May, 2014
DR. RUDY FENWICK
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Department of Sociology
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio 44325-1905
330.972.6880
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ACADEMIC TRAINING
Ph.D.
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1978 (Sociology).
M.A.
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1974 (Sociology).
B.A.
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1972 (Sociology).
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1983-present
Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of Akron
1978-1983
Assistant Professor of Sociology, The University of Akron
1977-1978
Instructor of Sociology, University of South Carolina, Columbia
OTHER
2014
Consultant, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 880.
AREAS OF RESEARCH INTERST
Job stress, job flexibility, work, organizations and labor markets
AREAS OF TEACHING INTEREST
Work, organizations, political sociology, labor markets, inequality, theory
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2012. Work and Mental Health in Social Context. New York:
Springer.
Fenwick, Rudy. 1996. Canadian Society. Second Edition. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State
University Press.
Fenwick, Rudy. 1989. Canadian Society. Washington, D.C.: Association for Canadian Studies in
the United States.
Book Chapters
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2010. “Occupational Changes in Job Stressors in the U.S.A.,
1972-2006.” Pp. 203-221 in Different Perspectives on Changes at Work. Edited by PaulAndre Lapointe, Julien Pelletier and Francois Vaudreuil. Quebec, Canada: Laval
University Press.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2009. “Recession and Well-Being.” Reprinted: Pp. 316-338 in
The Sociology of Mental Illness: A Comprehensive Reader. Edited by Jane D. McLeod and
Eric R. Wright. New York: Oxford University Press.
Fenwick, Rudy. 2009. “Flexible Work Arrangements.” Pp. 144-152 in Encyclopedia of the Life
Course and Human Development: Adulthood (Volume 2). Edited by Deborah Carr.
Macmillan Reference.
Fenwick, Rudy, and John F. Zipp. 2007. “Faculty Liberalism and University
Corporatization.” Pp. 91-107 in The Academic Bill of Rights Debate. Edited by Stephen H.
Aby. Preager.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2007 “A Political Economy of Stress: Recontextualizing the
Study of Mental Health/Illness in Sociology.” Pp. 143-167 in Mental Health, Social
Mirror. Edited by William Avison, Jane McLeod and Bernice Pescosolido. Springer.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2004. “The Health and Family-Social Consequences of Shift
Work and Schedule Control: 1977 and 1997.” Pp. 77-110 in Fighting for Time: Shifting
Boundaries of Work and Social Life. Edited by Cynthia Fuchs Epstein and Arne L.
Kalleberg. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Articles
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. “Authority Position and Worker Health: The ‘Stress of High
Status’ versus the Costs of Subordination.” Under Review in Journal of Health and Social
Behavior.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2014. “The Great Recession and Health among Employed
Workers.” Under Review in the British Journal of Industrial Relations.
Zipp, John F., and Rudy Fenwick. 2006. “Is the Academy a Liberal Hegemony?
The Political Orientations and Educational Values of Professors.” Public Opinion
Quarterly 70:304-326.
Tausig, Mark, Rudy Fenwick, Steven L. Sauter, Lawrence R. Murphy and Corina Graif. 2005.
“The Changing Nature of Job Stress: Risks and Resources.” Research in Occupational
Stress and Well Being 4:93-126.
Fenwick, Rudy. 2003. “Introduction: Organizations Transforming Work; Work Transforming
Organizations.” Sociological Focus 36:1-6.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2001. “Scheduling Stress: Family and Heath Outcomes of Shift
Work and Schedule Control.” American Behavioral Scientist 44:1174-1193.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2001. “Unbinding Time: Alternate Work Schedules and WorkLife Balance.” Journal of Family and Economic Issues 22:101-119.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 1999. “Recession and Well-Being.” Journal of Health and
Social Behavior 40:1-16.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 1994. “The Macroeconomic Context of Job Stress.” Journal of
Health and Social Behavior 35: 266-282.
Fenwick, Rudy, and John F. Zipp. 1993. “Workplace Participation as Organizational Adaptation
and Legitimation: A Comparison of ESOPs and QWLs.” International Handbook of
Participation in Organizations 3:33-53.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 1993. “Macroeconomic and Social Class Influences on the
Relationship between Work and Stress.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
12:357-385.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Jon Olson. 1986. “Support for Workplace Participation: Attitudes among
Union and Non-Union Workers.” American Sociological Review 51:505-522.
Parker, Robert Nash, and Rudy Fenwick. 1983. “The Pareto Curve and Its Utility for OpenEnded Income Distributions in Survey Research.” Social Forces 61:872-885.
