David W. Wright Ph.D.

• Class Analysis and Income Inequality.
• Occupational Employment and Discrimination.
• Sociology of Work.

Courses Taught:

• Application of Advanced Statistical Techniques (graduate level)
• Advanced Data Management (graduate level)
• Seminar in Sociological Theory (graduate level)
• Seminar in Data Management and Advanced SPSS Syntax Modeling (graduate level)
• Sociological Theory (undergraduate level)
• Social Inequality (undergraduate level)
• Sociology of Work (undergraduate level)
• Seminar in Class Analysis (graduate level)
• Seminar in Marxist Sociology (graduate level)
• Sociology of Family (undergraduate level)
• Introduction to Sociology (undergraduate level)

Crabtree, Gina and David Wright. 2021. “Beyond Collaboration: A Registrar and Institutional Research Journey”. Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly (SEMQ), 9(2) 37-47.

Mason, Cindi, Janet Twomey, David Wright, Lawrence Whitman. 2017. “Predicting Engineering Student Attrition Risk Using Probabilistic Neural Network and Comparing Results with Backpropagation Neural Network and Logistic Regression”. Research in Higher Education, 1-19.

Wysong, Earl, Robert Perrucci and David Wright. 2013. The New Class Society: Goodbye American Dream. 4th edition. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Barnason, Susan, Elaine Steinke, Victoria Mosack, and David Wright, 2013. “Exploring Nurses’ Perceptions of Providing Sexual Health Counseling for Patients with Cardiac Disease: Implications for Evidence-Based Interventions”. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing 32(4:191-198).

Steinke, Elaine, Victoria Mosack, Jodie Hertzog, and David Wright. 2012. “A Social-Cognitive Sexual Counseling Intervention Post-MI—Development and Pilot Testing”, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care 49 (162-170).

Barnason, Sue, Elaine Steinke, Victoria Mosack and David Wright. 2011. “Comparison of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Acute Care Nurses’ Perceptions of Providing Sexual Counseling for Cardiac Patients”, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 31(157-163).

Koeber, Charles, David Wright and Elizabeth Armour. 2011. “Self-Service: Control and Consent in the Performance of ‘Consumptive Labor’”, Humanity and Society 36:1-24.

Mosack, Victoria, Elaine Steinke, Cynthia Walker, Debra Moser, Misook Chung and David Wright. 2011. “Effects of Depression on Sexual Activity and Sexual Satisfaction in Heart Failure”, Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing 30(4):218-225.

Rowley, Rochelle and David Wright. 2011. “No White Child Left Behind: The Academic Achievement Gap Between Black and White Students”, The Journal of Negro Education 80(2):93-107.

Steinke, Elaine, Victoria Mosack, Sue Barnason and David Wright. 2011. “Progress in Sexual Counseling of Cardiac Nurses, 1994 to 2009”, Heart and Lung 40(2011) E15-E24.

Medina, Mary, Cynthia Walker, Elaine Steinke, David Wright, Victoria Mosack and Mahammad Farhoud. 2009. “Sexual Concerns and Sexual Counseling in Heart Failure”, Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing 24(4):141-148.

Fast, Yvonne, Elaine Steinke, and David Wright. 2009. "Effects of Attending Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation on Patient vs. Partner (proxy) Quality of Life Perceptions", Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 29:115-120.

Hertzog, Jodie, David Wright and Debra Beat. 2009. "There's a Policy for That: A Comparison of the Organizational Culture of Workplaces Reporting Incidents of Sexual Harassment", Behavioral and Social Issue 17(2):169-181.

Steinke, Elaine, Victoria Mosack, David Wright, Misook Chung, and Debra Moser. 2009. "Risk Factors as Predictors of Sexual Activity in Heart Failure", Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing 28(3):123:129.

Wright, David and Twyla Hill. 2009. “Prescription for Trouble: Medicare Part D and Patterns of Computer and Internet Access Among the Elderly”, Journal of Aging and Social Policy 21(2):172-186.

Koeber, Charles and David Wright. 2008. "On the Outside Teaching In: Using Internet Videoconferencing to Instruct an Introductory Sociology Course from a Remote Location", Teaching Sociology 36:331-344.

Steinke, Elaine, Victoria Mosack, David Wright, Misook Chung and Debra Moser. 2008. “Predictors of Sexual Activity Among Patients Living with Heart Failure”, Circulation 117(11):218.

Steinke, Elaine, David Wright, Misook I Chung and Debra Moser. 2008. “Sexual Self-Concept, Anxiety, and Self-Efficacy Predict Sexual Activity in Heart Failure and Health Elders”, Heart & Lung V37(5):323-333.

