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Akins, Scott, Clayton Mosher, Chad L. Smith, and Jane Florence Gauthier. 2008. “The Effect of Acculturation on Patterns of Hispanic Substance Use in Washington State.” Journal of Drug Issues. 38:1: 103-118.
Akins, Scott, Chad L. Smith, and Clayton Mosher. 2010. “Pathways to Adult Substance Abuse Across Racial/Ethnic Groups: An Application of General Strain and Social Learning Theories.” Journal of Drug Issues. 40(2): 321-352.
Anderson, Audwin L., and Don South. 2007. “The Academic Experiences of African American Collegiate Athletes: Implications for Policy and Practice.” Pps. 77-94 in Diversity and Social Justice in College Sports. Eds. Brooks, D. and R. Althouse. Fitness Information Technology.
Brooks, F. Erik, Nathan W. Pino, and Kyong Hee Chee. 2006. “From Beats to Ballots: The Hip-Hop Generation and the 2004 Presidential Election.” Journal of Public Management and Social Policy. 12:2: 57-74.
Bulanda, Ron, and Debarun Majumdar. 2009. “Perceived parent-child relations and adolescent self-esteem.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 18:2: 203-212.
Caldwell, Sally. 2009. Statistics Unplugged: 3rd Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage.
Chee, Kyong Hee, Nathan W. Pino, and William L. Smith. 2005. Pino, Nathan W. and William L. Smith. 2003. “College Students and Academic Dishonesty.” College Student Journal. 37:4: 490-500. (R)
Chee, Kyong Hee, Rand D. Conger, and Glen H. Elder, Jr. 2009. “Mother’s Employment Demands, Work-Family Conflict, and Adolescent Development.” International Journal of Sociology of the Family. 35:2: 189-202.
Chee, Kyong Hee. 2008. “Factors Associated with an Age Group’s Community Participation in a Community Context.” Hallym International Journal of Aging. 10:1: 63-76.
Chee, Kyong Hee. 2006. “Zoom In—Zoom Out: Understanding Community Participation through the Lenses of Rational Choice, Social Capital, and Age Stratification.” The Journal of Community Work and Development. 8: 27-43.
Chee, Kyong Hee. 2006. “Community Mobilization in the Context of Population Aging.” Sociological Spectrum. 26:1: 43-61.
Chee, Kyong Hee, Nathan W. Pino, and William L. Smith. 2005. “Gender Differences in the Academic Ethic and Academic Achievement.” College Student Journal. 39:3: 604-618.
Cimprich, Bernadine, Ronis, David & Gloria P. Martinez-Ramos. 2002. “Age at Diagnosis and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors.” Cancer Practice. 10:2: 85-93.
Das, Dilip and Nathan W. Pino. 2007. “A Comparative Account of Police Training in Four Countries.” Pp. 125-146 in Kratcoski, Peter and Dilip Das (Eds.) Police Education and Training in A Global Society. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books.
Dunlap, Eloise; Bruce D. Johnson; Kotarba, Joseph A; and Jennifer Fackler. 2009. “Making Connections.” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 41,3
Ellison, Graham and Nathan W. Pino. 2011. Doing it the Western Way?: Globalization, Police Reform, and Development. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave-MacMillan (forthcoming).
Giuffre, Patti, Cynthia Anderson, and Sharon Bird. 2008. “Teaching the Sociology of Gender and Work.” Teaching Sociology 36: 66-78.
Giuffre, Patti, Kirsten Dellinger, and Christine Williams. 2008. “’No Retribution for Being Gay’?: Inequality in Gay-Friendly Workplaces.” Sociological Spectrum 28: 254-277.
Harris, Deborah A., and Patti Giuffre. 2010.“’The Price You Pay’: How Female Professional Chefs Negotiate Work and Family.” Paper accepted for publication in Gender Issues.
Harris, Deborah A., and Patti Giuffre. 2010. “Not One of the Guys: How Female Chefs View Their Role in the Changing Culinary Industry.” Paper accepted for publication in Research in the Sociology of Work.
Harris, Deborah A. and Domenico Parisi. 2008. “Forward-Looking Behavior and Time Limits: How Do Rural TANF Clients Manage Their Welfare Eligibility?” Journal of Poverty, 12:3: 265-283.
Harris, Deborah A. and Domenico Parisi. 2008. “Welfare and Family Economic Security: Toward a New Poverty Knowledge.” Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 35:3: 97-113.
