Dr. Alicia Walker, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was elected to serve as the Editor for the Council of Contemporary Families blog!About the organization:The Council on Contemporary Families is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to providing the press and public with the latest research and best-practice findings about American families. CCF seeks to enhance … [Read more...] about Dr. Alicia Walker elected as next CCF blog Editor
Out of 3,741 experts questioned, Dr. Abby Templer Rodrigues is the featured expert on the front page of Zippia's 'Predicting the Future of the Job Market' report found here: Job Market For Recent Grads. Her response as follows: DR. ABBY TEMPLER RODRIGUES PH.D.Assistant Professor of SociologyMissouri State UniversityDepartment of Sociology and AnthropologyWill there … [Read more...] about Dr. Abby Templer Rodrigues featured on the front page of ‘Predicting the Future of the Job Market’ report
Congratulations to our Sociology inductees for the Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society! Alpha Kappa Delta Founded in 1920, Alpha Kappa Delta seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in scholarship in the study of sociology, the research of social problems, and such other social and intellectual activities as will lead to improvement in the human condition. Membership is … [Read more...] about Virtual Recognition: The 2021 AKD Recipients
We are very proud that the 2020 issue of Mind's Eye prominently features the work of Dr. Catherine Hoegeman. Here’s a taste of her story: Hoegeman found that liberal bishops were more lenient on issues like this. However, the terms conservative and liberal don’t follow traditional political party lines. “You can’t vote Catholic along party lines,” Hoegeman said. … [Read more...] about Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Hoegeman
On April 14, 1906, racial tensions reached a tipping point in the Queen City of the Ozarks. Mob rule and violence ensued, and the lynching that occurred in Park Central Square on the eve of Easter Sunday became a permanent mark on the history of the Ozarks. In the aftermath of the catastrophe, many African-Americans […] … [Read more...] about Life in the Ozarks for African-Americans: From 1906 to today