Koeber, Chuck and David Wright. 2006. “Gender Differences in the Re-employment Status of Displaced Workers: Human Capital as Signals that Mitigate Effects of Bias”, Journal of Socio-Economics 35(5):780-796.

Steinke, Elaine, David Wright and Debra Moser. 2006. “Sexual Self Concept, Anxiety, and Self-Efficacy Predict Sexual Activity in Heart Failure and Healthy Elders”, Circulation 114(18)703.

Steinke, Elaine and David Wright. 2006. “The Role of Sexual Satisfaction, Age, and Cardiac Risk Factors in the Reduction of Post-MI Anxiety”, European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 5:190-196.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2006. “Explaining Variations in Family Friendly Workplace Benefits: Union versus Nonunion Employer Organizations”, Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences 10:10-20.

Koeber, Charles and David Wright. 2003. “Losing a Job and Gaining Half of Another: The Full to Part-time Mobility of Displaced Workers”, Humanity and Society 26(4): 312-335.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2003. “Family Friendly Workplace Benefits: The U.S., Canada and Europe”, Critical Sociology 29(3):337-367.

Koeber, Charles and David Wright. 2001. “’W/Age Bias’ in Worker Displacement: How Industrial Structure Shapes the Job Loss and Earnings Decline of Older American Workers”, Journal of Socio-Economics 30(3):343-352.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2000. “The Family Friendly Workplace: Do Unions Matter?” Journal of the Academy of the Social Sciences 4:85-95.

Wright, David and Earl Wysong. 1999. “Family-Friendly Workplace Benefits: Policy Mirage, Organizational Contexts, and Worker Power”, Critical Sociology 24(3):244-276.

Wright, David and Robert Young. 1998. "The Effects of Family Structure and Maternal Employment on the Development of Gender Roles Among Men and Women", Journal of Family Issues 19(3):300-314.
Gottfried, Heidi and David Wright, 1996. "Income Inequality," in Women and Work: A Handbook, edited by Paula Dubeck and Kathryn Borman. New York: Garland Publishers.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 1995. “A Decade of DARE: Efficacy, Politics and Drug Education,” Sociological Focus 28(3):283-311.

Wysong, Earl, Richard Aniskiewicz and David Wright. 1994. "Truth and Dare: Tracking Drug Education to Graduation," Social Problems 41(3):448-472.

Wright, David and Heidi Gottfried. 1993. Review of Black Women and White Women in the Professions, by Natalie Sokoloff, and Black Women in the Workplace: Impacts of Structural Change in the Economy, by Bette Woody, Contemporary Sociology 22(5):727-728.

Wright, David and Heidi Gottfried. 1991. "Gender and Income Inequality," in The State of American Society, edited by Suzanne Steinmetz. Indiana: Family Research Institute.

Wright, David. 1988. Review of The Decline of Organized Labor in the United States, by Michael Goldfield, The Review of Radical Political Economics 20(1):121-123.

Reprints:
Wysong, Earl, Richard Aniskiewicz and David Wright. 1994. "Truth and Dare: Tracking Drug Education to Graduation," Social Problems 41(3):448-472. Reprint in How It’s Done: An Invitation to Social Research, 3rd edition, edited by Emily Stier and Roger Clark, Wadsworth-Thompson.

Wysong, Earl, Richard Aniskiewicz and David Wright. 1994. "Truth and Dare: Tracking Drug Education to Graduation," Social Problems 41(3):448-472. Reprint in Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems, edited by James Orcutt and David Ruby, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Wysong, Earl, Richard Aniskiewicz and David Wright. 1994. "Truth and Dare: Tracking Drug Education to Graduation," Social Problems 41(3):448-472. Reprint in Investigating the Social World by Russell Schutt, Pine Forge Press.

Wright, David. 2014. “Managing Change: Strategies for Creating a Student Success Culture Grounded in Data Analytics”. Educause Annual Conference, Orlando, FL

Muma, Richard and David Wright. 2012. “Selecting and Implementing a Quality Initiative”. Paper presentation at the Annual Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Wright, David, Michelle Barger, Bobby Gandu and Aaron Hamilton. 2012, “Using Evidence-Based Practices to Improve Operations: A Case Study in Admissions”, Wichita State University Assessment Symposium, Wichita, KS

Wright, David. 2011. “Increasing Information Efficiency at Lower Cost: Single versus Multiple Product Approach to Information Retrieval”, Educause Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Vermillion, Mark and David Wright. 2010. “Sports in the United States: The Relationship of Sport Consumption and Feelings of Alienation”. Paper presentation at the Annual Sport in Society Conference, Green Bay, WI.

Li, Su and David Wright. 2009. “Gendered Job Opportunities and Women’s Lead in College Attendance”. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS), Des Moines, IA.

