William H. Norman's Vita<!wide>

Professor of Sociology

Office Phone: 641-784-5181
Email: norman@graceland.edu

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Sociology - University of Iowa (1980)
• Ph.D., Dissertation: "A Field Study of Weight-Loss Groups"
• M.A., Sociology - Universiy of Northern Iowa (1973)
• M.A., Thesis: "The Relationship Between Tolerance/Intolerance and Organization of Self-Conceptions"
• B.A., Social Studies - University of Northern Iowa (1965)

RESEARCH INTRESTS

• Young adults' expectations of marriage and family life

PUBLICATIONS

• "Students as Thoeorists in a Criminology Course," Teaching Sociology (Vol. 19, No. 2) 1991
• "The Ideology of Victim-Precipitation," with Doug A. Timmer, Criminal Justice Review (Vol. 19, No. 2) 1984
• "Self-Blame in Self-Help: Differences in Two Self-Help Groups," Journal of Applied Social Sciences, (Vol. 8, No. 1) Fall-Winter, 1983-84
• "Asceticism in Mysticism: Transcendental Meditation," Sociological Spectrum (Vol. 2, No. 3-4) 1982
• "The Practical Utility of Introductory Sociology," The Humanist Sociologist (Vol. 6, No. 3) 1981

PROFESSONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Amreican Sociological Association
• Midwest Sociological Society
• Iowa Sociological Association

COLLEGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 1984-Present
  • Department of Sociology, Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa
  • Associate Professor and Professor of Sociology

• 1976-1984
  • Department of Sociology and Social Work, Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa
  • Instructor and Assistant Professor
  • Chairperson, 1979-1984

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

• 1968-1972: Active Duty, U.S. Navy
• 1965-1968: High School Social Studies Teacher, Gladbrook Community Schools, Gladbrook, Iowa

BOOK REVIEWS

• Review of Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: Revival of Religious Fundamentalism in East and West, edited by Bronislaw Misztal and Anson Shupe, Sociology of Religion (Vol. 55, No. 1) 1994
• Review of Women, Family, and Utopia by Lawrence Foster, John Witmer Historical Journal (Vol. 13) 1993
• Review of In Gods We Trust, New Patterns of Religious Pluralism in America, 2nd Edition, by Thomas Robbins and Dick Anthony, Sociological Analysis (Vol. 52, No. 1) 1991
• Review of Understanding CUlts and New Religions by Irving Hexham an dKarla Poewe, and The Lure of the DCults and New Religions by Ronald Enroth, Sociological Analysis (Vol. 49, No. 4) 1989
• Review of Hare Krishna in America by E. Burke Rochford, Jr., Sociological Analysis (Vol. 49, No. 2) 1988
• Review of Mormon Polygamous Families, Life in the Principle by Jesse Embry, John Whitmer Historical Journal (Vol. 8) 1988
• Review of the Complex Forms of the Religious Life by Francis Westley, Sociological Analysis (Vol. 46, No. 1) 1985
• Review of Beginnings in Ritual Studies by Ronald Grimes, Sociological Analysis (Vol. 44, No. 3) 1983
• Review of Women's Worth by Lisa Leghorn and Katherine Parker, Journal of Marriage and the Family (Vol. 44, No. 2) 1982

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Panel Member, "Post-Secondary Academic Employment Options," Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, 1999.
• Leader, Roundtable discussion, "Research Projects in Introductory Sociology," Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, 1989
• "A Survey Research Project for Introductory Classes," Presented to the National Social Science Association Regional Conference, Kansas City, 1989
• Discussant for papers in the "New Religions" Section, Association for the Sociology of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1987
• "How You Gonna Keep'em Down on the Farm?" Presented to the Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1985
• "The Ideology of Victim Precipitation," with D. Timmer. Presented to the American Society of Criminology's 35th Annual Meeting, Denver, 1983
• "Transcendental Meditation: Asceticism in Mysticism," with O. Newsome. Presented to the Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, 1976

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES

• 2005 - 2006: President, Iowa Sociological Society
• 1999: Participant, "Computers in the Social Science Classroom" workshop, MicroCase Corporation, Seattle
• 1998 - 2001: Member, Committee on Standards, Training, and Employment, Midwest Sociological Society
• 1997: Sabbatical Leave, Graceland University
• 1997: Member, Local Arrangements Committee, Midwest Sociological Society
• 1997: Participant, course conversion project, funded by Title III, Graceland University
• 1995-1998: Member, Resolutions Committee, Midwest Sociological Society; Chairperson, 1997-98
• 1991: Member, Local Arrangements Committee, Midwest Sociological Society
• 1991: Participant, Chautauqua on Recent Revolutions in Eastern Europe, Temple University, Philadelphia
• 1989: Participant, Summer Gerontology Workshop, University of Iowa
• 1887: Participant, ASA-sponsored workshop, Computers in Sociology, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
• 1980-1982: Participant, Computer-assisted instruction project, funded by National Science Foundation, Clarke College
• 1981: Participant, ASA-sponsored teaching workshop, Evanston, Illinois
• 1979: Supervisor, survey of Jackson County, Iowa, taxpayers, funded by Internal Revenue Service