Edward L. Kain Professor of Sociology University Scholar PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. BA, Alma College Location: MBH 315 Phone: 512-863-1967 Sociology & Anthropology Home Page

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD Assistant Professor, 1986-1988; Associate Professor, 1988-1993; Full Professor, 1993-present, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Southwestern University Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Spring, 1994 Visiting researcher, Emory University, Fall, 1993 Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, Cornell University, Fall, 1980-Summer, 1986 CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS American Sociological Association Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, 2007 University Scholar, Southwestern, 2000- Brown Distinguished Teaching Professor, Southwestern, 1998-2000 William Carrington Finch Professorship, Southwestern, 1998-2000 Hans O. Mauksch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education, American Sociological Association, 1997 ASA/Ford Foundation MOST (Minority Opportunities Through School Transformation)Program grant, 1994-2001 Sam Taylor Fellowship, 1998-1999 Brown Fellow, Southwestern, 1990-1992 College of Human Ecology, Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award, Cornell University, 1985 RESEARCH AREAS Teaching of Sociology (the scholarship of teaching and learning) Family (family change) Demography (historical, mortality) Gender Roles (media images of women and men, women and work, comparative) REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS 2008 "Information Literacy: The Partnership of Sociology Faculty and Social Science Librarians", with Patti S. Caravello, Triveni Kuchi, Susan Macicak, and Gregory L. Weiss. Teaching Sociology, 36 (1), January: 8-16. 2004 "Greedy Institutions: The Importance of Institutional Context for Teaching in Higher Education." With Mary Wright, Nandini Assar, Laura Kramer, Carla B. Howery, Kathleen McKinney, Becky Glass, and Maxine Atkinson. Teaching Sociology 32(2), April: 144-159. 2002 "A Case Study of Departmental Change Aimed at Promoting the Success of Students of Color." pp. 95-113 in Included in Sociology: Learning Climates that Cultivate Racial and Ethnic Diversity. Ed. by Jeffrey Chin, Catherine Whtie Berheide, and Dennis Rome. 1995 Diversity and Change in Families: Patterns Prospects, and Policy. Co-edited with Mark R. Rank. Prentice-Hall 1990 The Myth of Family Decline: Understanding Families in a World of Rapid Social Change. Lexington Books. MORE INFORMATION Curriculum Vita.