Faculty Research in Sociology

A. Derral Cheatwood, Ph.D.

Primary Interests: Criminology, Violence, Crime and the Media, Criminological Theory.

Publications: Cheatwood, Adrian Derral.  (Forthcoming).  "Capital Punishment for the Crime of Homicide in Chicago: 1870-1930," Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Cheatwood, Adrian Derral,  David Johnson and Ben Bradshaw.  (2001).  "The Landscape of Death:  Diarrhea, Homicide and Public Health,  pp. 99-120 in On the Border. An Environmental History of San Antonio, edited by Char Miller.  Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh.

Cheatwood, Adrian Derral.  (1998).  "Prison Films: 1925-1995,"  pp. 209-231 in Popular Culture, Crime and Justice, edited by Donna Hale and Frankie Bailey.  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth

Juanita Firestone, Ph.D.

Primary Interests:  Gender Stratification, Complex Organizations, Military Sociology.

Publications: Firestone, J.M. and Stewart, J.B. (2001).  "Trends in Gender and Racial equity in Retention and Promotion of Officers," pp. 231-256 in Managing Diversity in the Military edited by Mickey R. Dansby, James B. Stewart and Schuyler C. Webb.  New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

Stewart, J.B. and Firestone, J.M. (2001). " Looking for a Few Good Men:  Predicting Patterns of Retention, Promotion, and Accession of Minority and Women Officers,"  pp. 257-276 in Managing Diversity in the Military edited by Mickey R. Dansby, James B. Stewart and Schuyler C. Webb.  New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers

Firestone, J.M. (2001).  "Occupational Segregation: Comparing the Civilian and Military Workforce,"  pp. 331-350 in Managing Diversity in the Military edited by Mickey R. Dansby, James B. Stewart and Schuyler C. Webb.  New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

Jeffrey A. Halley, Ph.D.

Primary Interests:  Theory, Sociology of Art, Cultural Studies.

Publications: "Les Non-Publics de Dada, " ["The `non-audience‚ of Dada,"] in Les Non-Publics: Les Arts en Réception, Paris: Harmattan, 2002. 

"Resistance to the Bureaucratization of Culture: Lessons from the Chicano Arts Scene", (with Avelardo Valdez and Steve Nava), Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, in press, 2001. 

"Culture and Rationalization: The Impact of a National Foundation Initiative on a Community-Based Cultural Arts Center," (with Avelardo Valdez), in International Journal of Cultural Policy, 7(1), December  2000.

Richard Harris, Ph.D.

Primary Interests:  Race and Ethnic Relations, Diversity Awareness and Management.  Strategic Planning, and Sociology of Religion.

Publications: Richard Harris (1983).  "The Politics of San Antonio: Community Progress and Power (Edited by D.R. Johnson, J.A. Booth and R.J. Harris) Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.

Richard Harris and Juanita Firestone (1999).  "Changes in Patterns of Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: A Comparison of the 1988 and 1995 DOD Surveys," Armed Forces & Society, 25 (4): 613-132.

Richard Harris, Juanita Firestone, and Linda Lambert (1999).  "Gender Role Ideology and the Gender Based Differences in Earnings."  Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 20 (2), 191-216.

Richard Lewis, Ph.D.

Primary Interests:  Race and Ethnic Relations, Diversity Awareness and Management, Strategic Planning, and Sociology and Religion.

Publications: Richard Lewis, Jr. (1998-99).  "Beyond Political Correctness:  Addressing Diversity in Organizations,"  Journal of Intergroup Relations 24: 30-34.

Richard Lewis, Jr., George Yancey, and Siri S. Bletzer. (1997).  "Racial and Nonracial Factors Which Influence Spouse Choice in Black/White Marriages."  Journal of Black Studies 28 (1): 60-78.

Richard Lewis, Jr. (1995).  "A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Contemporary Race Relations in the United States."  Journal of Intergroup Relations 22: 18-27.

Raquel Marquez, Ph.D.

Primary Interests:  Chicano Studies, Border Studies, Race and Ethnic Relations, Gender Inequality.

Publications: Marquez, Raquel and Yolanda Padilla. (Under Review 2002)  "Immigration in the Life Histories of Women Living Along the United States-Mexico Border Region."  Journal of Immigrants and Refugees.  University of Connecticut.

Vila, Pablo and Raquel Marquez (2001).  "Hispanic/Latinos, o Mexicanos, Purtorriquenos, Cubanos?  Rotulos identitarios y constuccion de identidades socials en los EE.UU." Araucaria.  University of Sevilla, Spain.

Gambitta, Richard and Raquel Marquez (Forthcoming: 2002, McGraw Hill Press).  "The Politics and Economics of San Antonio."

Michael Miller, Ph.D.

Primary Interests:  Social Stratification, Job Termination and Unemployment, Border Studies.

Publications: Miller, M.V. and S.K. Hoppe (1994).  Attributions for job termination and psychological distress.  Human Relations.   47(3): 307-327.

Miller, M.V. and Cherylon Robinson (1994).  Managing the Disappointment of Job Termination:  Outplacement as a Cooling-out Device.  Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.  30 (1): 5-21.

Miller, M.V. (1987).  "Vehicle Theft along the Texas-Mexico Border." Journal of Borderlands Studies.  2: 12-32.

Cherylon Robinson, Ph.D.

Primary Interests:  Medical Sociology, Family, Social Psychology and Aging.

Publications: Robinson, Cherylon (1996).  "Johnson v. Calvert"  pp. 160-162 in Handbook of U.S. Biomedical Policy edited by R.H. Blank and J.C. Merrick, Greenwood Press.

Robinson, Cherylon (1996).  "Surrogate Parenting v. Com. Ex Rel. Armstrong"  Pp. 298-300 in Handbook of U.S. Biomedical Policy edited by R.H. Blank and J.C. Merrick, Greenwood Press.

Robinson, Cherylon and Juanita Firestone (1996).  "Enacting Traditional Roles in a Nontraditional Setting:  An Examination of Role Behavior Among Female Red Cross Employees in Viet Nam."  The Sociological Quarterly.  37, 2:201-227.

Harriett Romo, Ph.D.

Primary Interests:  Sociology of Education, Race and Ethnicity.

Publications:  Romo, Harriett (2000).  "Improving Ethnic and Racial Relations in the Schools,:  The ERIC Review, 7(1).

Romo, Harriett (1999).  "Reaching Out: Best Practices for Educating Mexican-Origin Children and Youth."  ERIC Clearinghouse of Rural Education & Small Schools, Charleston, WV.

Romo, Harriett and S. Dale McLemore (1998). "Racial and Ethnic Relations in America" 5^th edition textbook.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Pablo Vila, Ph.D.

Primary Interests:  Theory, Social Identities, Border Studies, Sociology of Music.

Publications: Vila, Pablo (forthcoming 2002).  "Border Ethnographies:  The Limits of Border Theory.  Minnesota Press.

Vila, Pablo (forthcoming 2002).  "Interpellations, Narrative Identities, and Popular Music," in The Universe of Music:  A History, edited by Malena Kuss.  New York:  Schirmer Books/Macmillan.

Vila, Pablo (2000).  "Crossing Borders.  Reinforcing Borders.  Social Categories, Metaphors and Narrative Identities on the U.S.-Mexico Frontier."  Austin:  University of Texas Press.

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