Harris, Deborah A. and Domenico Parisi. 2008. “Looking for ‘Mr. Right’: The Viability of Marriage Initiatives for African American Women in Rural Settings.” Sociological Spectrum, 28:4: 338-356.
Harris, Deborah A. and Domenico Parisi. 2007. “Adapting Life History Calendars for Qualitative Research on Welfare Transitions.” Field Methods, 19:1: 40-58.
Harris, Deborah A. and Domenico Parisi. 2005. “Gender Role Ideologies and Marriage Promotion: State Policy Choices and Recommendations for Improvement.” Review of Policy Research, 22:6: 841-858.
Hooks, Gregory and Chad L. Smith. 2005. “Treadmills of Production and Destruction: Threats to the Environment Posed by Militarism.” Organization & Environment. 18:1: 19-37.
Hooks, Gregory and Chad L. Smith. 2004. “The Treadmill of Destruction: National Sacrifice Areas and Native Americans.” American Sociological Review. 69:4: 558-575.
Kotarba, Joseph A. 2010. “The Impact of Popular Music on Symbolic Interaction: An Introduction.” Studies in Symbolic Interaction 34
Kotarba, Joseph A. 2010. “Sticking to the Wall: Coda.” Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies 10
Kotarba, Joseph A, Jennifer Fackler, Bruce Johnson, and Eloise Dunlap. (2010) “The Melding of Drug Markets in Houston After Katrina: Dealer & User Perspectives.” Substance Use and Misuse 45
Kotarba, Joseph A. and Phillip Vannini. 2009. Understanding Society through Popular Music. New York: Routledge
Kotarba, Joseph A, et al. 2009. “Mapping Latino Music: An Interactionist Analysis of Scene.” Symbolic Interaction 32,4
Kotarba, Joseph A. 2009. “’I’m just as Rock ‘n’ Roll Fan:’” Popular Music as a Meaning Resource for Aging.” Civitas 9,1
Kotarba, Joseph A. 2009. "Audience Experiences of Pop Music Authenticity and Inauthenticity." In Phillip Vannini and Patrick Williams (eds.), Authenticity in Everyday Life. Burlington, VT: Ashgate
Kotarba, Joseph A. 2009. “The Team Concept in Qualitative Research with Illicit Drug Users.” Substance Use and Misuse. 44
Kotarba, Joseph A. 2008. “Existential Sociology.” In Michael Hviid Jacobsen (ed.). Sociology of the Unnoticed. London: Palgrave/Macmillan
Kotarba, Joseph A. 2007. “Drugmusictalk On-Line: An Ethnographic Analysis.” In Edward Murguia (ed.), Real Drugs in a Virtual World: Drug Discourse and Community Online. Boston: Lexington Press
Kotarba, Joseph A. and Shawn Halbert. 2007. “Using Popular Music to Interpret the Drug Experience.” In Edward Murguia (ed.), Real Drugs in a Virtual World: Drug Discourse and Community Online. Boston: Lexington Press
Kotarba, Joseph A. Co-editor (with Phillip Vannini). 2006. Special Issue on “Popular Music and Everyday Life.” Symbolic Interaction 26,1.
Kotarba, Joseph A. 2006. “Conceptualizing Popular Music.” Symbolic Interaction 26,1.
Kotarba, Joseph A. and Matt Held. 2006. “Women's Experiences of Body within the Context of Violent Team Sports.” In Dennis Waskul and Phillip Vannini (eds.), Body/Embodiment: Symbolic Interaction and the Sociology of the Body. Burlington, VT: Ashgate
Kotarba, Joseph A. 2006. “Existential Sociology.” In George Ritzer, et al (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell
Kotarba, Joseph A. 2006. “Adult Socialization.” In George Ritzer, et al (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell
Kotarba, Joseph A. 2006. “Existential Sociology.” In Michael Hviid Jacobsen (ed.), The Sociologies of Everyday Life. Copenhagen, Denmark: Hans Reitzel Publishers
Lee, Hyun Ji, Kae Hwa Jo, Kyong Hee Chee, and Yun Ju Lee. 2008. “The Perception of Good Death among Human Service Students in South Korea: A Q-Methodological Approach.” Death Studies. 32:9, pp. 870-890.
Majumdar, Debarun, and Audwin Anderson. 2008. “Peer Influence on African American and
White Adolescents: An Investigation Using Contraceptive Behavior and Efficacy.” International Review of Modern Sociology 34:2: 161-180.
