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JERRY M. LEWIS NOVEMBER, 2015
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Jerry M. Lewis Department of Sociology Kent State University Kent, Ohio 44242
Telephone: Office: (330) 672-2708 Home: (330) 297-6044 Email: [email protected]
Born: April 1, 1937 in Oak Park, Illinois.Married to Diane L. Lewis (B.A., Cornell College; M.A. in Social Science, University of Illinois with a concentration in Asian Studies). \
Education
B.A., Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 1959 (Sociology)
M.S., Boston University, College of Communication, 1963
Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana), 1970 (Sociology)
Professional Experience: Research
Research Assistant, Communication Research Center, Boston University, June 1961-September 1962
Research Assistant, Institute for Research on Exceptional Children, University of Illinois, June 1963 - August 1966
Research Associate, Center for Urban Regionalism, Kent State University, June 1967 - June 1969. (Joint Appointment with the Sociology Department)
Professional Experience: Teaching
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, September 1962 - February, 1964; September 1965 - June 1966
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Kent State University, September 1966 - 1
June 1972
Associate Professor of Sociology, Kent State University, September 1972 - June 1979
Professor of Sociology, Kent State University, September 1979 to 1996 (Member, Akron-Kent State Joint Doctoral Faculty)
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Kent State University, July, 1996 to Present
Visiting Professor of Sociology, Hiram College, 2004-2005
Professional Experience: International
Senior Research Fellow, JURUE, University of Aston at Birmingham, England, August 1979 - January, 1980
Visiting Exchange Professor, Department of Sociology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, January 1988 - June 1988.
Courses Taught
Collective Behavior
Introduction to Sociology Contemporary Social Theory
Public Opinion and Mass Communication Sociology of Sport
Graduate Seminars:
Contemporary Social Theory
Sociology of Communication
Sociology of Sport
Early Social Thought
Teaching Sociology
Sociology of Religion(Undergraduate and Graduate)
Fellowships and Awards
Selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Teachers, Kent State University, 2
1970
Honorable Mention, Outstanding Teacher, Arts and Sciences, 1974
Outstanding Teacher, Arts and Sciences, 1976
Selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Teachers, Kent State University, 1981, 1982, 1983
Distinguished Teaching Award, Kent State University. 1983
Outstanding Graduate Mentor, 2006 Graduate’s Applause Award, 2004, 2006
Glenn Frank Lecturer, 2009 Annual Teaching Conference, Kent State University
PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1995
Books
Kent State and May 4: A Social Science Perspective 2nd edition, Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt 2000 (with Thomas R. Hensley).
Sports Fan Violence in North America New York: Rowman and Littlefield. 2007
Kent State and May 4: A Social Science Perspective 3rd edition, Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press 2010 (with Thomas R. Hensley)
Instructor's Manuals
Instructor's Manual for W. E. Thompson and J. V. Hickey, Society in Focus The Essentials, New York, Harper Collins, 1996.
Instructor's Manual for W. E. Thompson and J. V. Hickey, Society in Focus 2nd Edition, New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
Monographs and Technical Reports
"Tips for Teaching Introductory Sociology" Minneapolis/St. Paul: West.(1996)
"Tips for Teaching Introductory Sociology" 2nd Edition, Belmont, Ca: Wadsworth.
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(1998)
"Tips for Teaching Introductory Sociology" 3rd Edition, Belmont, Ca: Wadsworth.(2005)
Articles
Kent State: Lessons Learned. Crowd Management. Vol. 1, No. 4 (April-June, 1995) pp. 4-6; 19.
National Democratic Convention: Nearly 30 Years Later in Chicago. Crowd Management. Vol.3, No. 1 (July-September, 1996) pp.16-18; 20.
The May 4 Shootings at Kent State University: The Search for Historical Accuracy. Ohio Council for the Social Studies Review. Vol 34, No 1. (Summer, 1998):9-21. (with T.R.Hensley)
Rationalists, Fatalists and the Modern Superstitious: Test-taking in Introductory Sociology. Sociological Inquiry, 71 (2001)1 1-12. (with T. J. Gallagher)
The Salience of Friday the 13th to College Students. College Student Journal. 35(2001)2 216-222. (with T. J. Gallagher)
Active Learning in Mass Classes. Section II reprinted in A.W.Zumpetta, “Instructor’s Manual for Society in Focus An Introduction to Sociology”, (Thompson and Hickey-4th Edition) (2002) 177-199.
Active Learning in Smaller Classes. Section III reprinted in A.W.Zumpetta, “Instructor’s Manual for Society in Focus An Introduction to Sociology”, (Thompson and Hickey-4th Edition) (2002) 201-231.
Sports Officials’ Judgement of Spectator Violence: A Factorial Survey” in Michigan Sociological Review, 16 (2002) Fall 147-170. (With R. Ward and D. Benson).
“Sociology of Sports” Wadsworth Sociology. Module. Cengage Publishers, (2009) 1-16.
“Social Remembering and Kent State” in Democratic Narrative, History and Memory edited by Carole A. Barbato and Laura L. Davis, Kent State University Press (2012): 176-193.
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