Smith-Campbell, Betty, David Wright, K. Anderson and K. Postai. 2009. “Assessing the impact of a, rural Federally Qualified Health Center’s, dental intervention program in southeast Kansas”, Kansas Public Health Association, Annual Meeting, Wichita, KS.

Vermillion, Mark and David Wright. 2009. “American Sport and Alienation: A Multivariate Analysis”. Paper presentation at the Annual Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, IA.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2008. "Recent Inequality Trends: The End of the Middle Class?". Paper presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, New Albany, IN.

Smith-Campbell, Betty, and David Wright. 2008. “Determining the community affects of a rural Federally Qualified Health Center new intervention program on Ambulatory Care Sensitive ED visits and charges”, Annual APHA Meeting in San Diego, CA.

Smith-Campbell, Betty, David Wright, and Michael Samuels. 2008. "Assessing preventable ED use through a collaborative FQHC, hospital and University, research project in a rural Midwestern community". Paper presentation at the National Association of Community Health Centers Institute, New Orleans, LA.

Smith-Campbell, Betty and David Wright. 2008. "Evaluating the Community Affects of a Rural Community Health Center on Ambulatory Care Sensitive ED Visits and Charges". Paper presentation at the Kansas Nursing Research Exchange, Topeka, KS.

Pickard, Ruth, David Wright, Mary Baskett, Robin Gingerich, and Carolyn Weinhold. 2008. “Testing Models for Reducing ‘Just in Case’ Decisions by Low Literacy Parents”. Paper presentation at the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), San Diego, CA.

Mosack, Victoria, Cynthia Walker, Mary Medina, David Wright, Hussam Farhoud, Debra Moser, and Elaine Steinke. 2008. “Depression Adversely Affects Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Activity in Heart Failure”. Paper presentation at the American Heart Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
Medina, Mary, Cynthia Walker, Elaine Stienke, Victoria Mosack, David Wright, and Hussam Farhoud. 2008. "Sexual Concerns and Sexual Counseling in Heart Failure". Paper presentation at Kansas Nursing Research Exchange, Topeka, KS.

Stienke, Elaine and David Wright. 2008. "Predictors of Sexual Activity Among Patients Living with Heart Failure". Paper presentation at the 48th Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Joint Conference, Colorado Spring, CO.

Hill, Twyla and David Wright. 2008. "The Senior Cyber Squad: Patterns of Internet Usage Among the Elderly". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO

Simon, Dana and David Wright. 2008. "In the Case of Jane v John: The Gender Pay-gap in Government Professions". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2008. "Income Inequality, Class War, and the Fading American Dream, 1976-2006". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis MO.

Hertzog, Jodie, Tisha Whitehead and David Wright. 2008. "Educational Risk and Protective Factors within Single Parent Households". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.

Vermillion, Mark and David Wright. 2008. "Recreational Sport Participation and Time Use: Gender Differences". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.

Armour, Elizabeth, Charles S. Koeber and David Wright. 2008. "Self-Service: How Organizations Become More Flexible by 'Outsourcing' Work to Unpaid Consumers". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.

Smith-Campbell, Betty, David Wright and M.E. Samuels. 2007. “Determining the community effects of a rural Federally Qualified Health Center: Hospital ED visits/charges by uninsured and Medicaid individuals”, National Association of Rural Health Annual convention, Anchorage, AK

Steinke, Elaine, David Wright, Misook L. Chung, and Debra K. Moser. 2007. “Sexual Self-Concept, Anxiety, and Self-Efficacy Predict Sexual Activity in Heart Failure and Health Elders”. Paper presentation at the American Heart Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

Wright, David and Rosemary Yeilding. 2007. “Where is Mr.Clean? Household Division of Labor and the Pay Gap Between Men and Women”. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

Wright, David and Earl Wysong. 2007. “What’s Happening to the American Dream?: Sons, Daughters, and Intergenerational Mobility Today”. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2007. “Explaining Variations in Family Friendly Workplace Benefits: Union versus Nonunion Employer Organizations”. Paper presentation at the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Meeting in Gary, IN.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2006. “Is Social Mobility a Social Problem?: Recent Intergenerational Mobility Trends, the American Dream, and the Media”. Paper presentation at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, IN.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2006. “Family Friendly Workplace Benefits in Union and Nonunion Organizations”. Paper presentation at the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Meeting in Gary, IN.

Steinke, Elaine and David Wright. 2006. “Comparison of Response Patterns for Sexual Knowledge Post-MI Using a ‘Don’t know’ Option”. Paper presentation at the 17th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice in Montreal, Canada.