Fenwick, Rudy. 1982. “Ethnic Culture and Economic Structures: Determinants of FrenchEnglish Earnings Inequality in Quebec.” Social Forces 62:1-23.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Charles M. Barresi. 1981. “Health Consequences of Marital-Status
Change among the Elderly: A Comparison of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal
Analyses.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 22:106-116.
Fenwick, Rudy. 1981. “Social Change and Ethnic Nationalism: An Historical Analysis of the
Separatist Movement in Quebec.” Comparative Studies in Society and History 23: 196216.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Alan Parrow. 1979. “Age, Stress and Support for Radical Political Parties:
The Case of the Party Quebecois.” Sociological Focus 29:113-123.
Comments
Zipp, John, and Rudy Fenwick. 2007. “Letter to the Editor: A Reply to Klein and Stern.” Public
Opinion Quarterly 71:482-484.
Review Essays
“Time Wars.” 2005. Review Essay of Working in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for American
Families, Harriet Presser, Contemporary Sociology 34:456-458.
Book Reviews
Review of Canadian Society: A Macro Analysis, by Harry Hiller. Contemporary Sociology
(1992) 21:207-8.
Review of Continental Divide, by Seymour Martin Lipset. Social Forces (1991) 70:250-52.
Review of Personal Identity, National Identity and International Relations, by William Bloom.
Contemporary Sociology (1991) 20:58.
Review of Plant Closings: International Context and Social Costs, by Carolyn C. Perruci, et al.
Social Forces (1990) 68:985.
Review of Research in Micropolitics Volume 2: Voting Behavior II, by Samuel Long.
Contemporary Sociology (1988) 17: 783-4.
Review of Dilemma and Destiny: The Democratic Party in the United States, by Robert
Goldman. Contemporary Sociology (1987) 16:513-4.
Review of Political Ideology and Voting: An Exploratory Study, by Elinor Scarborough.
Contemporary Sociology (1986) 14:135-6.
Review of Commission Politics: The Processing of Racial Crisis in America, by Michael Lipsky
and David J. Olson. American Journal of Sociology (1981) 86:944-6.
Other
Fenwick, Rudy, and John Zipp. 2005. “College Incorporated.” Op-Ed in Dayton Dailey News
(February 14): p. A-11. Also posted on National American Association of University
Professors Website (February 15).
Fenwick, Rudy. 2005. “Higher Education and Individual Income.” Report to Ohio Board of
Regents/Ohio Faculty Council. OBOR/OFC Website (February 10).
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2014. “The Great Recession and Health among Employed
Workers. American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA. August 19, 2014.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2014. “The Social Institutional Context of Health Risk.”
International Conference on Stress Research, Vancouver, Canada. June 8, 2014
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2013. “Health Effects of Economic Recessions on Employed
Workers: A Comparison of the 1974-75 Recession and the ‘Great’ Recession, 2007-09.”
APA/NIOSH/CDC Work, Stress, Health Conference, Los Angeles, CA. May 17, 20013.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2012. “The Authority Class Structure of Job Stress and
Worker Health.” Thirteenth International Conference on Social Stress Research. Dublin, Ireland,
June 21-23.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2011. “From ‘Fordist’ to ‘Post (Neo) Fordist’ Job Stress.”
Work, Stress, Health Conference. Orlando, FL, May.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2011. Invited Panelists, “Business Cycles: Implications for
Work Organization and Health. APA/NIOSH/CDC Work, Stress, Health Conference. Orlando,
FL, May.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2010. “The Changing Nature of Work and the Changing
Nature of Work Stress.” Twelfth International Conference on Social Stress Research.
Portsmouth, NH, November.
Fenwick, Rudy. 2009. “The Economic Context of Work Stress and Health.” Invited Panelist,
Closing Session on Work, Stress and Health in an Economic Context.” American Psychological
Association/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/Centers for Disease Control
Conference on Work, Stress and Health. San Juan, Puerto Rico, November, 2009.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2009. “Effects of Employer Job Redesign on Employee Job
Stressors.” Invited Symposium Presentation, American Psychological Association/National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/Centers for Disease Control Conference on Work,
Stress, and Health. San Juan, Puerto Rico, November.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2009. “Flexible Work and Job Stress.” American
Psychological Association/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/Centers for
Disease Control Conference on Work, Stress, and Health. San Juan, Puerto Rico, November.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2008. “Occupational Changes in Job Stressors in the U.S.A.,
1972-2006.” Invited research presentation. Second International Conference on Different
Perspectives on Changes at Work (ANACT/Quebec Ministry of Labour). Laval University,
Quebec, Canada, September.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2008. “Autonomy, Authority, and Participation: Deciphering
the Dimensions of Job Control and their Effects on Job Stress.” Eleventh International
Conference on Social Stress Research. Santa Fe, New Mexico, June.
