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Sociology Publications

Authored or Edited by Sociology Faculty

Dr. Rifat Akhter  

Chapters authored by Dr. Akhter

A graphic of a group of children sitting in a grassy area above the title, "Handbook on Child and Adolescent Behavior and Health"

Chapter 8, “Adolescent Fertility, Internet Usage, and Cyber-Feminism: Cross National Study Using Bio-Ecological Framework”

 

 

 

 

 

On a black background, three colored text blocks provide the title, "Introduction to Sociology: A Collaborative Approach", Fifth Edition

“Population” chapter in  Introduction To Sociology: A Collaborative Approach 4th/2014 & 5th/2016 editions.

(Peer Reviewed chapter. Reviewed by Mary C. Waters, M.E.)

 

 

 

 

Dr. Stacy Lom

Chapters authored by Dr. Lom

On a light green and yellow background, the title and editors are displayed: "Making Things Valuable", edited by Martin Kornberger, Lise Justesen, Anders Koed Madsen, and Jan MourtsenChapter 1, “Noticing Numbers: How Quantification Changes What We See and What We Don’t,” Wendy Nelson Espeland and Stacy E. Lom

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Gordon Shepherd, Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Books authored by Dr. Shepherd

On a beige background, the top half of the cover shows a pair of young boys playing in the snow; the bottom half shows those two boys grown into young men. Between the two pictures reads the title, "Growing up in the City of the Saints", by Gordon Shepherd and Gary Shepherd. The back side of the cover, shown on the left, reads their brief biography and more recent pictures of the two brothers. On a sheer orange fading to white and then to blue cover, a young woman with a pair of hands on top of her head is shown with the title, "Binding Earth and Heaven: Patriarchal Blessings in the Prophetic Development of Early Mormonism" by Gary Shepherd and Gordon Shepherd.

On a black background, the cover depicts a pair of child-sized hands with a small rock that has a cross painted on it. The cover reads, "Talking With the Children of God: Prophecy and Transformation in a Radical Religious Group" by Gordon Shepherd and Gary Shepherd.On a dark teal background, in the top left corner is a black and white photograph of the person discussed in the book, and the bottom right corner shows a much larger and recent photo of her. The top right section reads the title, "Jan Shipps: A Social and Intellectual Portrait"; in the bottom left section, it reads "How a Methodist Girl from Hueytown, Alabama, became an acclaimed Mormon Studies scholar".The cover portrays a large church sanctuary with a massive organ behind the pulpit; the cover reads: "A Kingdom Transformed: Early Mormonism and the Modern LDS Church" by Gordon Shepherd and Gary Shepherd.

Edited by Dr. Shepherd

The cover shows a view of a large body of water in front of a large, lavish church; the title reading: "The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mormonism" on a dark blue background. On a white background with repeated grey womens' symbols displayed, the cover reads: "Voices for Equality: Ordained Women and Resurgent Mormon Feminism".