June 13, 2013: Professor Steve Barkan, and alumni Michael Rocque ’05 and Jason Houle ’05 are quoted in an article from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Solving the Riddle of the U.S. ‘Suicide Belt’.
April 24, 2013: Professor Steven Barkan has been elected Vice President/President Elect for the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. UM Notice here.
March 27, 2013: Adjunct Faculty Mike Rocque has an article in Victims & Offenders: An International Journal of Evidence-based Research, Policy, and Practice. Entitled “Unraveling Change: Social Bonds and Recidivism among Released Offenders”, Abstract here.
March 24, 2013: Professor Amy Blackstone is interviewed on WABI-TV and the Bangor Daily News about her participation in local Roller Derby!
March 22, 2013: Congrats to Adjunct Faculty Mike Rocque on his recent publication in Deviant Behavior entitled “Measuring Up: Assessing the Measurement Properties of Two Self-Control Scales.” http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01639625.2012.748619
March 11, 2013: Professor Kim Huisman’s Maine Mother-Daughter Project is featured in the Spring 2013 issue of UMaine Today.
February 11, 2013: Once again Adjunct Faculty Michael Rocque is in the news! Press release about his article in The Journal of Criminal Justice on Biosocial Crime Prevention.
February 6, 2013: Professor Barkan has an Op-Ed in the Bangor Daily News on Mass Incarceration.
January 2013: Professors Steve Barkan and Steve Cohn have written an article on recruitment for the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements.
January 2013: Adjunct Faculty Michael Rocque ’05 had the following publications over the past year:
January 22, 2013: Professor Amy Blackstone has an Op-Ed in the Bangor Daily News entitled “Do You Ignore or Disrespect Older Co-Workers?”
January 9, 2013: This Op-Ed on parents who have chosen to be child free by Professor Amy Blackstone ran in the Bangor Daily News summer 2012, but somehow we missed getting it in In the News!
December 19, 2012: More great news from the Class of 2005: Michael Rocque has recently received his PhD from Northeastern University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and has accepted the Director of Correctional Habilitation position at the Maine Dept of Corrections. He will start this new position in May 2013.
December 18, 2012: Great news from the Class of 2005: Jason Houle has accepted an assistant professorship at Dartmouth and Dawn Norris has accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. Both will be starting their exciting new careers in Fall 2013.
December 6, 2012: Professor Kim Huisman is featured in an article about the Maine Mother-Daughter Project in the Penobscot Bay Pilot. More about this wonderfully successful project, including the upcoming film series, can be found at their website http://umaine.edu/sociology/maine-mother-daughter-project/.
November 2012: Professor Steve Barkan has an article “The Open Textbook Revolution” in Notices of the American Mathematical Society.
October 12, 2012: Professor Kyriacos Markides is interviewed on Maine Public Radio’s popular “Maine Things Considered” as part of a story on a Pew Survey: Maine One of Least Religious States in the Nation.
October 1, 2012: Professor Amy Blackstone is quoted in an article on the recent discovery of a “mom gene” in mice.
September 16, 2012: Professor Kyriacos Markides was interviewed live on Ancient Faith Radio. It is an international radio program originating in California with listeners from around the world calling in their questions. The program is bimonthly and is listened to by a wide range of people. Click here to hear a podcast of the interview.
August 24, 2012: Professor Amy Blackstone was interviewed on local TV station WLBZ Channel 2 for her work on workplace harrassment: http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article/212058/3/Women-in-power-are-more-likely-to-be-sexually-harassed and she is quoted regarding this research on the website AOL.Jobs: http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/08/28/female-bosses-sexually-harassed-more-than-subordinates-study-fi/ on 8-28-12.
August 20, 2012: UMaine grad, Jason Houle ’05, who is now a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has his work included in this article from the ASA. Jason is among the UMaine faculty and graduates who attended the ASA Conference in Denver, CO (Aug 16-19, 2012). (Photo is of the Alumni and Faculty dinner at ASA 8-17-12)
July 2, 2012: American Sociological Review publishes the article “Sexual Harassment, Workplace Authority, and the Paradox of Power” by Heather
April 27, 2012: Newsletter now online - Click here to read the Social Facts Newsletter for Spring 2012. It’s been a wonderfully busy year!
Kyriacos Markides, PhD, In conversation with Open Center Creative Director, Ralph White. Kyriacos Markides has brought his unique knowledge of Cypriot culture and spirituality to the Open Center for over 25 years and is a well-loved and respected teacher. He will also be leading the Journey to Cyprus, June 15th to 20th, that takes place immediately after the Esoteric Quest for Ancient Alexandria. In this webinar he will speak about the profound mystical traditions of his native island; his conversations with contemplative monks in the tradition of Mount Athos, the Mountain of Silence; and reflect on the workings of the esoteric group described in his early writings. He will also cover the theme of his new book, Inner River: A Pilgrimage to the Heart of Christian Spirituality. Register free for this unique web interview here.
Professor Steve Barkan has been interviewed for the TAA (Text and Academic Authors Association) Newsletter. Click on the title to see the full article: Traditional vs. open textbook authoring: An interview with Steven Barkan
Also on this website is a list of the 2012 Texty Award Winners: Professor Barkan has won a Texty award for his textbook Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World 1st ed. Published by Flat World Knowledge in the category of College, Humanities/Social Sciences
And there is another article about his Texty Award on the Flat World Knowledge website: http://pressitt.com/smnr/Flat-World-Knowledge-Authors-Win-2012-College-Textbook-Excellence-Award/10477/
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The UMaine Sociology Department is pleased to announce that adjunct faculty member Michael Rocque is this year’s winner of the American Society of Criminology’s Division on People of Color and Crime’s Outstanding Student Award. The award recognizes outstanding student research on race/ethnicity, crime, and justice. Michael received his BA in Sociology from UMaine. He is currently completing his doctorate in Criminology and Justice Policy at Northeastern University.
Steve Barkan, professor of sociology, has been elected to a three-year term as the Region I Representative on the Council of Alpha Kappa Delta, the international sociology honor society for undergradute students. The Council meets annually the day before the beginning of the American Sociological Association conference in August.
4/19/10 Visiting Scholar, USM Professor Wendy Chapkis, gave a talk on “Prostitution, Immigration & Sex Trafficking: intersections and distinctions.” You can listen to it here: Chapkis_Talk_4-19-10_Mod
4/16/10 Emily Yearwood receives the CLAS Outstanding Senior Award!
Shown here with Professor Amy Blackstone and Dean Jeff Hecker.
Congratulations Emily!!
9/22/09 BDN Article by Sociology Profs: http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/121751.html
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