Education

• The College, University of Chicago, 1942-44
• Wartime (World War II)- served in the U.S. Merchant Marine
• Valparaiso University, B.A. degree, 1950, history major, graduated with distinction (GPA 2.6 on a 3.o point scale), President's Scholarship
• University of Chicago, M.A. in History (Ancient Greece, Renaissance/Reformation, Europe, 1789-1950), 1951; Cleo Hearon Fellow
• Lutheran School of Theology, M. Div., 1954, Salutatorian, Lutheran Brotherhood Scholarship recipient
• Divinity School, University of Chicago, 1954-5
• South Dakota State University, Ph. D., Sociology, 1971
• University of Chicago, Visiting Scholar, summers 1980-82, 1984
• Sabbatical, University of Chicago, Sociology Department, fall semester, 1983
• University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign, summers of 1985-96, Laboratory Associate, Russian and East European Center. Attended and took part in seminars and workshops, while doing research on central and eastern Europe at the Slavic Library

Employment

• Assistant Minister, Woodlawn-Immanuel Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois, 1954-55
• Minister, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 1955-63
• Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, Michigan, instructor in geography
• South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, instructor in history, 1963-68
• Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, Assistant Profess of Sociology, 1968-72
• Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, Associate Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, Chair of Sociology Department, Pixley Professor of Social Science. At Illinois College 1972-2005. While at Illinois College, received the Dunbaugh Award, and frequently, the Frank, Stewart, and Hildner Awards.
• Retired, June 2005, and presently, Professor of Sociology Emeritus, and Pixley Professor of Social Science Emeritus

Professional Memberships

• Illinois Sociological Association, 1973-present; secretary, 1978-81, president, 1981-2, executive secretary, 1983-89
• Midwest Sociological Society, 1966-present
• Rural Sociological Society, 1973-present
• American Sociological Association
• European Studies Conference
• Social Policy Association (United Kingdom)
• International Association of Impact Assessments
• I have presented numerous papers, and have both organized and chaired a number of sessions as part of my involvement in the above organizations (see attached).
• I also helped organize our Alpha Kappa Delta chapter, and have assisted students and faculty here with Alpha Kappa Delta programs

International Association for Impact Assessment:

• 1991: "Impact of Environmental Problems in Eastern Europe, and Alternate Solutions" Meeting at Champaign, I also chaired the session of which this paper was a part
• 2002: "Impacts of The on the World Trade Center: long and short term effects, and their treatment" Presented at the annual meeting, in The Hague, Netherlands
• 2005: "Impact Mitigation of Tsunami Effects"

European Studies Conference:

• 1992: "German Unification: An Assessment of Intended and Actual Results"
• 1993: "Sturm und Drang: The New Germany:Crises and Challenges"
• 1994: "The New Europe: Gains and Losses"
• 1995: "Lean but Not Mean: A New Model of Social Democracy for Central Europe?" also, chaired the session, "Germany? German? From Empire To Nation"
• 1996: "The Old and the New: social services before and after independence in Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia"
• 1997: "Germany in the New Europe: The Role of Berlin" also, chaired a session, "19th Century Germany"
• 2000: "NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe: Intended versus Actual Effects"
• 2004: "European Social Policy in a Time of Retrenchment"

Social Policy Association:

• 1993: "Sweden in Transition: Recent Changes in Social Policy", presented at the University of Liverpool
• 1994: "Polish Family Policy: the effects of independence", presented at the University of Liverpool
• 1995: "Redefining Social Policy: a comparison of changes in Sweden, Germany and Poland", presented at Sheffield, United Kingdom, at Sheffield Hallam University
• 1996: "Filling the Gap: the Efforts of Private and Religious Social Services in Central, Eastern Europe and Russia After Independence", presented at Sheffield Hallam University
• 1998: attended the sessions and obtained resources concerning urban redevelopment at the annual meetings, held in Lincoln, United Kingdom, at Lincoln University

Council for International Educational Exchange:

• 1997: attended and took part in this conference at Berlin, Germany. Did research on the role of the German Protestant Church in social services

Third World Conference:

