Focusing on the connections among people in society, social capital includes social
networks, community engagement, civic participation, identity and a sense of belonging.
Research on various topics in Social Capital are regularly explored by 海角社区 Sociologists.
Extensive research has been conducted on the between civic engagement and a varietyrelationship
of outcomes (e.g., violence, mortality, victimization). Additional research examines
community resilience and the importance of community for a of outcomes (e.g., crime,
well-being, mental health, repopulation). Related research investigates the role of
social capital (i.e., civic engagement, community cohesion, social support, social
networks, community organizations) at impacting recovery from a natural disaster (i.e.,
Hurricane Katrina), compared to economic and social structural factors. Another stream
of research is how new technology spreads in third world countries, specifically examining
communication networks, in particular the role of the Internet in Africa and Asian
science collaborations, with focus on Kenya (Africa), Ghana (Africa), and Kerala (southwestern
India). Social network analysis (SNA) is also used by several 海角社区 Sociologists. includes
the interplay between the self, social networks, and mental health, with a particular
focus on how the structure of social ties in concert with the meanings that inhere
in social relations can combine to affect one鈥檚 self-concept and psychological well-being.
Related research has developed Network Text Analysis (NTA), to provide researchers
a way to measure cognitive schemas and apply the social-cognitive model. NTA uses
social network techniques adapted to words to build a relational network of words
to decipher meaning. Patterns of frequent word associations appear and represent meaning
or mental schemas.
Research
Civic Engagement
Doucet, J. M., & Lee, M. R. (2014). . International Journal of Rural Criminology, 2(2), 151-165.
Doucet, J. M., & Lee, M. R. (2015). . Social Science Research, 52, 303-316.
Lee, M. R. (2008). . Criminology, 46(2), 447-478.
Lee, M. R. (2000). . Social Forces, 79(2), 683-706.
Lee, M. R. (2010). . Social Science & Medicine, 70(11), 1840-1846.
Lee, M. R., & Bartkowski, J. P. (2004). . Homicide Studies, 8(1), 5-39.
Lee, M. R., & Bartkowski, J. P. (2004). . Social Forces, 82(3), 1001-1035.
Lee, M. R., & Earnest, T. L. (2003). . Justice Quarterly, 20(1), 131-157.
Lee, M. R., & Thomas, S. A. (2010). . Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 47(1), 118-147.
Ousey, G. C., & Lee, M. R. (2010). . Sociological Spectrum, 30(5), 550-579.
Community Attachment
Cope, M. R., Slack, T., Blanchard, T. C., & Lee, M. R. (2013). . Social Science Research, 42(3), 872-881.
Lee, M. R., & Blanchard, T. C. (2012). . American Behavioral Scientist, 56(1), 24-47.
Lee, M. R., Weil, F. D., & Shihadeh, E. S. (2007). . Sociological Spectrum, 27(6), 741-766.
Patterson, O., Weil, F., & Patel, K. (2010). . Population Research and Policy Review, 29(2), 127-141.
Weil, F. (2011). . In Resilience and opportunity: Lessons from the US Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita (pp. 201-219). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Social Capital
Barton, M. S., Weil, F., Jackson, M., & Hickey, D. A. (2017). Crime & Delinquency, 63(13), 1757-1776.
Valasik, M. & Barton, M. S. (2018). Deviant Behavior, 39(12), 1658-1671.
Weil, F., Lee, M. R., & Shihadeh, E. S. (2012). . Social Science Research, 41(1), 110-119.
Weil, F. D., Rackin, H. M., & Maddox, D. (2018). . Natural Hazards, 1-26.
Social Identity
Walker, M. H. (2015). . Society and Mental Health, 5(2), 128-144.
Walker, M. H., & Lynn, F. B. (2013). . Social Psychology Quarterly, 76(2), 151-179.
Social Networks
Chompalov, I., Genuth, J., & Shrum, W. (2002). . Research Policy, 31(5), 749-767.
Cope, M. R., Lee, M. R., Slack, T., Blanchard, T. C., Carney, J., Lipschitz, F., & Gikas, L. (2018). . Population and Environment, 39(3), 277-296.
Garretson, O., Fan, J., Mbatia, P. N., Miller, P., & Shrum, W. (2018). . Sociological Forum.
Palackal, A., Nyaga Mbatia, P., Dzorgbo, D. B., Duque, R. B., Ynalvez, M. A., & Shrum, W. M. (2011). . New Media & Society, 13(3), 391-410.
Shrum, W., & Mullins, N. (1988). . In Handbook of Quantitative Studies of Science and Technology (pp. 107-133).
Shrum, W., Palackal, A., Dzorgbo, D. B. S., Mbatia, P., Schafer, M., Miller, P., & Rackin, H. (2016). . International Review of Social Research, 6(4), 163-171.
Ynalvez, M. A., & Shrum, W. M. (2011). . Research Policy, 40(2), 204-216.
Ynalvez, M. A., & Shrum, W. (2008). . Scientometrics, 76(2), 343-368.
Social Ties
Shrum, W., Cheek Jr, N. H., & MacD, S. (1988). . Sociology of Education, 227-239.
Shrum, W., Mbatia, P. N., Palackal, A., Dzorgbo, D. B. S., Duque, R. B., & Ynalvez, M. A. (2011). . Social Science Research, 40(2), 614-625.
Faculty
Michael S. Barton, Associate Professor
Matthew R. Lee, Professor
Heather M. Rackin, Associate Professor
Wesley M. Shrum, Jr., Professor
Kevin T. Smiley, Assistant Professor
Matthew Valasik, Associate Professor
Mark H. Walker, Assistant Professor
Frederick Weil, Associate Professor