James E. Hawdon
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Joined Virginia Tech: 2004
| Bachelor's | Pennsylvania State University |
| Master's | University of Virginia |
| Ph.D. | University of Virginia |
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
The Sociology of Drug Use
Social Capital and Crime
Violence and Social Control
RECENT AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Recipient, Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Sociology, Virginia Tech, 2006.
Adele Mellen Prize for Contributions to Scholarship for the book Drugs and Alcohol Consumption as a Function of Social Structure: A Cross-Cultural Sociology.
Recipient of the 2004 Distinguished Faculty Award for Contributions to the Department, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Clemson University.
2000 Nominee for the College of Business and Public Affairs Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award.
Nominee for the 1998 Conference of Southern Graduate Schools Achievement Award for New Scholars.
Awarded research grant by the National Funding Collaborative on Violence Prevention to conduct a cross-site evaluation of 12 community-based anti-violence programs, 2000 - 2002.
Awarded research grants (with J. Ryan) by the Spartanburg Stop the Violence Collaborative to evaluate a community-based anti-violence program, 1996 - 2004.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Books
Hawdon, James E. 2005. Drugs and Alcohol Consumption as a Function of Social Structure: A Cross-Cultural Sociology. Lewistown, N.Y.: Mellen Press.
Articles
Hawdon, James and John Ryan. “Social Capital, Social Control and Crime,” Forthcoming, Crime and Delinquency.
Rothwell, Virginia and James Hawdon. 2007. “Science, Individualism and Attitudes towards Deviance: The Influence of Modernization and Rationalization.” Forthcoming, Deviant Behavior.
Atkins, Randolph and James Hawdon. “The Importance of Religious and Spiritual Beliefs in Matching Participants in Substance Abuse Recovery to Appropriate Mutual-Aid Support Groups,” Forthcoming, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
Hawdon, James and Robert F. Kelly. 2005. “Graduate Internships in Applied Sociology: Program Development and Management.” Pp. 123-142 in Richard Salem (ed), Handbook of Internships in Sociology. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association.
Rog, Debra, Nicole Boback, James E. Hawdon, Heather Barton-Villagrana, Jamie Kridler, Pam Jenkins, Tom Reischl, Patricia Bennett, John Cardwell, and Jessica Diaz. 2004. “A Cross-site Evaluation of Community Based Anti-Crime Initiatives.” Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning, 27 (3): 249 – 261.
Hawdon, James E. 2004. "Drug Use in Middle School: Assessing Attitudinal and Behavioral Predictors," Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 32: 59 - 72.
Witte, James C., Roy Pargas, Catherine Mobley and James Hawdon. 2004. "The Effects of Images in Web Surveys: An Experiment." Social Science Computer Review. 22 (3): 363- 369.
Hawdon, James, John Ryan, and Sean P. Griffin. 2003. "Policing Tactics and Perceptions of Police Legitimacy." Police Quarterly, 6: 469 - 491.
Hawdon, James and John Ryan. 2003. "Police-Resident Interactions and Satisfaction with Police: An Empirical Test of Community Policing Assertions," Criminal Justice Policy Review, 14: 55 - 74.
Hawdon, James E. 2003. "A Review of Crime, Disorder and Community Safety," Contemporary Sociology, 32 (1): 105 - 106.
Ryan, John, James Hawdon, and Allison Branick. 2002. "The Political Economy of Diversity: Diversity in Fortune 500 Companies," Sociological Research Online, 7 (1): www.socresonline.org.uk/.
Hawdon, James E. 2001. "The Role of Presidential Rhetoric in the Creation of a Moral Panic: Reagan, Bush, and the War on Drugs" Deviant Behavior, 22 (5): 419 - 445.
Hawdon, James E. Catherine Mobley. 2001. "Applied Sociology: What Skills Are Important?," Social Insight, 6 (Fall): 12 - 20.
Hawdon, James E., John Ryan, and Catherine Mobley 2000. "An Evaluation of Community Anti-Violence Programs: Implications of Some Preliminary Findings," Journal of Community Research, 10: 163-185.
Hawdon, James E. 1999. "Daily Routines and Crime: Using Routine Activities as Measures of Hirschi's Involvements," Youth and Society, 30: 395 - 415.
Ryan, John, Michael Hughes and James E. Hawdon. 1998. "Marital Status and General-life Satisfaction: A Cross-National Comparison," International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 39: 224 - 236.
GRANTS:
Bradburn, Isabel, James Hawdon, and Donna Sedgwick. “An Evaluation of Virginia’s Pre-School Initiative Program” $150,000 from the Virginia Department of Education.
Hawdon, James and John Ryan. 2007. “Campus Violence: Exploring a Community’s Response."