• 1997: "Third World Cities: Apparent and Actual Situations" also, chaired the session, "Comparative Approaches to Understanding Development"
• 1998: "Social Services in the Third World: The Case of the Grameen Bank: differentiation, diffusion, and evaluation"
• 1999: "Non-Governmental Organizations in the Third World: Intended and Actual Working"

University of Hawaii Summer Session Conference:

• 1990: A Pacific Neighbor: U.S.S.R.- paper, "Improvements and Innovations in the Soviet Far East"

Association for the Study of Religion:

• 1989: "The Process of Becoming Priests in Ukraine", San Francisco

Rural Sociological Society Annual Meetings:

• 1972: "Retrospective Analysis in the Teaching of Sociology, with Implications for Other Disciplines"
• 1973: "The Use of Creative Arts and Drama in the Teaching of Sociology"
• 1974: "The Use of Mass Media in the Teaching of Sociology"
• 1975: "Taking the Role of the Other in the Teaching of Sociology"
• 1982: "The Search for Energy Alternatives: responses received by state agricultural experiment stations"
• 1987: "Combining Theory and Research in the Study of Genealogy"
• 1998: Chaired session on sustainable agriculture
• 2000: Chaired session on public transit involving federal and state consultants
• 2001: "Toward Safer Highways: the use of tree belts as a tool for accident mitigation and reduction"
• 2002: Chaired a session
• 2004: Chaired the session (#068), "Regional Agricultures in Retrospect and Prospect"

Religious Research Association

• 1970: "Ministerial Specialization: Anticipations and Expectations of Pre-Seminarians" (presentation at annual meeting)

Central States College Association

• 1972: "Is the Green Revolution the Answer?", presented at the Central States College Association`s Conference on Population

Illinois Sociological Association (presentations at annual meetings and colloquia)

• 1973: "Sociology of Singles"
• 1976: The Teaching of Sociological Theory
• 1977: "Perceived Influences on Occupational Choice of Seminarians", also, "From Classroom to Career: Theoretical and Applied Dimensions in the Teaching of the Sociology of Occupations and Careers"
• Spring 1978 colloquium: "Sociology curricula and career orientations: dichotomy or synthesis?", also, "Coping with the Unprepared Student"
• 1978: Career Alternatives of Sociology Majors: observations of placement officers"
• 1979: "The Sociologist as Consultant in a Small City"
• 1980: "Applied Social Research: A Consultant`s Perspective in the Human Service Sector", also, "The Use of Situation-Generated Simulation Games in the Teaching of Sociology"
• 1981: "Qualitative Methodology: Its Relevance for Consumer Concerns"
• Spring Colloquium, 1982: Integrating Applied Sociology into the Social Research Course"
• 1982: "Energy Efficiency: present operation and future plans in a small city"
• 1983: "Developing a Paratransit System in a Small City"
• 1984: "Urban Sociology: an example of interdisciplinary intersection"
• 1985: "Sociology of Creativity"
• 1986: "Perceived Influence on Career Choice of Russian Orthodox Clergy"
• 1987: "Creative Expression in the Soviet Union"
• 1988: Led a round table, "Perestroika and Glasnost in the U.S.S.R."
• 1992: "Social Policy in Sweden: Effects of the Recent Elections in the Context of Historical and Cultural Influences"
• 1994: "The Issues of Women`s Rights in Eastern Europe"
• 1998: organized and presided over the session, "Urban Sociology: focus on St. Louis and East St. Louis"
• 2000: "Kosovo: Predicament & Potential: Long and Short Term Perspectives"
• 2002: "Light Rail Systems: Origin, Development and Present Situation"
• 2003: "Teaching Religion in the Introductory Sociology Course: Alternative Approaches", organized and chaired this session
• 2007: "Community Response to a New Low-Cost Housing Complex: Positives, Negatives, and Conflict Resolution"

Midwest Sociological Society:

• 1971: "panelist in the session, "The Teaching and Non-Teaching of Sociology"
• 1975: "Role Theory and the Teaching of Marriage and the Family"
• 1976: "Boundaries Revisited: The Pragmatic Case for Flexible Boundaries"
• 1977: "Reaching Beyond the Boundaries: The Teaching of Family Courses"
• 1978: "The Growing Edge of Sociology: new and emerging courses in the discipline"
• 1979: "Mid-Life Career Change: Problems, Prospects, and Patterns"
• 1980: "Career Planning, Training and Placement for Sociology Majors at the Small Private College"
• 1982: "Career Opportunities for Undergraduates: A Revised Approach"
• 1984: "Motivations Impelling Seminarians to Begin Theological Studies"
• 1985: "Impact of an Oil Boom on a Small Town: Effects on Mt. Sterling and Brown County, Illinois"
• 1986: "Creativity in the Soviet Union"
• 1987: "Challenge or Chaos: The Adjustment of Rural and Small-Town Churches to the Absence of Clergy"
• 1989: "Problems and Attempted Solutions in Small and Medium-Sized Cities"
• 1990: "The Social Psychology of Creativity: its nature and its application to a small liberal arts college"
• 1992: "Social Psychology of Conflict Resolution"
• 1994: "The Transformation of Poland: Intended and Actual Patterns"
• 1995: "Social Policy Changes in Eastern Europe and Sweden: comparisons and contrasts in backgrounds and revisions"
• 1996: "Who`s on trial- O.J. Simpson or the Criminal Justice System?"
• 1999: "Teaching Urban Sociology: Historical Context, Social Problems, and Global Dimensions"
• 2000: "Conflict, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: Relevance for Understanding the Kosovo Situation"
• 2001: "Relevance of the Thomas Theorem: Redefinition of Elections- A Wider Meaning Than Partisanship?"
• Organized and chaired a special panel on the 2000 Presidential Election, of which the above paper was a part; this panel included input from other members and discipline of the Illinois College Faculty- Royce Jones in philosophy, Kent Elwood in psychology, and Richard Maye in sociological-anthropology
• 2003: "The Emergence of Global Civil Religion: its apparent and actual nature, as discerned by sociological perspectives"
• 2006: "The Creative Teaching of Gerontology: The Application of Theory, Research and Policy", also, "Innovations in Disaster Research: theory, research and practice: the case of New Orleans"
• 2007: "New Orleans` Recovery: Hope and Actuality"
• 2008: "New Orleans 2008: The Struggle Goes On- Hopes, Successes, Failures, and Significant Triumphs"

American Sociological Association: involvement in annual meetings

• 1977: "Theory as Autobiography": a working paper prepared for the round table on the Teaching of Sociological Theory
• 1999: "Sociology in the New Millennium: A Sociologist`s Vision of the Future": a presentation delivered in the round table, "New Directions in Sociology: Looking to the Future at the Century`s End"
• 2000: "Emergent Sociology: Imaginative Potentials": a presentation delivered in the round table, "New Directions in Sociology"

American Association for the Advancement of Science, annual meeting

• 1971: "Leadership and the Evolution of Civilization", presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Symposium, "Crucial Transitions of Civilizations"

International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations

• 1973: "Insights derived from comparing psychohistorical patterns and paths of Aztecan and Hispanic civilizations"

• "Economic Reorganization and Its Social Impact in Eastern Germany", in 16th Proceedings of the Sixteenth European Studies Conference, University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1991.
• Revision and updating of chapters 1, 3, 6 and 8, in Thomas R. Shannon, Nancy Kleniewski and William M. Cross, Urban Problems in Sociological Perspective, 1991, 1997, and 2002 (second, third and fourth editions).

