Department of

                           Sociology and Anthropology

                             

                  sociology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faculty Publications

 

 

Books

Everett, K. and P. Shifflett. (2004) The Fundamentals of Sociology: A Reader. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt Publishing.

Everett, K. and P. Shifflett. (2003) The Fundamentals of Sociology. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt Publishing.

LaLone, M. (2003) Appalachian Farming Life: Memories and Perspectives on Family Farming in Virginia's New River Valley. (ed.), Brightside Press.

LaLone, M. (2003) The Radford Arsenal: Impacts and Cultural Change in an Appalachian Region. (ed.), Brightside Press.

LaLone, M. (1997) Appalachian Coal Mining Memories: Life in the Coal Fields of Virginia's New River Valley. (ed.), Pocahontas Press.

Page, R. (2005) Bike Week at Daytona Beach: Bad Boys and Fancy Toys. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi.

Schwartz, H. D. (1994) Dominant Issues in Medical Sociology. Third Edition, McGraw-Hill.

Seyfrit, C. L. (1993) Hibernia's Generation: Social Impact of Oil Development on Adolescents in Newfoundland. ISER Offshore Oil Project Series. St. John's, NF: Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Wagner, M. B. (1990) God's Schools: Choice and Compromise in American Society. Rutgers University Press.

Wagner, M. B. (1983) Metaphysics in Midwestern America. Ohio State University Press.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Brush, P. S. (2001) "Problematizing the Race Consciousness of Women of Color." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 27 (1):171-198. 

Brush, P. S.  (1999) “The Influence of Social Movements on Articulations of Race and Gender in Black Women’s Autobiographies.” Gender & Society 13:120-137.

Corroto, C.  (2001) “The Politics of Masculinity and Sacred Space.” Journal of Architectural Education.  November 55 (2):113-117.

Everett, K. D. (1992) "Professionalization and Protest: Changes in the Social Movement Sector, 1961-1983." Social Forces 70 (4):957-975.

Gainey, R. R. and C. L. Seyfrit. (2001) "Fear of Crime among Rural Youth: Testing the Generality of Urban Models to Rural Areas." Sociological Focus 34 (3):269-286.

Hill, A., C. L. Seyfrit, and M. J. E. Danner. (1998) “Oil Development and Social Change in the Shetland Islands 1971-91.” Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 16 (1):15-25.

LaLone, Mary B. (2005) "Building Heritage Partnerships: Working Together for Heritage Preservation and Local Tourism in Appalachia." Practicing Anthropology 27(4):10-13.

LaLone, Mary B. (2005) "An Anthro-Planning Approach to Local Heritage Tourism: Case Studies from Appalachia." National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) Bulletin 23:135-150.

LaLone, Mary B. (2001) "Putting Anthropology to Work to Preserve Appalachian Heritage." Practicing Anthropology 23(2):5-9.

LaLone, Mary B. (1996) "Economic Survival Strategies in Appalachia's Coal Camps." Journal of Appalachian Studies 2(1):53-68.

Leicht, K. T. and E.C.W. Lyman. (2006) "Markets, Institutions, and the Crisis of Professional Practice." Research in the Sociology of Organization 24:17-44.

Mekolichick, J. (2002) "The Influence of Identity Meaning Independence on the Invocation of Multiple Identities." Sociological Focus, 35 (1):43-54.

Page, R. (2001) "Social Change at Bike Week." Visual Sociology 16 (1):7-35.

Schwartz, H. D. (1988) "Further Thoughts on a 'Sociology of Acceptance' for Disabled Persons.'" Social Problems 19 (2):36-39.

Seyfrit, C. L., L. C. Hamilton, and C. M. Duncan, J. Grimes. (1998) “Ethnic Identity and Aspirations among Rural Alaskan Youth.” Sociological Perspectives 41 (2):343-365.

Seyfrit, C. L. and L. C. Hamilton. (1997) “Alaska Native Youth and Their Attitudes toward Education.” Arctic Anthropology 34 (1):135-148.

Wagner, M. B. (1984) "Metaphysics in Midwestern America." Journal of Popular Culture 17(3): 131-140.

Wagner, M. B.  (1997) "Generic Conservative Christianity: The Demise of Denominationalism in Christian Schools." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 36(1):13-24.

Wagner, M. B. (1999) "Measuring Cultural Attachment to Place in a Proposed Power Line Corridor." Journal of Appalachian Studies 5(2):241-246.

Wagner, M. B. and K. L. Hedrick. (2001) "‘You Have a Culture to Preserve Here, But We Have Power Line to Stop’: University/Community Study of Cultural Attachment to Place." Practicing Anthropology 23(2):10-14.

Articles in Edited Volumes

Corroto, C. (2003) “Maintaining Their Privilege: A Framework for Assessing Minority Inclusion in Architecture Schools.” In 2020: A Vision for the Future.  L. Kiisk (ed). Boston: MIT Press, Boston Society of Architects/AIA Publication: 102-109.

