Mary Ellen Brooks, PhD

Specialties and Interests | Programs and Research Projects | Courses Taught | Selected Publications | Dissertations Chaired | Professional Activities | Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors | Interests and Hobbies

Specialties and Interests

• Future Studies
• Sociology of Science
• Qualitative and Quantitative Methods of Social and Behavioral Research
• Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Studies
• Sociology of Learning

Programs and Research Projects

• Coordinator, undergraduate sociology program
• Scholarly work: intellectual biography of Dr. Jonas Salk
• Educational Research: comprehensive case study of Guajome Park Academy, awarded New American High School status in 2002

Courses Taught

• SOC 2201: Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 2202: U.S. Diversity: Ethnicity, Class, and Gender
• SOC 2205: The Family in the U.S.
• SOC 2210: Sociology of Interpersonal Interactions
• SOC 3301: Social Problems
• SOC 3305: Deviant Behavior
• SOC 3310: Family and Kinship in a Multicultural Context
• SOC 3315: Sociology of Intercultural Relations
• SOC 3500: Social Conflict and Resolution
• SOC 4010: Social Inequality in the U.S.
• SOC 4021: Collective Behavior in Diverse Contexts
• SOC 4025: Perspectives on the Future of Human Society
• ATH 4000: Cultural Anthropology
• EDU 7036: Qualitative Research
• EDU 7030: Research Design
• EDU 7901: Dissertation Plan
• EDU 7902: Dissertation Proposal

Selected Publications

• Jonas Salk: The Logic and the Magic (in progress)

Dissertations Chaired

• Cheryl Clark
• Developmental Patterns and Themes in the Emergent Writing of Students from English and Spanish Backgrounds, Trudy J. LeClair, 2000
• Educational Reform in a California High School: One School"s Response to Meeting the (Second to None) Vision for Secondary Education in California, Michael Lewis, 1999
• Action Research as an Intervention Strategy to Implement Mental Health Services in a Head Start Program, Linda Rivkin, 1999
• Career Motherhood, Pam Laidlaw, 1994

Professional Activities

• Member, Board of Directors, Guajome Park Academy

Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors

• Listed in Who's Who among America's Teachers (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
• Recipient of Distinguished Alumni Award, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 2002.

Interests and Hobbies

• Singing (operatic, classical, and choral)