Fenwick, Rudy. 2008. “Flexible Work Arrangements Through the Life Course.” Invited research
presentation. Institute of Aging and Life Span Development, The University of Akron. Akron,
OH, April.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 2008 “Structural Dynamics of Organizations and the WorkStress Process.” American Psychological Association/National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health/Centers for Disease Control Conference on Work, Stress and Health 2008.
Washington, DC, March.
Fenwick, Rudy, and John Zipp. 2007. “Faculty Liberalism and University Corporatization.”
Invited research presentation. Ohio Conference of AAUP. Columbus, OH, April.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2006. “Understanding Mental Health Outcomes in Broad
Context: An Example from the Study of Work Related Stress. International Conference on Social
Stress Research. Portsmith, NH, October.
Fenwick, Rudy, and John Zipp. 2006. “Continental Divide or Continentalism? Divergent,
Convergent or Parallel Trends in U.S. and Canadian Political Attitudes, 1990-2000. American
Sociological Association. Montreal, Canada, August.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2006. “Analysis of Changes in Job Strain, 1972-2002.” Invited
research presentation. American Psychological Association/National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health/ Centers for Disease Control Conference on Work, Stress, and Health, 2006.
Miami, FL, March.
Fenwick, Rudy, and John Zipp. 2005. “College Incorporated.” Ohio Progressive Scholars
Conference. Otterbein College, Westerville, OH, April.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2004. “The Organizational Context of the Work-Stress
Relationship.” International Conference on Social Stress Research, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
May.
Fenwick, Rudy. 2003. “Changes in Canadian and American Job Structures, 1980-2000:
Americanization, Globalization, or Divergence?” Association for Canadian Studies in the United
States, Portland, OR, November.
Fenwick, Rudy. 2003. “Changes in Canadian and American Job Structures, 1970-2000: Causes
and Consequences.” Canadian-U.S. Business Conference, Kelley School of Business, Indiana
University, Bloomington, IN, April.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2002. “Macro, Meso, Micro: Understanding the Work-Health
Relationship as a Multi-Level Problem.” American Sociological Association, Chicago, August.
Fenwick, Rudy. 2001. “Survey of ACSUS Membership: Current and Former.” Association for
Canadian Studies in the United States, San Antonio, TX (November).
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 2000. “Recession and Gender Differences in Exposure
to Labor Market Stressors.” American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C. (August).
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 1998. “The Organizational Connection Between Macro and
Micro Work-Health Relationships.” Invited research panel. American Public Health Association
Pre-Conference on Unmet Health Data Needs in the Work Environment, Washington, D.C.
(November).
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 1997. “Recession, Gender, and Stress.” American Sociological
Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (August).
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 1996. “Scheduling Stress: Structural and Psychosocial Links
between Work Schedules and Stress. Sixth International Conference on Social Stress Research,
Paris, France (May).
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 1994. “The Macroeconomic Context of Work Stress.” NorthCentral Sociological Association, Columbus, Ohio (April).
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 1993.“The Political Economy of Job Structures.” Society for
the Advancement of Socio-Economics, New York (March).
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 1992. “Gender Differences in the Macroeconomic Causes of
Worker Stress.” Fourth International Conference on Social Stress Research, Venice, Italy (June).
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 1992. “Social Class and Psychological Distress:
Macroeconomic and Job Structure Characteristics as Causal Factors.” Midwest Sociological
Society, Kansas City, Missouri (April).
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 1991. “The Political Economy of Job Structures: Bringing the
Market Back In.” American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio (August).
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick. 1991. “Macroeconomic Influences on the Relationship
Between Social Class and Mental Health.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Cincinnati,
Ohio (August)
Fenwick, Rudy, and John F. Zipp. 1990. “Sources of Political Legitimation for Worker
Participation Programs in American Business.” American Sociological Association, Washington,
D.C. (August).
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig. 1990. “The Political Economy of Job Stress.” Third
International Conference on Social Stress Research, London, England (June).
Fenwick, Rudy. 1989. “Political and Market Factors in the Production of Class and Occupational
Structures.” American Sociological Association, San Francisco (August).
Fenwick, Rudy. 1988. “The Political Reproduction of Class Relations: Provincial Development
Policies and Income Inequality in Canada.” American Sociological Association, Atlanta
(August).
Fenwick, Rudy, and John Zipp. 1987. “Workplace Democracy: Movements Toward Worker
Participation In Organizational Decision-Making.” American Sociological Association, Chicago
(August).