Pickard, Ruth, Lourdes Vazquez and David Wright. 2006. “Moving From Charitable Care to Community Investment: An Oral Health Partnerships Serving Immigrant Populations”. Paper presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Pickard, Ruth, David Wright, Pradeep Atla, Giao Phan, Vinay Madur, and Doreen Ondieki. 2006. “Health Disparities Between Immigrant and Native Dwellers in a Low-Income Neighborhood: It’s Not All About Money”. Paper presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Wright, David and Twyla Hill. 2006. “Older Adults, Computers and the Internet”. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Omaha, NE.

Wright, David and Charles Koeber. 2006. “The Occupational Mobility of Displaced Workers: Evidence from the 2004 Displaced Worker Survey,”. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Omaha, NE.

Pickard, Ruth and David Wright. 2005. “Five Years in Waiting: Health Care for Immigrants”. Paper presentation at the Society for Applied Sociology and the Sociological Practice Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.

Hertzog, Jodie, David Wright and Debra Beat. 2005. “We have a Policy for that: Organizational Dynamics and Sexual Harassment Policies”. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.

Hawley, Donna, Martha Shawver and David Wright. 2005. “A New Examination of the ‘Freshmen Seminar’ at an Urban University: Persistence of Participants and Matched Controls”. Paper presentation at the Association of Institutional Research Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.

Steinke, Elaine and David Wright. 2005. “The Role of Sexual Satisfaction in the Reduction of Post-MI”. Paper presentation at the 16th Annual International Nursing Research Congress Annual Meeting in Waikoloa Village, HI.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2004. “Sweatshops Today: Exploitation or Opportunity?: Marxism versus Capitalism”. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO.

Wright, David. 2004. "Removing Barriers to Program Assessment through the use of Institutional Data". Regents Assessment Conference, Fort Hays State University, KS.

Perrucci, Robert, Earl Wysong and David Wright. 2002. “A New Approach to Class Analysis: The Distributional Model, Social Closure, and Class Polarization”. Paper Presentation at the American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

Wright, David and Jennifer Green. 2002. “Marriage: An Option or Obligation? An Alternative Perspective on the Marriage Premium”. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2001. "The Best of Times, Worst of Times: Variations in Family-Friendly Workplace Benefits". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St.Louis, MO.

Wright, David and Earl Wysong. 2000. “The Family Friendly Workplace: Do Unions Matter?”. Paper Presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.

Wright, David. 1999. “Reconceptualizing Inequality through Alternative Occupational Categorizations”. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.

Wright, David. 1998. “Poverty Counts: Differing Estimates of the Poor and Their Impact on Assessing Welfare Reform”. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO.

Wright, David and Earl Wysong. 1998. “Family-Friendly Workplace Benefits: Policy Mirage, Organizational Context, and Worker Power”. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO.

Wright, David. 1998. “Assessing the ‘Education for What? Workforce Trends Now and in the Future’ Study”. Keynote Speaker at the Kansas Association for Career Services and Employment (KACSE) Annual Conference, Wichita, KS.

Wright, David. 1997. “Three ways to be Poor: Efficacy of the Welfare Reform Law by Three Poverty-defined Groups”. Paper presentation at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, IN.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 1995. “A Decade of DARE: Dispatches from the Drug Education War Zones”. Paper presentation at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.

Wright, David. 1993. "Changing Family/Work Structures and Women's Roles". Paper presentation at the American Association of University Women-Kokomo, Indiana Chapter, Indianapolis, IN.

Wysong, Earl, Rick Aniskiewicz and David Wright. 1993. "Does D.A.R.E. Make a Difference?: Tracking Drug Education to Graduation". Paper presentation at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Annual Meeting in Toledo, OH.

Wright, David. 1992. "Dilemmas in Organizing Graduate Students: Problems with a Transient and Economically Powerless Group". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO.

Wright, David. 1992. "Measuring the Earnings Gap from a Structural Perspective: The Effects of Class and Gender on the Income Determination Process". Symposium paper presentation given at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Fasenfest, David and David Wright. 1991. "Changes in Transfer Payments: A Cause of Rising Poverty". Paper presentation at the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, OH.

Wright, David. 1990. "Class, Gender and Income: The Effects of Domestic Labor Time on the Wage Bundle". Paper presentation at the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Wright, David. 1989. "Structural and Individual Models of Income Determination". Paper presentation at the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Annual Meeting in Berkeley, CA.

Academic Honors and Teaching Awards:

• 1999 Academy of Effective Teaching Award, Wichita State University.
• 1996-1997 Mortar Board Educator Appreciation Award, Wichita State University.
• 1993 and 1992 Amicus Award for Outstanding Teaching by Full-time Faculty, Indiana University at Kokomo.
• 1991 Claude Rich Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching by Adjunct Faculty, Indiana University at Kokomo.
• Outstanding Sociology Student Award for 1986-1987 at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

Professional Memberships:

• American Sociological Association (ASA)
• American Association of University Women (AAUW)
• Association of Institutional Research (AIR)
• Midwest Sociological Society (MSS)
• Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
• Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS)
• Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE)

Regional Institute on Aging, Wichita State University. "A Social Cognitive Sexual Counseling Intervention After Myocardial Infraction ", Elaine Steinke, Victoria Mosack, Jodie Hertzog and David Wright, 2008.

