Dr. Jeffrey R. McDade
Graceland University
Lamoni, Iowa, 50140
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Sociology, Kansas State University, 1997.
- Masters of Science, Counseling and Student Personnel Services, Kansas State University, 1989.
- Masters of Arts, Sociology, Kansas State University, 1982.
- Bachelor of Science, Corrections Administration and Psychology, Kansas State University, 1976.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Academic Positions
2005- Associate Professor of Sociology, Graceland University, Department of Sociology, Lamoni, Iowa.
2003-2005 Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Graceland University, Department of Sociology, Lamoni, Iowa.
1999-2003 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Washburn University, Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Topeka, Kansas.
1997-1999 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Graceland College, Department of Sociology; Lamoni, Iowa.
1996-1997 Instructor of Sociology, Graceland College, Department of Sociology, Lamoni, Iowa.
1993-1996 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Kansas State University; Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work; Manhattan, Kansas. Taught total of 27 c.h.
1982 Instructor, Kansas State University, Continuing Education Division. Taught Introduction to Sociology on the Ft. Riley, Kansas campus.
1980 Instructor, Kansas State University. Taught Juvenile Delinquency for Summer Session.
1978-1979 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
Professional Positions
1991-1993 Residence Manager, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.
1989-1991 Director of Residence Life, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
1982-1983 Residential Program Director, Larimer County Community Corrections Department, Ft. Collins, Colorado.
1979-1982 Residence Hall Director, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
1977-1978 Correctional Counselor, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas.
1976-1977 Correctional Officer, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas.
PUBLICATIONS and SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Publications – Books
Jeffrey R. McDade
February, 2009. The Birth of the American Indian Manual Labor Boarding School: Social Control through Culture Destruction, 1820-1850. Edwin Mellen Press: New York/London.
Publications – Articles in Professional Journals or Series
Jeffrey R. McDade
1999 “Social Control and the Native American: the Nineteenth Century Manual Labor Boarding School.” Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, volume 21. JAI press.
Jeffrey R. McDade and Leon H. Rappoport
2000 “From Existential Angst to Possible Selves: Culture Personality Trends Since 1950." Mentalities, volume , no. 2. Journal of The Institute for the History of Mentalities. Outrigger Publ: Hamilton, New Zealand.
Jeffrey R. McDade
2003 “Nineteenth Century Asylums for Native American Youth.” Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, published by the Oklahoma Sociology Association. Volume 3, Number 2, November 2003.
Presentations at Professional Meetings
Jeffrey R. McDade
1998 “Social Control and the Native American: the Nineteenth Century Manual Labor Boarding School.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society. April, Kansas City.
Jeffrey R. McDade
1999 “George Herbert Mead’s Search for the Generalized Other.” Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April , Minneapolis.
Jeffrey R. McDade
2002 “Revisiting Mead’s Conception of Social Control.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April, Milwaukee.
Jeffrey R. McDade
2002 “Is It Psychologically Impossible to Love the Sin and Hate the Sinner? Revisiting G.H. Mead’s Conception of the ‘Other’ in Relation to Social Control.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Society, August, Chicago.
Jeffrey R. McDade
2003 “Mead on Popular Culture and the Nature of Aesthetic Experience; an Interpretation for the 21st Century.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April 16-19, in Chicago.
Jeffrey R. McDade
2005 “Revisiting Sorokin’s ‘Crisis’ in the System of Truth; Prophetic or Flawed Analysis?” Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Academic Presentations – Campus/Community
March 30, 2000. Washburn University. Co-presenter at President’s Roundtable IV. Topic: “Who’s Responsible for Juvenile Crime?”
March 19, 2001. Grace United Methodist Church, Emporia, Kansas. Co-speaker at forum on capital punishment, sponsored by the Journey for Justice Coalition.
November 29, 2001. Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence, Kansas. Member of panel invited to speak to a public forum on capital punishment, sponsored by the Kansas University Green Party.
February 25, 2002. House Judiciary Committee, Kansas State Legislature. Presented testimony regarding the deterrent potential of House Bill 2986 on behalf of the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
March 9, 2005. Graceland University. Panel presenter for Worldwide Forum and Peace Studies Committee program entitled “The Torture Question.”
October 10, 2006. Graceland University. Panel discussant for History Club program on racism to coincide with the Free at Last exhibit.
Professional Conferences Attended
1996 Midwest Sociological Society, April, Chicago, Illinois.
1997 Midwest Sociological Society, April, Des Moines, Iowa.
2004 Iowa Sociological Association, March, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
2004 Midwest Sociological Society, April, Kansas City, Missouri.
2005 Midwest Sociological Society, April, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2005 Iowa Sociological Association, April, Lamoni, Iowa.