Majumdar, Debarun. 2006. “Social Support and Risky Sexual Behavior among Adolescents: The Protective Role of Parents and Best Friends.” Journal of Applied Sociology 23:1: 28-43.
Majumdar, Debarun, and Roque Mendez. 2005. “The Influence of Parental Affect, Control, and Sexual Permissiveness on Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Sexually Active Adolescents in the United States.” International Journal of Sociology of the Family 31:2: 71-90.
Majumdar, Debarun. 2005. “Explaining Adolescent Sexual Risks by Race and Ethnicity: Importance of Individual, Familial, and Extra-familial Factors.” International Journal of Sociology of the Family 31:1: 19-37.
Majumdar, Debarun. 2004. “Choosing Childlessness: Intentions of Voluntary Childlessness among Americans.” Michigan Sociological Review 18: 108-35.
Majumdar, Debarun. 2006. “An Overview of the Recent Trends in AIDS in the United States.” Indian Journal of Public Health 50:1: 28-30
Manning, Wendy, Pamela Smock, and Debarun Majumdar. 2004. “The Relative Stability of Cohabiting and Marital Unions for Children.” Population Research and Policy Review 23:4: 135-59.
Martinez-Ramos, Gloria. 2009. “’My Body is Not The Same’”: Body and Sexuality for White and Latina Long-Term Breast Cancer ‘Survivors’” In Doing Gender Diversity, Ed. Liz Maurer and Rebecca Plante Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Martinez-Ramos, Gloria. 2009. “Body Image and Femininity of Latina Breast Cancer Survivors”. (In Press) Camino Real: Estudios de las Hispanidades Norteamericanas. Vol. 1 (November).
Martinez-Ramos, Gloria. 2009. “Body Image and Femininity of Latina Breast Cancer Survivors”. (In Press) Camino Real: Estudios de las Hispanidades Norteamericanas. Vol. 1 (November).
Nowotny, Kathryn M., Fackler, Jennifer L., Muschi, Gianncarlo, Carol Vargas, Lindsey Wilson, and Joseph A. Kotarba. 2010. “Established Latino Music Scenes.” Studies in Symbolic Interaction 34
Parisi, Domenico, Deborah A. Harris, Steven M. Grice, Michael Taquino, and Duane A.Gill. 2005. “Does the Work-First Initiative Make a Difference for Low Income People?” Journal of Poverty, 9:1:65-81.
Parisi, Domenico, Deborah A. Harris, Steven M. Grice, and Jed Pressgrove. 2008. “Community Resiliency to BRAC Recommendations: A Case Study of Two Mississippi Communities.” Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society 39:4:95-107.
Pino, Nathan W. and Michael D. Wiatrowski. 2006. Democratic Policing in Transitional and Developing Countries. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
Pino, Nathan W. 2009. “On Developing Democratic Policing in the Caribbean: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago.” Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Public Safety. 14:1&2 214-258.
Pino, Nathan W. and William L. Smith. 2009. “Academic Dishonesty, Alcohol and Marijuana Use, and the Transition to College.” Sociological Imagination. 45:2, 62-74.
Pino, Nathan W. 2009. “Music as Evil: Deviance and Metaculture in Classical Music.” Music and Arts in Action. 2:1, pp. 37-55.
Pino, Nathan W., and Abby M. Johnson-Johns. 2009. “College Women and the Occurrence of Unwanted Sexual Advances in Public Drinking Settings.” The Social Science Journal. 46:2, pp. 252-267.
Pino, Nathan W., Rod K. Brunson, and Eric A. Stewart. 2009. “Using Movies to Illustrate Ethical Dilemmas in Undergraduate Criminal Justice Classes.” Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 20:2, pp. 194-202.
Pino, Nathan W. 2005. “Serial Offending and the Criminal Events Perspective.” Homicide Studies. 9:2, pp. 109-148.
Pino, Nathan W. and William L. Smith. 2004. “African American Students, the Academic Ethic, and GPA.” Journal of Black Studies. 35:1, pp. 113-131.
Rodriguez, Tom and Kotarba, Joseph A. 2009. “Postmodern Philosophies of Science as Pathways to Nursing Reality.” Southern Journal of Nursing Research
Smith, Chad L. 2009. “Economic Deprivation and Racial Segregation: Comparing Superfund Sites in Portland, Oregon and Detroit, Michigan.” Social Science Research. 38:3: 681-692.