Wichita State University and Creative Activity Research Grant. “Sexual Counseling of Myocardial Patients by Cardiac Nurses”, Elaine Steinke, Victoria Mosack and David Wright, 2008.

The PEW Research Center, Washington, D.C. “Local Employment Migration Patterns and Their Effects on Income Inequality”, with Steve Rose, 2007.

Center for Economic Development and Business Research, Wichita, KS. “Estimating Separation Rates USD 259”, 2007.

Kansas Head Start. KS. "Health Literacy for Parents of Young Children", 2007.

Third Way: A Strategy Center for Progressives. Washington, D.C. Social Stratification in the United States: The New American Profile Poster, Stephen Rose [author], 2007.

National Rural Health Association, Kansas City, MO. “Final Research Report: Influence of the Community Health Center of Southwest Kansas on Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center ED Visits/Costs,” Betty Smith-Campbell, David Wright, and Michael Samuels, 2007.

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Washington, .D.C. "Measuring Up 2006: The National Report Card on Higher Education, and Measuring Up 2006: The State Report Card on Higher Education", 2006.

National Rural Health Association, Kansas City, MO. "Consequences of the Uninsured: Hospital and Community Health Center Costs", Betty Smith-Campbell and David Wright.

Center of Economic Development and Business Research, Wichita, KS, “Occupational Separation Rates by Age Cohorts from 1997 to 2006 from the Current Population Surveys,” 2006.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. “Trends in Educational Degree Credentials Across Occupational Groups”, 2006.

Healthy Options for Planeview (HOP), Physician Assistant Department, Wichita State University, 2006.

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Washington, D.C. "Measuring Up 2004: The National Report Card on Higher Education", 2004.

Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. “Identifying Occupational/Industrial Matrixes to Create a Unified Functional/Locational Coding Schema for Employment Growth Patterns”, 2004.

LSI Logic Corporation, Wichita, KS “Engenio Performance Evaluation Survey for NCR Customer Advocate Storage Solutions”, 2004.

Kansas Health Foundation, Wichita. KS. “Take a Second, Make a Difference, Goes to School,” 2003.
Sedgwick County Health Department, Wichita, KS . Healthy Babies, Inc., 2003.

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Washington, D.C. "Measuring Up 2002: The National Report Card on Higher Education", 2002.

Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. “Aligning the 2000 and 1990 Census Occupational and Industrial 4-digit Classification Code Assignments”, 2002.

Center for Economic Development and Business Research, Wichita, KS. “Montgomery County Employment Needs Assessment”, 2001.

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Washington, D.C. “The Economic Cost of Discrimination: Earnings and Tax Revenue Losses by Race/ethnicity, Education and State”, 2000.

Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. “Expanding the Office Economy: State-level Analysis of the Office Economy Model”, 2000.

Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. "Crossing the Great Divide: Can We Achieve Equity When Generation Y Goes to College", Anthony P. Carnevale and Richard A. Fry, 2000.

Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. “The Office Economy Project: 1999 Update”, 1999.

Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. “Hispanic Employment in Growth Industries,” 1999.

Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. "Minority Participation in Higher Education to 2015: Results from Detailed College Enrollment Projections by State", Anthony Carnevale and Richard Fry, 1998.

Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. "Work Habits of Single Women on Welfare", Donna Desroch, 1998

Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. "Education for What: The New Office Economy", Anthony Carnevale and Stephen Rose, 1997.

Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. “The Misunderstood Service Economy and its Impact on Educational Needs,” 1997.

Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Washington, D.C. "Consumption Patterns of Middle and Low Income Americans: Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey,” David Fasenfest and David Wright, 1996.

National Commission for Employment Policy, Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. "Jobs in the United States in 2005: A Decomposition of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational and Industrial Employment Projections,” David Fasenfest and David Wright, 1996.

W.E.Upjohn Foundation for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI. "Industry Staffing Patterns in the United States, 1989”, authors Stephen Rose and David Fasenfest, 1996.

National Commission for Employment Policy, Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. "An Inquiry into Geographical Patterns of Employment Restructuring and Local Community Responses”, author David Fasenfest, 1994.

Kokomo Center Schools System, Kokomo, IN. “Tracking DARE from 1987 to 1994: Final Evaluation Report on the Impact of DARE Upon Drug Use Rates and Attitudes Among KHS Seniors”, Earl Wysong and David Wright, 1994.

