Majority Minority Relations, 6th edition. Prentice Hall, 2010. NEW EDITION NOW AVAILABLE! The 6th edition is now available - in plenty of time for fall, 2009 courses in race and ethnic relations and similar topics. For more information contact your Prentice Hall representative or visit the Prentice Hall Web site.
Sociology, 5th edition. Prentice Hall, 2003. NEW EDITION UNDER CONTRACT WITH PARADIGM PUBLISHERS! A new edition of this introductory sociology textbook, co-authored with Professor Michael Flota of Daytona State, is now under contract with Paradigm Publishers. We expect that the new 6th edition will be ready in time for fall, 2010 introductory sociology classes.
Earthquake Fears, Predictions, and Preparations in Mid-America. (Hardcover and Paperback Editions). Southern Illinois University Press, 1998.
All of these books are available through the major online booksellers. This includes the new 6th edition of Majority-Minority Relations, and the sixth edition of Sociology will also be available through the online booksellers as soon as it is completed.
You may view my vita, which lists all of my academic publications, here.
I am also available as a speaker. In the last several years I have delivered keynote or other major addresses to the following groups:
European Forum for Migration Studies, TransAtlantic Discourse on Migration, Berlin, Nuremberg, and Munich, Germany (I spoke to this group in Germany on 3 different occasions, including one keynote address.).
Midwest Sociological Society (Presidential Address).
Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD, Symposium on American Democracy in the 1960s and 1970s.
St. Louis Community College, Meramec, Diversity Speakers Series.
Illinois Sociological Association (Keynote Address).
Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council.
Greenville College, Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Sociology and Criminal Justice Week (Keynote Address).
Some of the topics on which I am available to lecture include the following:
Some Thoughts on the Past, Present, and Future of Sociology
School Integration and Its Consequences for Social Integration and Educational Opportunity
Racism and Discrimination: A Sociological Perspective
Racial Segregation in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area: Past, Present, and Future
Racial Housing Segregation and Concentration in the Central Cities
Institutionalized Racial and Economic Inequality, Poverty, Hurricane Katrina, and George Bush
This page last updated July 22, 2009