Harper Collins

February 1998, Reviewed an Introduction to Sociology text for Wadsworth Publishing Company and a prospectus for a Sociology of Religion text for Allyn and Bacon

November 1998, Faculty Advisor to the winner of the Best Graduate Student Paper, Georgia Sociological Association

April 1999, Reviewed a Sociology of the Family text for Allyn and Bacon and a prospectus for a Sociology of Religion text for Mayfield Publishing Company

September 2000, Reviewed a Race and Ethnicity text for Allyn and Bacon

October 2000, Reviewed an Introduction to Sociology text for McGraw-Hill

November 2000, Reviewed an Introduction to Sociology text for the Mayfield Publishing Company

January 2001, Reviewed an Introduction to Sociology text for McGraw-Hill

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February 2001, Reviewed a Race and Ethnicity text for Prentice Hall April 2001, Reviewed an Introduction to Sociology text for Harcourt College Publishers

October 2001, Reviewed a Marriage and Family text for Wadsworth Publishing Company

May 2002, Reviewed an Introduction to Sociology text for Allyn and Bacon

October 2002, Reviewed a Sociology of Religion text for Prentice Hall

November 2002, Reviewed a Marriage and Family text for Wadsworth Publishing Company

December 2002, Reviewer for Journal of Comparative Family Studies

February 2003, Reviewed a Race and Ethnicity text for Prentice Hall

March 2003, Reviewed a Race and Ethnicity text for Allyn and Bacon

April 2003, Reviewed a Sociology of Education research monograph for The Edwin Mellen Press

June 2003, Reviewed a Race and Ethnicity text for Prentice Hall

August 2003, Reviewed a Sociology of Religion text for Prentice Hall September 2003, Reviewer for Social Forces

March 2004, Reviewed a Race and Ethnicity text for W. W. Norton 2004-2005, Consultant to a St. Paul, MN journalist regarding clergy sexual abuse Spring 2005, Consultant to a southern California law firm regarding clergy sexual abuse July 2005, Faculty Mentor to 2

nd place winner,

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Research Presentation Award, McNair Scholars Conference Summer/Fall 2005, External Reviewer, Dept. of Social Sciences, University of Hawaii-West Oahu October 2005- , Member of the American Sociological Association‟s (DRG) Department Resources Group (a network of consultants on teaching and curriculum) March 2006, Reviewed a Marriage and Family text

for Roxbury Publishing Company August 2006-February 2007, Retained by the law firm of Manly, McGuire, & Stewart of Newport Beach, CA for case on clergy sexual abuse Fall 2006/Spring 2007, External Reviewer, Dept. of Sociology, University of Central Arkansas January 2007, Contributor to the American Sociological Association syllabi set on The Capstone Course

December 2007, Reviewed an Introduction to Sociology text for Prentice Hall February 2008, External Reviewer, Dept. of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Substance Abuse Studies, University of Central Oklahoma September 2008, Reviewed an Introduction to Sociology text for McGraw-Hill October 2008, Reviewed a proposal for a Sociology of Religion text for Blackwell Publishing April 2009, Reviewer for Utopian Studies

September 2010, Reviewer for Journal of Black Studies November 2010, “Rationale for Why and How We Teach our Capstone/Senior Seminar” published in the American Sociological Association Teaching Resource and Innovations Library for Sociology (TRAILS)

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December 2010, Reviewed a Sociology of the Family textbook for Sage Publications January 2011- , Reviewer for Journal of Black Studies May 2011, Reviewer for The Journal of Higher Education

COURSES Introduction to Sociology TAUGHT Introduction to Sociology (Honors)

Race and Ethnic Relations Graduate Seminar in Race and Ethnicity Sociology of the Family Sociology of Religion Sociology of Community Economy and Society Research Methods Senior Seminar Freshman Seminar Sophomore Honors Extraordinary Groups Urban Communities Sociology of the U.S. Catholic Church Independent Study Thesis Practicum M.A. THESIS 1997 Economic Status and its Affect on the COMMITTEES Educational Achievements of Young African-

American Adults by Sha-Rhonda Michea Green (Director) 1999 A “Culture of Cynicism?” A Case Study of

Social Services Providers in Crisis Residential Care by Patricia Noone

(Committee member)

2002 The Effects of Human Capital, Social Capital, and the Ethnic Enclave Economy on the Earnings of Immigrants (The Case of the Mariel Cuban Émigrés) by Todd MacEgan West

(Director) 2006 College Women and the Occurrence of Unwanted

Sexual Advances in Public Drinking Settings: A Feminist Routine Activities Approach by Abby Johnson

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(Committee member)

2007 The Causal Effect of Corporal Punishment on Children‟s Internalizing and Externalizing Behavioral Outcomes: Results from a Propensity Score Matching Analysis by Sara Z. Morris (Committee member)

2009 Women‟s Perceptions of Leadership Roles

Within a Southern Baptist Congregation by Tina C. Hook

(Director) 2009 Support for Social Programs: Effects of

Class, Race, Political Ideology, and Poverty Beliefs by John Roller

(Committee member) 2012 Settling and Laying Down: A Cultural History

of Quakers in Savannah and Statesboro, Georgia

by Jonathan Harwell (Committee member)

2012 Black Female Characterization in Films: A

Content Analysis of Change Across Time by Marlaina Dreher

(Committee member) 2012 Christian Dominionism and Conservatism in

Contemporary American Cinema by Ryan Babula (Savannah College of Art and Design)

(Committee member)

PROFESSIONAL 1981- National Council on Family Relations ORGANIZATIONS

1981- American Sociological Association

1980- Midwest Sociological Society

1983- Communal Studies Association

1984- Association for the Sociology of Religion

REFERENCES Dr. David Klein

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Department of Sociology University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 (574) 631-6463 office (574) 277-4542 residence

dklein@nd.edu Dr. Mike Keen Department of Sociology Indiana University-South Bend South Bend, Indiana 46634 (574) 520-4185

mkeen@iusb.edu Dr. Michael Delucchi

Division of Social Sciences University of Hawaii-West Oahu 96-129 Ala Ike Pearl City, Hawaii 96782 (808) 454-4717 delucchi@hawaii.edu

Dr. Pidi Zhang Department of Sociology and Anthropology Georgia Southern University

Post Office Box 8051 Statesboro, Georgia 30460-8051 (912) 478-0004

pzhang@georgiasouthern.edu Dr. Barbara Hendry Department of Sociology and Anthropology Georgia Southern University Post Office Box 8051 Statesboro, Georgia 30460-8051 (912) 478-5362 bhendry@georgiasouthern.edu Dr. Ted Brimeyer

Department of Sociology and Anthropology Georgia Southern University

Post Office Box 8051 Statesboro, Georgia 30460-8051 (912) 478-5763 tbrimeyer@georgiasouthern.edu

Dr. Nathan W. Pino Department of Sociology 601 University Drive

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Texas State University-San Marcos San Marcos, Texas 78666 (512) 245-2113 np11@txstate.edu Dr. Kyong Hee Chee

Department of Sociology

601 University Drive

Texas State University-San Marcos

San Marcos, Texas 78666

(512) 245-2455

kc26@txstate.edu