Archive for the ‘Administrative’ Category

Clearly…

Friday, December 19th, 2008

I need to learn how to function at a level that includes time for blogging. But my time away was certainly productive. A partial list: Applied/am applying to half a dozen sociology Ph.D. programs around the country, which will remain nameless until such time as I'm able to write a gloating/despondent post ...

Disappeared for a while there…

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

But for good reason. The community violence project from the spring has been prepared and submitted for publication. I've also completed a review of the findings and methodological problems regarding the social adjustment of gifted youths that I'll be refining and submitting shortly. This fall, I'll be taking a methods class ...

Light Reading

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

My thesis proposal, Effects of Cultural Capital on Selection and Frequency of Use of Social Network Websites, can be downloaded here. Please keep in mind that this project is in its embryonic stages and very much subject to change. Abstract: Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital posits that parental educational ...

Writings Preview

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Unfortunately, I'm not ready yet to post any of my work in the Writings section. But here's a preview of what I'll have in a few weeks. Effects of Community Violence on a Population of Young Adults In the spring of 2008, I participated in a research project examining the effects of ...

Potato Chip, v.,

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

in skydiving, to experience bodily undulations during free fall (similar to the shape of a potato chip) as the result of being too rigid or nervous Welcome to potatochipping.com. I'm a white male second-year graduate student, en route to receiving my Master’s and PhD in sociology. My primary interests are youth, education, ...