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mary Joan Roach. 1985. “Voting to Repeal Taxes” American Sociological
Association, Washington, DC (August).
Fenwick, Rudy. 1984. “Support for Workplace Democracy among Union and Non-Union
Workers.” National Employee Ownership and Participation Conference, Guilford College,
Greensboro, North Carolina (October).
Fenwick, Rudy, and Jon Olson. 1984. “Contested Terrain or Manufactured Consent: Why
Workers Want Participation in Organizational Decision-Making.” American Sociological
Association, San Antonio, TX (August).
Fenwick, Rudy.1984. “The Days After ‘The Day After’: Media Effects on Issue Orientation and
Personal Well-Being.” American Association for Public Opinion Research, Delevan WI (May).
Fenwick, Rudy. 1982. “Alienation and Stress.” National Conference on Social Stress Research,
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire (October).
Fenwick, Rudy. 1980. “Social Change and the Emergence of the Separatist Movement in
Quebec.” Southern Sociological Society, Knoxville, TN (March).
Fenwick, Rudy, and Alan Parrow. 1979. “Age, Stress, and Support for the Parti Quebecois.”
American Sociological Association, San Francisco (September).
Fenwick, Rudy. 1978. “Communalism, Segmentation, and Conflict: Toward a Theory of
Nationalist Movements.” Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans (March).
Fenwick, Rudy. 1975. “The Impact of Segmentation on Communal Conflict.” Conference on
Switzerland in Comparative Perspective, Geneva, Switzerland (June).
Fenwick, Rudy. 1975. “The ‘Religious Factor’ in White Attitudes Toward School
Desegregation.” Southwest Social Science Society, San Antonio, TX (March)
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig, Co-Principal Investigators. 2007. “Analysis of the NIOSH
2006 General Social Survey Quality of Work Life.” Centers for Disease Control/National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. $24,200.
Fenwick, Rudy, and Mark Tausig, Co-Principal Investigators. 2006. “Analysis of the NIOSH
Quality of Work Life Survey.” Centers for Disease Control/National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health. $60,000.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick., Co-Principal Investigators. 2004. “Merging 2002 GSS
Quality of Work Life and National Organizational Study Data.” Centers for Disease
Control/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. $2000.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick, Co-Principal Investigators. 2003. “Work and Health II”.
Centers for Disease Control/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. $65,000.
Tausig, Mark, and Rudy Fenwick, Co-Principal Investigators. 2002. “Work and Health.” Centers
for Disease Control/ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. $20,500.
Biette, David, and Rudy Fenwick, Co-Principal Investigators. 1999-2001. “Membership Survey
of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States.” Government of Canada $6812.
Kasoff, Mark, Mary Kirtz and Rudy Fenwick, Co-Principal Investigators. 1998-99. “Assessment
of the Ohio-Canadian Studies Roundtable.” Government of Canada $2500.
Fenwick, Rudy, Principal Investigator. 1986-87. “English-French Earnings Inequality in Quebec
and in Canada.” Canadian Embassy, Canadian Studies Faculty Research Grant $3804.
Fenwick, Rudy, Principal Investigator. 1986. “English-French Earnings Inequality in Quebec and
in Canada.” University of Akron, Faculty Summer Research Fellowship $4500.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, International Scientific Organizing Committee. APA/NIOSH/CDC for 2013 Work,
Stress, Health Conferences. 2010-present.
Chair and Discussant, “Employee Attitudes and Employee Turnover.” APA/NIOSH/CDC Work,
Stress, Health Conference. Orlando, FL May, 2011.
Chair and Discussant, “The Use of Social Surveys to Monitor Job Stress.” American Psychological
Association/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/Centers for Disease Control
Conference on Work, Stress and Health. San Juan, Puerto Rico, November, 2009.
Organizer and Chair, “Sociological Uses of Time” Session, American Sociological Association.
Boston, MA, August 2008.
Guest Editor, “Work Transforming Organizations; Organizations Transforming Work,”
Sociological Focus, February, 2003.
Associate Editor, Sociological Focus, 2002-2013.
Member, Program Committee, North Central Sociological Association, 1999-2000.
Chair, Panel on “Quebec in Canada and North America,” Association for Canadian Studies in the
United States, Pittsburgh, PA, November 1999.
Organizer, “Work and Labor Market” Session, North Central Sociological Association, Detroit,
MI, April, 1999.
Organizer, Chair and Discussant, “Health Care Crisis and Reform” Session, Association for
Canadian Studies in the United States, Seattle, WA, November, 1995.