Media:
Interviews and appearances related to gender and race employment discrimination and affirmative action:

• Business Week Magazine (print)
• New York Times (print)The Economist (print)
• Scripps Howard News Service DC (print)
• Talk Radio 1330 KFH The Kathleen Clarke Show (radio)
• KSNW (television)
• Wichita Eagle (print)

Interviews and appearances related to income inequality:

• Business Week Magazine (print)
• Kansas Association for Career Services and Employment (presentation)
• Community Action Network/Living Wage Coalition (presentation)
• Wichita Eagle (print)

Interviews and appearances related to drug use & drug education:

• Business Week Magazine (print)
• Washington Times (print)
• Rolling Stone Magazine (print)
• John Schneider News Hour FOX network (television)
• New Republic (print)
• Patriot News, PA (print)
• KNSS News talk Radio (radio)
• PBS (television)
• Crime Prevention News (print)
• Local news print: Wichita Eagle, Salina Journal, Kokomo Tribune, Southwest Daily Times, Topeka Capital Journal

 

Chair of Thesis and Non-Thesis Projects, Wichita State University:
Thesis Chair:
Blakely, Stephaine Dawn. 2009. “Risk Factors that Affect Test Scores, Specifically Deviant Behavior”, Sociology, completed Spring 2009.

Dingler, Elizabeth Joann. 2009. “Seventy-Eight Pennies for your Thoughts: An Examination of Income Inequality Between Men and Women in the United States”, Sociology, completed Spring 2009.

Espana, Amber Ann. 2009. “Women in the Workforce: How the Wage Gap Affects Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Women’s Income”, Sociology, completed Spring 2009.

Hossian, Mahmood. 2009. “Immigration and Its Impact on the Wage Gap in the United States”, Sociology, completed Spring 2009.

Fussell, Holly. 2008. "No Man Left Behind: Access to Education and Jobs for Men", Sociology, completed Spring.

Hansen, Erin. 2008. "Intergenerational Socioeconomic Mobility: A Comparison of Sons and Daughters", Sociology, completed Spring.

Lyon, Robyn. 2008. "Household Division of Labor and Pay Inequality Between Men and Women", Sociology, completed Spring.

Watanabe, Nanako. 2008. "The Effect of Deviance on Academic Performance", Sociology, completed Spring.

Whitehead, Tisha. 2008. "Educational Risk Factors for Single and Dual Parent Households", Sociology, completed Spring.

Lindeman, Onttu. 2007. "Occupational Sex-Segregation and It's Effect on Income Determination", Sociology, completed Fall.

Moore, Lindsey. 2007. " Deviance and the Conceptual Model Variables and Their Effect on Test Scores", Sociology, completed Fall.

Cusick, Micah. 2007. “Subjectivity in the Formation of Career Aspirations of Teenagers”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Drake, Angela. 2007. “Who’s Your Daddy?: A Comparison of Intergenerational Mobility of Socioeconomic Status for Sons and Daughters”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Duckett, Jacob. 2007. “A Dose of Discrimination: The Gender Wage-Gap Between Men and Women in Medical Professions”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Franks, Tiffany. 2007. “Gender and the Wage Gap: Still Not Equal”, Sociology, completed Spring.
McKenney, Trisha. 2007. “From the Mommy Track to the Family Track: A Comparative Analysis of Employer-Provided Benefits in For-Profit and Non-Profit Organizations”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Rowley, Rochelle. 2007. “No ‘White’ Child Left Behind: The Academic Achievement Gap Between Blacks and Whites”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Barry, Jennifer. 2006. “The Effect of Socio-Economic Status on Academic Achievement”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Dupuis, Laura. 2006. “The Effect of the Household Division of Labor on the Income of Man and Women”, Sociology, completed Fall.