Smith, Chad L. 2007. “Economic Deprivation and Environmental Inequality in Post-Industrial Detroit: A Comparison of Landfill and Superfund Sites.” Organization & Environment. 20:1: 25-43.
Smith, William L. and Nathan W. Pino. 2005. “College Students, the Academic Ethic, and Academic Achievement.” Virginia Social Science Journal. 40: 52-67.
Trepagnier, Barbara. 2010. Silent Racism: How Well-Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide, 2nd edition. Denver, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
Trepagnier, Barbara. 2010. “Silent Racism: Why Categorical Thinking Doesn’t Work.” In R. Coates (ed.) Covert Racism: Experiences Identity, and Theory. New York: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming.
Trepagnier, Barbara. 2007. “Cognitive Mapping and the Sociological Imagination.” In Scaffolding for Student Success in Learning: Best Practices in Using Instructional Strategies, L. Ritchey and B. Dietz (eds.). Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
Trepagnier, Barbara. 2006. Silent Racism: How Well-Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
Watt, Toni Terling and Gloria Martinez. 2009. The Developmental Health of Hispanic Children: Evidence from the 2003 National Survey of Children’s Health. Sociological Focus. Volume 42:2: 87-106.
Watt, Toni Terling. 2008. Race/Ethnic Age Crossover Effect in Drug Use and Heavy Drinking. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. Volume 7:1: 93-114.
Watt, Toni Terling, and Jesse Rogers. 2007. Factors Contributing to Differences in Substance Use Among Black and White Adolescents. Youth & Society, 39:1: 54-74.
Watt, Toni Terling. 2004. Race/Ethnic Differences in Alcohol Abuse Among Youth: An Examination of Risk-Taking Attitudes as a Mediating Factor. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, Vol. 3:3: 33-47.
Wiatrowski, Michael, Nathan W. Pino, and Anita Pritchard. 2008. “Policing and Formed Police Units During Democratic Transitions.” Journal of Security Sector Management. 6:3: 1-15.
Wiatrowski, Michael D. and Nathan W. Pino. 2005. “Policing Post-Communist Societies:Police-Public Violence, Democratic Policing, and Human Rights.” Pp. 83-88 in Niels Uildriks (Ed.) Police Reform and Human Rights: Opportunities and Impediments in Post-Communist Societies. Antwerpen: Intersentia.
Williams, Christine, Patti Giuffre, and Kirsten Dellinger. 2009. “The Gay-Friendly Closet.” Sexuality Research & Social Policy 6:29-45.
EVALUATION REPORTS
Watt, Toni Terling. 2010. Year-One Evaluation of Two Integrated Behavioral Health Care Models: Fort Bend Family Health Center and Physicians at Sugar Creek, A Memorial Hermann Facility. Conducted for the George Foundation. January.
Watt, Toni Terling. 2009. A Process and Outcome Evaluation of Two Integrated Behavioral Health Care Models: People’s Community Clinic and Lone Star Circle of Care. Year-Three Report. Conducted for St. David’s Community Health Foundation. September.
Watt, Toni Terling. 2008. Cost Analysis of the Tandem Teen Parenting Program. Conducted for St. David’s Community Health Foundation. September.
Watt, Toni Terling. 2008. A Process and Outcome Evaluation of Two Integrated Behavioral Health Care Models: People’s Community Clinic and Lone Star Circle of Care. Year-Two Report. Conducted for St. David’s Community Health Foundation. August.
Watt, Toni Terling. 2007. A Process and Outcome Evaluation of Two Integrated Behavioral Health Care Models: People’s Community Clinic and Lone Star Circle of Care. Year-One Report. Conducted for St. David’s Community Health Foundation. August.
Watt, Toni Terling. 2007. Midterm Evaluation of Two Integrated Behavioral Health Care Models: People’s Community Clinic and Lone Star Circle of Care. Conducted for St. David’s Community Health Foundation. February.
Watt, Toni Terling. 2007. A Process and Outcome Evaluation of Two Integrated Behavioral Health Care Models: People’s Community Clinic and Lone Star Circle of Care. Year-One Report. Conducted for St. David’s Community Health Foundation. August.
Watt, Toni Terling. 2007. Midterm Evaluation of Two Integrated Behavioral Health Care Models: People’s Community Clinic and Lone Star Circle of Care. Conducted for St. David’s Community Health Foundation. February.
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