Academic Affairs

Chris Carlson

Education

Ph.D., University of Oregon
M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago
B.A., University of California, Davis

Teaching, Research Interests

Family
Social psychology
Deviance
Criminology

Courses Taught

Families in Social Context
Individual and Society
Crime and Deviance
Criminal Justice
World Population
Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Delinquency

Awards/Honors/Professional Offices

• Phi Kappa Phi

• Midwest Sociological Society

• Society for the Study of Social Problems

• National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship

Publications

• "Mandatory Penalites, Victim Cooperation, and the Judicial Processing of Domestic Abuse Assault Cases," with Frank Nidey (1995)

• "Social Problems and Policy: A Capstone Course," with Richard Peterson

• "Teaching and Learning One-Coure-At-A-Time," with Charlotte Vaughan (1992)

• "The Evolution of a Major," with Charlotte Vaughan and Richard Peterson (1990)

• "Perspectives on the Family: History, Class, and Feminism" (1990)

• "Law, Social Change and Child Snatching: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Legal System," with Thomas Sweeney and Paul Lansing (1983)

Employment

• 1980-Present, Professor of Sociology, Cornell College

• 1979, Instructor, Oregon State University

• 1978, Instructor, University of Oregon

• 1972-3, Research and teaching assistant, University of Oregon

Interests/Hobbies

Golf
Bicycling
Beekeeping
Prairie restoration