O'Donnell, Joseph. 2006. “The Effect of Unions on Work/Family Benefits”, Sociology, completed Fall.
Simon, Dana M. 2006. “In the Case of Jane v. John: The Gender Pay-Gap in the Government Professions”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Barlow, Heather. 2006. “Rx for Economic Inequality: The Wage-gap Among Men and Women in Health Professions”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Burford, Lindsay. 2006. “To Have or Not to Have: The Effect Children have on Women’s Income”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Cabrales, Cheyla. 2006. “Chicano y Chicana: Income Differences Among the Largest U.S. Hispanic Population”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Feuille, Christopher. 2006. “A Structural Decomposition of the Marriage Premium”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Pettinger, Mark. 2006. “Are Women Still Experiencing Gender Discrimination in Income and Employment Positions? Why the Equal Pay Act May Not Be Enough”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Southworth, Brian. 2006. “Am I Rich Enough to do Well in Math? Math Test Scores and Socio-Economic Status”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Yeilding, Rosemary. 2006. “Where is Mr. Clean? Household Division of Labor and the Pay Gap Between Men and Women”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Crowe, Robin. 2005. “Does It Start in the Home? An Analysis of the Effects of Family Structure on Academic Achievement”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Hull, Amber. 2005. “Will I Ever Work Again? Post-displacement Employment”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Mikal, Darcy. 2005. “Income Inequality: The Cost of Being a Single Woman”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Morey, Alicia. 2005. “The M Factor: The Marriage Premium Benefit for Men”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Neufeld, Ryan. 2005. “From Working for a Living to Searching for a Living, Post-displacement Employment”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Ruchdaschel, Erin. 2005. “Hispanic / Non-Hispanic Wage-Gap: The Cost of Being a Minority”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Victory, Sarah. 2005. “Adolescent Deviance: Why Student Role Performance Matters”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Beat, Debra. 2005. “Income Inequalities: Education and the Black/White Difference in Determining Women's Wages”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Byerlee, Judy. 2005. “The Rise of Single Parent Homes: How Does Family Structure Affect Academic Achievement”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Colvin, Linda. 2005. “The Impact of Education on Women's Income: A Comparison Between Black and White Women”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Engweiler, Lisa. 2005. “The Dollar Dynamic: The Influences of Socioeconomic Status on Academic Achievement”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Epp, Aaron. 2005. “Money Matters: The Wage Gap Between White and Black Men”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Konda, Kurt. 2005. “Still in Second Place: A Multi-dimensional Approach to the Gender Pay-gap”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Stanton, Stacy. 2005. “Occupational Skill: Do Women of Different Racial Backgrounds have the same Income Opportunities”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Williams, Renee. 2004. “Income Inequality: A Gendered Process”, Sociology, completed Fall.
Praheswari, Yuni. 2004. “The Test-Score Gap of Minority and Non-Minority Eight Grade Students: A Quantitative Analysis of Student Role Performance, School and Family”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Farris, Rebecca. 2004. “The Hispanic Wage Gap: Gender and Ethnic Processes in the Determination of Income”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Parks, Laura. 2004.” Wage Inequalities Among Women: A Comparative Study of Differences in Marital Status”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Scoggin, Bethany. 2004. “Academic Achievement: Inherent Differences or Outside Influences?” Sociology, completed Spring.

Triana, Natalie. 2004. “Battle of the Sexes: A Structural/Feminist Analysis of the Income Gap Between Men and Women”, Sociology, completed Spring

Mooers, Jeannine Nicole. 2003. “The Wage Gap: A Gendered Perspective of Economic Positioning and Income Inequality”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Brown, Edith Ann. 2003. “Who Does Not Retire”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Long, Lisa Kay. 2003. “Stratification of Retirement”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Stanley, Skye. 2003. “The Gendered Wage Gap: Why Do Women Make Less Money Than Men?”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Vermillion, Mark. 2003. “The Relationship of Sports Participation and Deviant Behavior in Adolescents”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Green, Jennifer. 2001. “The Impact of Educational Attainment on the Gender Wage Gap of Full-time Workers in the U.S.”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Al-Modaf, Obaid. 1999. “The Relationship Between Consumption and Social Class”, Sociology, completed Summer.

Massoni, Kelley. 1999. “The Relationship of Adolescent Aspirations to Adult Attainment: A Trend Analysis”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Deines, Teresa. 1998. “Managing Health Care Issues Among Older Inmates Within the Correctional Setting: A Mandate for Improved Data Collection”, Sociology, completed Summer.

Plickert, Gabriele. 1997. “The Effects of Parental Involvement and Home Resources on Student Standardized Test Scores”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Reed, Aimee Christine. 1995. “The Effects of Family Structure on Adolescent Educational Aspirations”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Winters, Jamie E. 1995. “The Role of Ethnicity in the Classroom: The Effects of Match-Mismatch Teacher/Student Ethnicity on Teacher’s Assessments of Student Role Performance”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Hamada, Megumi. 1995. “Are ‘Family Friendly’ Policies Actually Women Unfriendly?”, Sociology, completed Fall.

 

Non-thesis Chair:
Ayres, Joseph. 2008. "Lean and Mean: Wage Differentials Between Managers and Workers in Manufacturing", Sociology, completed Summer.

Smith, Dwayne. 2007. “Access Denied: Older Americans Choose the Internet for their Access Needs”, Sociology, completed Summer.

Jones, Virginia. 2006. “Job Displacement: Investing 30 Years in a Company Only to be Outsourced Eleven Months Shy of Retirement”, Sociology, completed Summer.