Benson, D.E., and J. Mekolichick. (2006) “Comparisons of Self and the Use of Digital Technologies in a Learning Environment.” College Student Journal 40.      

Mekolichick, J. (2003) "Amateur Bodybuilders' Self-Concept: An Exploratory Examination." Sociology of Sport Online, Vol. 6 (1).

Mekolichick, J. (2001) "Self-Esteem among Amateur Bodybuilders: A Quantitative Examination." Sociology of Sport Online 4:2.

Page, R. (2004) “Biking into the Mainstream.” Contexts 3 (1):71.


Simonds, C., and and P.S. Brush. (2004) “Gender.” In Encyclopedia of Social Theory. George Ritzer, ed. California: Sage Publications, pp. 304-307.

Simonds, C., and P.S. Brush. (2004) "Judith Butler." In The Encyclopedia of Social Theory. George Ritzer, ed. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.

Book Chapters

Corroto, C.  (2005) “The Architecture of Sexual Harassment.” In The Company of Men: Male Dominance and Sexual Harassment.  J. E. Gruber and P. Morgan (eds.) Boston: Northeastern University Press.

Corroto, C. (2005) “Silence of the Lambs: The Architecture of the Abattoir.” In Storytelling Sociology: Narrative as Social Inquiry.  R.J. Berger and R. Quinney (eds.)  Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

LaLone, M. B. (2008) "Voices from the Coal Camps: Life in an Appalachian Coal Mining Region." In Life in the Coal Camps of Wise County [Virginia]. P. Kuczko, ed.  Big Stone Gap, VA: Lonesome Pine Office on Youth with support from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, pp. 139-164.

LaLone, M. B
. (2003) "Walking the Line Between Alternative Interpretations in Heritage Education and Tourism: A Demonstration of the Complexities with an Appalachian Coal Mining Example." In Signifying Serpents and Mardi Gras Runners: Representing Identity in Selected Souths. C. Ray and L. E. Lassiter, eds. Athens: University of Georgia Press, pp. 72-92.

LaLone, M. B.
(1997) "The Appalachia Tourism Project: Applied Anthropology in an Appalachian Coal Mining Town." In Practicing Anthropology in the South, Tim Wallace, ed.  Athens: University of Georgia Press.
 

Mekolichick, J. (2003) "Chapter 2: Sociological Research." In The Fundamentals of Sociology by Kevin Everett and Peggy Shifflett. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt Publishing.

Wagner, M. B. (1997) "The Anthropological Study of Religions in American Society." In Anthropology of Religion: A Handbook of Theory and Method. S. D. Glazier. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Wagner, M. B. (2001) "Monolith or the Tower of Babel? Ultimate Sacred Postulates at Work in Conservative Christian Schools." In Ecology and the Sacred: Engaging the Anthropology of Roy A. Rappaport. E. Messer and M. Lambek. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Wagner, M. B. (2002) "Space and Place, Land and Legacy." In Culture, Environment, and Conservation in the Appalachian South. B. J. Howell.  Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

Wagner, M. B. (2005) "Connecting What We Know to What We Do: Modifying Interview Techniques for the Collective Self in Appalachia." In Culturally-Relevant Practice in Appalachia. S. Keefe. Knoxville: University of Tennesee Press.

Miscellaneous Publications

Mekolichick, J. (2004) "Wallet Exercise for Social Structure." In Introductory Sociology Resources Manual,  6th edition. Jim Sikora and Njeri Mbugua, eds. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
 
Mekolichick, J. (2003) Contributor. In Distance and Cross-campus Learning: Syllabi and Curriculum Materials. Meredith M. Redlin and Susan Hilal, eds. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
 
Mekolichick, J. (2002) “Themes in the presentation of women and men in FLEX magazine.” In The Sociology of Gender: Syllabi & Other Instructional Material.  Amy Blackstone and Betsy Lucal, eds. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

Seyfrit, C. L. (2002) The Arctic Youth Project: Final Report. April. (32 pages, 24 tables).

Seyfrit, C. L. and L. C. Hamilton. (2002) Survey of Alaska High School Students-1995 and Follow-Up Survey of Alaska High School Students-1999: Final Report for Northwest Arctic Borough. April. (59 pages, 24 tables.

Shaffer, L. S., C. L. Seyfrit and Conference Participants. (2000) Rural Youth and Their Transitions and Pathways Connecting School and Work: A White Paper. Report to the National Science Foundation from the conference “Rural Youth and Their Transition from School to Work.” Norfolk, VA: Old Dominion University.

Wagner, M. B. (1984) Analyzing the ABC'S OF APPALACHIA: University Students Write a Children's Book. Focus: Teaching English Language Arts X(2):19-25.

Wagner, M. B. (1994) Teacher's Corner: Beyond the Classroom Walls: University Students Create A Children's Book, AnthroNotes, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Bulletin for Teachers 16(2).

Wagner, M. B. (2005) Central Appalachia:  People, Hardwood, and Coal. MapGuide to Appalachia, National Geographic Traveler 22(3).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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