CURRICULUM VITAE

J. Thomas Walker

 

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Department of Sociology and Anthropology

318 Steele Hall

Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove, PA  17870

(570)372-4264

walker@susqu.edu

 

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100 Magnolia Avenue

Selinsgrove, PA  17870

(570)374-1533

 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

 

1980

St. Louis University, Ph.D., Sociology

 

Areas of specialization:  Sociological Theory, Research Methodology, Sociology of Deviance, Formal Organizations.  Dissertation Topic:  “An Empirical Study of Corrections Officer Attitudes.”  Dissertation Advisor:  Professor Clement S. Mihanovich.

 

 

1966

Roosevelt University, M.A., Sociology

 

Areas of specialization:  Social Psychology, Formal Organizations.  Thesis Topic:  “The Homogeniety of Social Traits in Closest Friendships.”  Thesis Advisor:  Professor S. Kirson Weinberg.

 

 

1964

Greenville College, B.A., Sociology

 

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE

 

 

 

1967-present

Professor of Sociology

 

Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

 

Principles of Sociology, Social Problems, Sociology of Occupations and Professions,  Criminology, Crime and Delinquency, Criminal Justice, Complex Organizations, American Urban Life, Sociological Theory, Development of Sociological Theory, Contemporary Sociological Theory,  Research Methods, Sociology of Mental Illness, Seminar in the Sociology of Mental Illness, Seminar in Sociology, Seminar in Social Change, Society and the Future, Sociology of the Future.

 

 

1980-1997

Lecturer in Sociology (Part-time)

 

Pennsylvania State University

 

 

1977-1984

Consultant

 

Northumberland County (PA) Mental Health and Mental Retardation Office

 

 

1966-1967

Instructor in Sociology

 

Greenville College, Greenville, IL

 

Principles of Sociology, Criminology, Social Psychology, Complex Organizations, Social Statistics, Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Sociological Theory.

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

1992-present                   

Member, Board of Directors, Lutheran College Washington Consortium (Founding member and Executive Committee signatory to 1998 incorporation.)

 

 

Faculty Representative,  Lutheran College Washington Consortium

 

 

1983-present

Founding Member, Legal Studies Committee

 

 

1992-2004

Faculty Advisor, Student Judiciary Board

 

 

 

 

2001-2002

1983-1989

Member, Faculty Personnel Committee

 

 

1997-2000

Member, Student Life Committee (Chair 1998-2000)

 

 

1988-1999

Member, Alpha Sigma Omega Alumni Association of Phi Mu Delta Fraternity

 

 

1985-1999

Faculty Advisor, Mu Alpha Chapter of Phi Mu Delta Fraternity

 

 

1989-1998

Member, Library Committee

 

 

1972-1998

Member, Faculty of the Summer School and the Evening Division of Continuing Education at Susquehanna University

 

 

1978-1989

1990-1997

Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

 

 

1985-1996

Founder and Faculty Advisor, SU Sociology Club

 

 

1985-1993

Faculty Representative and Chair, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Committee

 

 

1989-1990

Member, Faculty Affairs Committee

 

 

1989-1990

Member, Steering Committee of Region 8 ELCA Lutheran Conference “2000 and Beyond” at Susquehanna University

 

 

1977-1984

Consultant, Northumberland County Mental Health/Mental Retardation Office

 

 

1974-1979

Founder, Grant Writer, Director of the Susquehanna University Certificate Program in Mental Health

 

 

1976-1979

Founder, Grant Writer, Director of the Susquehanna University Certificate Program in Mental Retardation

 

 

1975-1978

Member, Admissions Committee (Chair 1976-1978)

1969-1971

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS REGARDING CURRENT INTERESTS

 

 

Review of The Next Three Futures:  Paradigms of Things To Come by W. Warren Wagar in Futurics:  A Quarterly Journal of Futures Research, Vol. 16 (1992), Nos. 3 & 4, 60-62.

 

 

 

“Physical and Mental Health,” a chapter in Christian Perspectives on Social Problems, Charles P. DeSanto, Zondra G. Lindblade and Margaret M. Paloma, eds. (Indianapolis, Indiana:  Wesley Press, 1992), 155-174.

 

 

 

“The Future As A Social Problem,” a chapter in Christian Perspectives on Social Problems, Charles P. DeSanto, Zondra G. Lindblade and Margaret M. Paloma, eds. (Indianapolis, Indiana:  Wesley Press, 1992), 464-478.

 

 

 

“Sociology and Futures Studies: Toward a Futuristic Applied Sociology.”  Futurics:  A Quarterly Journal of Future Research, Vol. 20 (1996), Nos. 1 & 2, 70-77.

 

 

 

“A Brief History of the Future:  The Idea of Progress.”  Futurics:  A Quarterly Journal of Future Research, Vol. 20 (1996), Nos. 1 & 2, 61-69.

 

 

 

“Postmodernism and the Study of the Future.”  Futures Research Quarterly, 12 (1996), 2 (Summer), 51-70.

 

 

 

In preparation:  Book length manuscript on the study of the future.