In the American Sociological Review

• December 1971 (Vol. 36, No. 6) Marvin B. Scott and Stanford M. Lyman, The Revolt of the Students. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill, 1970

In The Cresset

• October 1971 (Vol. XXXIV, No. 10) Pierre Van der Berghe, Academic Gamesmanship: How to Make a Ph. D. Pay. New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1970
• February 1972 (Vol . 35, No. 4) Norval Morris, The Honest Politician`s Guide to Crime Control. University of Chicago Press, 1970
• October 1972 (Vol. 35, No. 10) Alexander W. Astin and Calvin B.T. Lee, The Invisible College. McGraw-Hill, 1972
• November 1972 (Vol. 35, No. 11) Kenneth E. Eble, Professors as Teachers. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 1972

In Sociology: Reviews of New Books

• March 1975 (Vol. 2, No. 5) Cora V. Baldock and Jim Lally, Sociology in Australia and New Zealand: Theory and Methods. Westport, Ct: Greenview Press, 1974
• April 1976 (Vol. 3, No. 6) Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Methods of Social Study. London: Cambridge University Press, 1975
• January-February 1977 (Vol. 4, No. 2) Deena and Michael Weinstein, Choosing Sociology: An Introduction to Critical Inquiry New York: Holmes and Meier, 1976
• July-August 1977 (Vol.4, No. 5) Myles L. Clowers and Steven H. Mori, Understanding Sociology Through Fiction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976
• March-April 1981 (Vol. 8, No. 3)Joseph S. Himes, Conflict and Conflict Management. University of Georgia Press, 1980
• January-February 1982 (Vol. 9, No. 2) Norman A. Polansky et.al., Damaged Parents: An Anatomy of Child Neglect. University of Chicago Press, 1981

Quarterly Journal of Ideology

• 1987 Vol. 11, No. 1) Johnny Washington, Alain Locke and Philosophy: A Quest for Cultural Pluralism. Westport, CT: Greenview Press.

In Rural Sociology

• In the Spring 1988 journal, Rural Sociology (v. 54, # 1) Horn, Pamela. The Changing Countryside in Victorian and Edwardian England and Wales. London: The Athlone Press, Limited, 1984,, and Fairleigh Dickinson Press, 1984
• In the Spring 1989 journal, Rural Sociology (v. 54, # 1) Newby, Howard. Social Change in Rural England. University of Wisconsin Press, 1980.
• In Southern Rural Sociology 1985 review of paper, "Offshore Energy Production and the Louisiana Experience: some unique socioeconomic impacts

In the European Studies Journal

• In Volume 12, Number 2 (1995) Angelique Janssens, Family and Social Change: The Household as a Process in and Industrializing Community. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
• In Volume 14, Number 1 (Spring 1997) Dobbin, Frank, Forging Industrial Policy: the United States, Britain And France in the Railway Age. Cambridge University Press, 1994. And, Lewis, Carenza et. all., Village, Hamlet and Field: Changing medieval settlements in Central England. New York: Manchester University Press, 1997
• In Volume 15, Number 2 (Fall 1998) Donley T. Studlar, Great Britain: Decline or Renewal? Boulder, COLO: Westview Press, 1996
• In Volume 17, Number 6 (2000) Peter Clark ed., Small Towns in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 1995

In Contemporary Sociology:

• Fall 2003 Morris, Lydia. Managing Migration: Civic stratification and Migrants` rights. Routledge, London and New York, 2002.

In Sociological Research Online

• Neil Brenner and Nik Theodore, eds., Spaces of Neoliberalism: urban restructuring in North America and Western Europe. Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 2002
• Christian Karner, Ethnicity and Everyday Life. Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group), 2007

In Journal of Social Policy Review

• January 2001 Julian E. Zelizer, Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the state, 1945-1975. Cambridge University Press, 1998
• October 2003 Edelman, Peter. Searching for America`s Heart: RFK and the Renewal of Hope. Georgetown University Press Washington, D.C., 2003.

In Journal of European Social Policy

• 2005 (Vol. 15, No. 4) Jolanta J. Aidukaite, The Emergence of the Post-Socialist Welfare State: The Case of the Baltic States: Esthonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Huddinge, Sweden: Sodertorns hogskala, 2004

Critical Reviews of Texts, for Publishers:

• Most recently, a review of a proposed family text for Longman`s (December 27, 2004),
• Ortega and Williams, The Sociology of Social Problems. Completed and submitted May 2000, to Wadsworth Publishing Company.
• Dunn, Dana and David Waller, Analyzing Social Problems: essays And exercises. Completed and submitted August 29, 1995, to Prentice Hal