\n\tAssociate Professor of Sociology
\n\tEmail: thomas.m.kersen@jsums.edu
\n\tPhone: 601.979.3040
\n\tLocation: Liberal Arts 305\n<\/p>\n
\n\tDegrees:<\/strong> \n\tResearch Interests:<\/strong> \n\tCourses Taught:<\/strong> \n\tGraduate<\/u> \n\tProfessional Memberships:<\/strong> \n\tRecent Publications and\/or Creative Works:<\/strong> \n\tRefereed Journal Articles<\/u> Associate Professor of Sociology Email: thomas.m.kersen@jsums.edu Phone: 601.979.3040 Location: Liberal Arts 305 Degrees: Ph.D., Mississippi State University, Sociology, 2003 M.S., University of Central Arkansas, Sociology, 1996 B.A., Arkansas Tech University, Sociology, 1994 A.A., City Colleges of Chicago, 1992 Research Interests: Sociology of religion and spirituality, population studies, military sociology, civic roles and need for of liberal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/criminaljustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/criminaljustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/criminaljustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/criminaljustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/criminaljustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/criminaljustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/criminaljustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/363\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/criminaljustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\tPh.D., Mississippi State University, Sociology, 2003
\n\tM.S., University of Central Arkansas, Sociology, 1996
\n\tB.A., Arkansas Tech University, Sociology, 1994
\n\tA.A., City Colleges of Chicago, 1992\n<\/p>\n
\n\tSociology of religion and spirituality, population studies, military sociology, civic roles and
\n\tneed for of liberal arts and humanities in the public arena, community and communal living\n<\/p>\n
\n\tUndergraduate<\/u>
\n\tIntroduction to Sociology
\n\tCultural Anthropology
\n\tCommunity Organization
\n\tSocial Psychology
\n\tSocial Statistics
\n\tMethods of Social Research
\n\tDevelopment of Social Theory
\n\tSpecial Topics (Sociology of Religion)
\n\tSeminar in Sociology (capstone course)
\n\tUniversity Success\n<\/p>\n
\n\tHistory of Sociology
\n\tRecent Social Theory
\n\tMethods of Social Research
\n\tSpecial Topics
\n\tResearch and Statistics\n<\/p>\n
\n\tSociety for the Scientific Study of Religion. (August 2009 – Present)
\n\tAlabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. (August 2004 – Present)
\n\tFellow, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society. (2002 – Present)\n<\/p>\n
\n\t1. Kersen, Thomas. 2015. “The Power of the Quest Narrative: Metaphor, Modernity,
\n\tand Transformation.” In Patsy J. Daniel (Ed.) The Power of the Word: The Sacred
\n\tand the Profane. Cambridge, UK:Cambridge Scholars Publishing.\n<\/p>\n
\n\t1. Kersen, Thomas and Pizzetta, Candis. Forthcoming. “Exploring Regional Identity
\n\tin Arkansas: The Salience of the Ozark Term.” Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozark Studies.
\n\t2. Kersen, Thomas. 2016. “Insider\/Outsider: The Unique Nature of the Sociological
\n\tPerspective and Practice. Journal of Applied Social Science 1-9.
\n\t3. Mawson, Anthony, Kersen, Thomas, and Callender, Jassen. 2013. “Retrofitting the
\n\tBuilt Environment for the 21st Century.” Design & Health Scientific Review April: 64-69.
\n\t4. Kersen, Thomas, Hudiburg, Richard, and Bates, Larry. 2013.
\n\t“Exploring the Mystical Side of Running.” The Researcher 26 (1): 49-69.
\n\t5. Kersen, Thomas. 2012. “Trends in Military Enlisted Occupational Gender Segregation,
\n\t1975 to 2008.” The Researcher 25 (1):109-123.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"