Majority Minority Relations, 5th edition. Prentice Hall, 2005. NOTE: I am currently revising this book for a 6th edition. The 6th edition will be published by Prentice Hall in early to mid-2009, in plenty of time for fall, 2009 courses.
Sociology, 5th edition. Prentice Hall, 2003.
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.
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 Germany (Keynote Address).
Midwest Sociological Society (Presidential Address).
Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD, Symposium on American Democracy in the 1960s and 1970s.
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 November 26, 2007