2005 Iowa Chapter, AAUP, Spring conference, Drake U., Des Moines, Iowa.
2006 Midwest Sociological Society, April, Omaha, Nebraska.
2006 Iowa Sociological Association, April, Iowa City, Iowa.
2006 Iowa Chapter, AAUP, Spring conference, Grandview College, Des Moines, Iowa.
2007 Iowa Sociological Association, April, Decorah, Iowa.
2008 Midwest Sociological Society, April, St. Louis, Missouri.
2008 Iowa Sociological Association, April, Grinnell, Iowa.
2009 Midwest Sociological Society, April, Des Moines, Iowa.
Other Scholarly Activities
2002 Served as a resource for information and interviewed and quoted in a feature article on poverty and crime for the Topeka Capitol-Journal, the major newspaper for the capitol city of Kansas, November, 2002.
2003-2007 Associate Editor, Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, published by the Oklahoma Sociology Association.
Professional Service
2006. Presider, Session on “Pragmatism and Sociology,” Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, April, 2006, Omaha, Nebraska.
2008. Judge, Student Paper Competition for the Iowa Sociological Association Meeting, April, 2008. Grinnell, Iowa.
2009 Session Organizer and Presider, “History of Sociology and Sociological Theory,” Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, April, 2009, Des Moines, Iowa.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Sociological Association Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Midwest Sociological Society American Association of University Professors
American Society of Criminology
Teaching experience: Undergraduate courses
Criminology Victimology Sociology Seminar
Introduction to Criminal Justice Social Problems Sociological Theory
Corrections in America Sociology of Everyday Life Racism and Discrimination
Policing in America Sociology of Deviance Intro to Sociology
Correctional Case Management Cultural Anthropology Law and Society Juvenile Delinquency Advanced Topics: Anthropology Social Inequality
Areas of Research Interest
Social psychology of George Herbert Mead; Native Americans --the history of cultural conflict with Europeans; penal institutions--the history, structure, and practice; the history and theory of punishment and social control.
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY
Committees
2005-09 Sociology Department Coordinator
Peace Studies Committee
Institutional Review Board-(Chair 2008- )
2004-05 Liberal Studies Committee
2003-04 Council on Student Welfare
Liberal Studies Committee
2002-03 College Faculty Council of the College of Arts and Sciences
Resources Committee of the CFC
Ad Hoc Committee, Mission Statement for College of Arts and Sciences
2001-02 College Faculty Council of the College of Arts and Sciences
Resources Committee of the CFC
Chair, Search Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Phi Kappa Phi Nominating Committee, Washburn University Chapter
2000-01 College Faculty Council of the College of Arts and Sciences
Resources Committee of the CFC
Assessment Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
1998-99 General Education Committee, Liberal Studies Committee, Council on Student Welfare
Partnership Coordinator for Criminal Justice Program - Departmental liaison to Distance Learning office for curriculum, course offerings and scheduling, faculty teaching assignments, certification of adjunct faculty
Title III Task Force - provided oversight of Title III grant
1997-98 General Education Committee, Liberal Studies Committee, Student Life Committee - Awards
Partnership Coordinator for Criminal Justice Program
1996-97 General Education Committee #6, Liberal Studies Committee, Student Life Committee - Awards, Parking Appeals Committee (Spring)
1991-93 Private Donors Scholarship Selection Committee, University of Missouri- Kansas City.
1989-91 Student Affairs Committee, Freshman Orientation Committee, Advisor to Campus Judicial Board, Coe College.
1981-82 Advisor to Judicial Council for Association of Residence Halls, Kansas State University.
Campus
2003-2006 Faculty Advisor to Criminal Justice Society, student organization for majors.
2002-2003 1. Member - Washburn University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.
2. Volunteer Judge, annual High Q competition, sponsored by Washburn University.
2001-2002 1. Volunteer Judge, annual High Q competition, sponsored by Washburn University.
2. Member - Washburn University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.
2000-2001 1. Faculty Advisor for Sociology/Anthropology Club.
2. Volunteer Judge, annual High Q competition
3. Department Coordinator for University Untied Way Campaign, October.
4. Junior Mentor, New Faculty Development Program
5. Member - Washburn University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
1999-2000 1. Department Coordinator for University United Way Campaign, October 1999.
2. Volunteer Judge for annual High Q competition
3. Member - Washburn University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
1998-1999 1. Faculty advisor to Criminal Justice Society.
2. Faculty advisor to campus Amnesty International chapter.
1997-1998 1. Faculty advisor to Criminal Justice Society.
Community
2006 (Spring) Delegate, Democratic County Convention, Decatur County, Leon, Iowa
elected Affirmative Action officer for Decatur County Democratic Party for one term
2004 (Fall) Precinct Captain, Precinct 2, Democratic Party, Lamoni, Iowa.
2000-2003 Member, Board of Directors, Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
1997 At the request of the Chief of Police, I served as the community representative on the Deadly Force Review Board for the Lamoni Police Department in October, 1997. This board was impaneled to review an incident involving a member of the Lamoni Police force.
