BIOGRAPHY

Anthony Troy Adams, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, and Chair
Education/Discipline:

Ph.D. (Sociology), 1990, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

M.A. (Sociology), 1987, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Graduate Studies in Sociology, 1983 -1985, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.

B.S. (Criminology & Criminal Justice), 1983, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.


Specialties:

School violence and discipline, inequalities in education, scholarship of teaching and learning, Service-learning, and a new research exploration on geographical-spatial distribution of nutrition and its correlates race and class. 

Courses taught:

Introduction to Sociology (Principles)
Social Statistics
Research Methods
Applied Sociology
Sociology of Education
Sociology of Sport
Special Topics: Discipline, Social Control, & School Violence
Social Stratification

Research

Henderson, Howard M., Anthony Troy Adams, Elycia S. Daniel, and David A. Rembert. (2007). “The Predictive Utility of the Wisconsin Risk Needs Assessment Instrument in a Sample of Successfully Released Texas Probationers.” International Journal of Crime, Criminal Justice, and Law (forthcoming) .

Adams, A.T.  (2006).  Book review of Uniforms in Public Schools:  A Decade of Research and Debate (David L. Brunsma, Rowman & Littlefield Education, Lanham, Maryland 2006) in Contemporary Sociology 35 (6): 634-636.

Adams, A. Troy, Kristine J. Ajrouch, Howard Henderson, and Irene Heard.  (2005). “Service-Learning Outcomes Research:  The Role and Scarcity of Replication Studies.”   Journal of Applied Sociology Vol. 22, No.2/Vo. 7 No.2 (Fall-Winter): 55-74.

Adams, A.T. and Kenneth Kelso. (2003). “Evaluation of Telementoring Service-Learning in an Introduction to Sociology Course.”  Michigan Sociological Review 17: 45-66.

Adams, A.T.  (2000). “The Status of School Discipline and Violence.”  The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 567 (January):  140-156.

Honors/Awards

17 th Annual Teaching Excellence Award , Eastern Michigan University Alumni Association, Ypsilanti, MI, September 22, 2007

Outstanding Faculty in Supplemental Instruction , Eastern Michigan University, Holman Learning Center, Division of Enrollment Services, April 2006.