Position: Professor

 

Salary: N/A

 

Education: 

     • Ph D, Sociology, Michigan State University, 1982

     • MA, Sociology, Michigan State University, 1977

     • BA, Sociology/Social Work/Psychology, Concordia                College, 1974

 

Awards and Honors: 

     • Professional biography included in the 68th Edition,            Volume 2, of Marquis’ Who’s Who in America 2014, New        Providence, NJ: Marquis Who’s Who, 2013

     • Professional biography included in the 30th Pearl                  Anniversary Edition of , Marquis' Who’s Who in the                World , 2012

     • Professional biography included in the 67th Edition,            Volume 2, of , Marquis' Who's Who in America, 2012

     • Professional biography included in the 66th Edition,            Volume 2, of , Marquis’ Who’s Who in America , 2011

     • Nominee, USD's Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in      Teaching, 2010

     • Professional Biography included in the 65th Edition,            Volume 2 of , Marquis' Who's Who in America, 2010

     • Special Acknowledgement In the Preface of Risk: The          Crisis of Hope, Trust, and Caring by Robert Perrucci and        Carolyn C. Perrucci, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,            2009 for a critical evaluation of the original manuscript.,          2009

     • Fifteen Years of Service, Employee Recognition,                    University of South Dakota, 2005

     • Professional Biography included in Contemporary                Authors Online, Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group                  Databases, 2004

     • Nominee, USD's Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in      Teaching, 2002

     • Professional Biography included in the Directory of              American Scholars, Tenth Edition, Volume V: Psychology,      Sociology, and Education, Farmington Hills, MI: The Gale      Group, 2002

     • Nominee, USD's Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in      Teaching, 2001

     • Nominee, USD's Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in      Teaching, 2000

     • Ten Years of Service, University of South Dakota,                  Employee Recognition, 2000

     • University Research Council Grant , University of South      Dakota, 1999

     • Recipient, Teaching Award of the Great Plains                        Sociological Association, Great Plains Sociological                    Association, 1999

     • One of six faculty at USD chosen to implement the First        Year Seminar Series for Spring Term 1998, University of          South Dakota, 1997

     • Sabbatical leave from USD , University of South Dakota,      1995

     • Acknowledged in the Preface to Paul Higgins’                        Sociological Wonderment , Roxbury Publishing                        Company, 1994

     • Acknowledged in the Preface to the Eighth Edition of          Kurt Finsterbusch and George McKenna’s Taking Sides:          Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues , Dushkin        Publishing Group, 1994

     • Acknowledged in the Preface to the Second Edition of           John W. Hereen and Mary Lee Mason’s Sociology:                  Windows on Society , Roxbury Publishing Company,              1992

     • Acknowledged in the Preface to the Seventh Edition of        Kurt Finsterbusch and George McKenna’s Taking Sides:          Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues , Dushkin        Publishing Group, 1992

     • Acknowledged in the Preface to the Third Edition of            Reid Luhman’s The Sociological Outlook , Collegiate              Press, 1992

     • Biographical citation included on page 306 in Who’s            Who Among Young American Professionals, 1992-1993,          Second Edition , Reed Reference Publishing, 1992

     • Acknowledged in the Preface to the Second Edition of          H. Paul Chalfant and Emily E. Labeff’s Understanding            People and Social Life , West Educational Publishing              Company, 1991

     • Invited to join the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi,                Michigan State University Chapter., Phi Kappa Phi, 1981

     • Helped develop and teach an undergraduate course on      “World Conflict and Development” at Michigan State              University, featuring former U.N. Ambassador Andrew          Young as Visiting Professor, Michigan State University,          1980

     • Nominated by the Department of Sociology for                      Michigan State University’s Excellence-In-Teaching                  Citation., Michigan State University, 1979

     • Received from the Department of Sociology at Michigan      State University a letter of commendation for performance      on Ph.D. comprehensive examinations, Michigan State            University, 1979

     • Awarded Second Place, Howard Paul Becker Memorial      Award Competition for Undergraduate Student Papers,          Midwest Sociological Society, 1974

     • Awarded the Michigan State University Graduate Office      Scholarship, Michigan State University, 1974

     • Awarded the Pi Gamma Mu Scholarship for Graduate          Study in the Social Sciences, Pi Gamma Mu, 1974

     • Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Concordia College      (Moorhead, MN), Concordia College, 1974

     • Named to the Honorable Mention List, Danforth                    Foundation Fellowship Competition, Danforth                          Foundation, 1974

     • Awarded the Concordia College Upper-Class Honor            Scholarship, Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), 1973

     • Awarded the Marie Moe Lillehaugen Memorial                    Scholarship, Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), 1973

     • Invited to join Pi Gamma Mu, the National Social                  Science Honor Society, Pi Gamma Mu, 1973

     • Awarded the Concordia College Upper-Class Honor            Scholarship, Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), 1972

     • Invited to join Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in            Psychology, Psi Chi, 1972

     • Awarded the Concordia College Upper-Class Honor            Scholarship, Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), 1971

     • Awarded the Concordia College Merit Scholarship,              Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), 1970

     • Graduated Valedictorian, Northwood High School,              Minong, WI., 1970

     • One of 25 freshmen who participated in The Principia          Plan, Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), 1970