Organizer, “Issues in North American Labor Relations” Session, Association for Canadian
Studies in the United States, Seattle, WA, November, 1995.
Chair, Sociology Section, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, 1994-1996.
Chair, “Citizen Participation” Session, American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, CA,
August 1994.
Chair and Discussant, “Business and Politics” Session, American Sociological Association,
Miami Beach, FL, August 1993.
Guest Lecture on “Future Directions in Canadian Society.” Canadian Studies Program, Michigan
State University, May, 1991.
Member, Nominations Committee, Southern Sociological Society, 1990-1993.
Keynote Address (“Trends in Canadian and American Societies at the Millenium: Convergence
or Divergence.”) delivered at the Canada Today: An Interdisciplinary Symposium, Heidelberg
College/Tiffin University, Tiffin, Ohio, October 1989.
Membership Committee, Southern Sociological Society, 1987-88.
Panel on” Quality of Life Surveys,” North Central Sociological Association, Louisville, KY,
April, 1985.
Chair, Panel on the “Redevelopment of Industrial Cities,” North Central Sociological
Association, Detroit, MI, May, 1982.
UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENT SERVICE
University
Faculty Advisory Committee, Presidential Search, 2013-2014
Chair, Ohio Faculty Council, 2009- 2013; Immediate Past Chair, 2014
Member, Buchtel College of Arts and Science Review Committee for Tenure and Promotion to
Associate Professor, 2013-present
Executive Committee, Akron Chapter of American Association of University Professors, 2009present
Member, Higher Learning Commission Reaccreditation Self-Study Steering Committee, 2011-13
Secretary, Ohio Faculty Council, 2007-2009
Member, Arts and Science Dean Review Committee, Fall, 2008.
Co-Chair, North Central Association/Higher Learning Commission Self-Study Team on
University Governance Accreditation, 2007-2008.
Member, Academic Alignment Team for “Improving Life and Health”, 2007
Member, University Operations Advisory Committee, 2006-present
Member, University Budget Committee, 2006-2007
Member (ex-officio), University Council Exploratory Committee, 2006-07
Recipient, Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Chairs’ Award for Community and Professional
Service, 2006
Co-Chair, University Committee on Student Success and Retention, 2006-2008
Academic Leadership Forum, University of Akron, 2005-2006
Chair, Faculty Senate, 2004-2007
Member, Ohio Faculty Council, 2004-present
Member, Institutional Indicators Workgroup, 2005
Senate Ad Hoc Decision Making Committee, 2005
Interim Vice Chair, Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 2004
Chair, Faculty Senate Budget Ad Hoc Committee, 2004
Member, Faculty Workgroup on Balanced Score Card, 2003-2004
Faculty Co-Chair, University Planning and Budgeting Committee, 2002-03
Member, Faculty Senate, 2001-present
Member, Buchtel College Council, 1998-2002
Member, University Review Committee for Educational Foundations and Leadership, 1996-97
Member, University Review Committee for Public Administration and Urban Studies, 1994-95
Member, Graduate School “Time to (PhD) Degree” Study Committee, 1991
Envoy to Fulbright Commission, London England, 1990
Member, Search Committee for Associate Dean of the Graduate School 1990
Chair, Buchtel College Council, 1989-90
Member, Buchtel College Council, 1988-89
Department
Educational Development, 2013-14
Department Liaison to Akron AAUP, 2007-present
Member, Department of Sociology Graduate Studies Committee, Spring, 2012
Member, Department of Sociology Search Committee, 2010
Chair, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Fall, 2008
Chair, Department of Sociology Search Committee, Fall, 2008
Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2007-present
Member, Search Committee for “Methodology/Statistics” position, 2007-08.
Chair, Joint University of Akron-Kent State University Sociology Graduate Program Joint
Executive Committee, 2004-5
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, 2003-2007.
Chair, Review of RTP Rules Committee, 2001-02
Faculty Advisor, Alpha Kappa Delta, 1999-2000
Chair, Department Assessment Committee, 1998-2000
Chair, Department Planning Committee, 1994-1998
Chair, Department Self Study Report Committee, 1996-97
Member, Department Planning Committee, 1993-94
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, 1989-92
Chair, Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor Committee, 1987
Chair, Department Recruitment Committee, 1983-85
Member, Department Recruitment Committee, 1982-83
Preceptor, Honors Program in Sociology, 1980-94
Faculty Advisor, Sociology Club, 1980-82
Coordinator, Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1979-80
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Honor Societies
Phi Beta Kappa
Who’s Who in America
Professional
American Sociological Association
Society for Occupational Health Psychology
American Association of University Professors