Lynn, Rachelle. 2006. “Legal Disparities: An Analysis of the Gender Wage-gap in the Legal Profession”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Van Sickle, Jason. 2005. “Income Inequity Among Men and Women and the Effects of Human Capital versus Structural Predictors”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Wood, Kiela. 2004. “Gender and Juvenile Delinquency in an Educational Environment”, Sociology, completed Summer.

Freeland, David Henry. 2003. “Deviance in Schools”, Sociology, completed Spring.
George, Gene. 2003. “Residence of the Elderly”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Kimbell, Rebecca. 2003. “Income Inequality”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Osborne, Jennifer. 2003. “Deviance in Relation to Family, Student Role Performance, and School”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Swinton, Mary Jo. 2003. “Do Parents Matter? A Look at Factors Influencing Education”, Sociology, completed Spring.

West, Debra. 2003. “Wage Gap: A Push-Pull Dilemma”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Rhodes, Suanne. 2002. “Gender, Race and Income Determination: An Analysis of Male-Female and White-non White Wage Discrepancies”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Gemas, Nicholas. 2002. “Institutional Views of Gender-based Income Disparity”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Bennett, Kimberly. 2001. “An Examination of Juvenile Delinquency in Single Parent Households”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Fulghum, Kimberly. 2001. “Juvenile Delinquency: A Product of our Failing Society”, Sociology, completed Fall.

McAtee, Megan. 2001. “An Examination of the Effects of Gender on Juvenile Delinquency”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Smith, David. 2001. “Delinquency in Schools and Academic Achievement”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Beemer, Willena. 2001 “Income Determination and Marital Status: An Analysis of Male-Female Wage Differentials”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Crickard, Elizabeth. 2001. “An Examination of Current Wage Discrepancies Between Men and Women”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Reece, Mary. 2001. “Making the Grade: Are Children from Single Parent Families Academically Competitive”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Small, Shirlene. 2001. “Fact or Fiction: The Impact of Racial/Ethnic Differences on Juvenile Delinquency in the Educational System”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Brant, Dedra. 2000. “Why Women Earn Less”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Griggs, Montyca. 2000. “Gender Bias and Job Training: What Types of United States Work Organizations Offer Job Training to Women?”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Hajjar, Phillip. 2000. “The Impact of Socio-Economic Status on Juvenile Educational Deviance”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Hoffman, Justin. 2000. “The Impact of Family Structure on Juvenile Delinquency in Schools”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Hollingsead, Linda. 2000. “The Effects of Race on the Household Division of Labor”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Jordan, Lindsay. 2000. “The Patriarchal Sub-Culture: The Impact of Socio-Economic Status and Patriarchal Values Upon Domestic Abuse”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Kimball, Arnetta. 2000. “Determinants of Work Status Among the Poor”, Sociology, completed Summer.

McFadden, Nicole. 2000. “The Impact of Extra-Curricular Activities on Juvenile Educational Deviance”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Nguyen, Tein. 2000. “School, Family Background, Peers Influence, Student Role Performance, and Juvenile Delinquency”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Schlenk, Maryse. 2000. “The Everlasting Battle of Genders: Income Inequality with same Educational Attainment”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Siroky, Satin. 2000. “The Affects of Household Division of Labor on Marital Satisfaction”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Soria, Heather. 2000. “The Effects of Varsity Sports on Delinquency”, Sociology, completed Spring.
Ancsin, Elizabeth. 1999. “Doing the Dirty Work: Effects of Types of Division of Household Labor on Marital Happiness”, Sociology, completed Summer.

Boaldin, Greg. 1999. “Advertising and the Use of Disabled Persons”, Sociology, completed Spring.
Bressel, Shelby. 1999. “Educational Discrimination by Gender, Social Issues, and Their Relationship to Math/Reading Test Scores Among Adolescent Youth”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Busby, Julie. 1999. “Factors that Contribute to the Academic Resilience and Achievement Among Latino High School Students”, Sociology, completed Spring.

Liby, Yvonne. 1999. “Attitudes Supporting Violent Behavior and Violence Between Couples”, Sociology, completed Summer.

Toon, Jenny. 1999. “Policy Analysis of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993", Sociology, completed Fall.

Wiley, Richard. 1999. “Factors that Contribute to Partner Violence in Current Relationships”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Hall, James. 1998. “The Relationship Between School Varsity Sports Participation and Delinquency”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Kim, Calvin. 1998. “The Wage Gap: Factors Significant in the Income Determination Process for Men and Women”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Walters, Dana. 1998. “The Effects of Institutional Rules of Governance on Student Deviance”, Sociology, completed Fall.

Waltner, Kimberly. 1996. “Impact of Divorce on the Educational Achievement of Children”, Sociology, completed Summer.

Blackman, Jeffrey. 1995. “Changes in Workplace Autonomy: Empowerment or Exploitation”, Sociology, completed Spring.