Willie Pearson, Jr. - School of History, Technology & Society ...

WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

Willie Pearson, Jr. is Professor of Sociology, School of History, Technology, and Society, Georgia 

Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the faculty at Georgia Tech as Chair, School of History, 

Technology and Society in July 2001, he held a distinguished appointment as Wake Forest Professor of 

Sociology at Wake Forest University and Adjunct in Medical Education at Wake Forest University School 

of Medicine. Dr. Pearson received his Ph.D. in sociology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale 

in 1981. He has held postdoctoral fellowships at the Educational Testing Services (ETS) and the Office of 

Technology Assessment (OTA), Congress of the United States. In 1993, he received Southern Illinois 

University's College of Liberal Arts' Alumni Achievement Award. In 1999, Dr. Pearson was selected as 

one of Quality Education for Minorities in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering (QEM/MSE) 

Network's Giants in Science. In 2001, he was elected a National Associate (life-time appointment) of the 

National Academy of Sciences. From 2001 to 2002, he served as a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer. In 

2005, Dr. Pearson was elected as an American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) 

Fellow. In 2010, he was appointed by President Barak Obama to the Advisory Board of the White House 

Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 

Most of Dr. Pearson's research has centered on the career patterns of Ph.D. scientists - 

particularly African Americans and human resource issues in science and engineering. His publications 

include numerous articles in refereed journals and chapters. He is the author and co-author of seven books 

and monographs, including Black Scientists, White Society and Colorless Science: A Study of 

Universalism in American Science (1985), Blacks, Education and American Science (1989), Who Will Do 

Science?: Educating the Next Generation (1994), The Role and Activities of American Graduate Schools 

in Recreating, Enrolling and Retaining United States Black and Hispanic Students (2000), Scientists and 

Engineering the New Millennium: Renewing the Human Resources (2001), Beyond Small Numbers: 

Voices of African American Ph.D. Chemists (2004), Addressing the Diminishing Proportions of Black 

Males in Higher Education (2009), and Black Males and Higher Education: Research, Programs and 

Academe (2009). He served as Associate Editor of Contemporary Sociology, American Sociological 

Association (1987-91). Dr. Pearson serves or has served on the editorial boards of Sociological Spectrum; 

Science, Technology and Human Values; Science and Engineering Ethics and Educational Evaluation and 

Policy Analysis. 

Dr. Pearson serves or has served on committees, advisory boards and panels at the National Institutes of 

Health, National Science Foundation, American Chemical Society, American Association for the 

Advancement of Science, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Graduate Records Examination Board, Sloan 

Foundation, American Sociological Association, Sigma XI and the National Research Council. He was 

elected president of the Mid-South Sociological Association (1987); a member of the Executive Council, 

American Sociological Association's Section on Science, Knowledge and Technology (1989-91); and a 

Governor of the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (1994-2000). 

Dr. Pearson has always valued teaching, research and community service. He has successfully mentored 

numerous undergraduate research assistants (over 95 percent have advanced degrees). During his career, 

he has been the recipient of community service, teaching, mentor and research awards. Dr. Pearson has 

served on advisory boards, board of directors and/or committees of several community organizations.


Professor of Sociology 

School of History, Technology and Society 

I. EARNED DEGREES and POST DOCTORAL STUDY 

Ph.D. 1981 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Sociology 

(Fields: Sociology of Science, Sociology of Higher Education, Theory, Methodology and 

Sociology of the Family) 

M.A. 1971 Atlanta University Sociology 

(Field: Social Psychology) 

B.A. 1968 Wiley College Sociology 

Postdoctoral Study 

1984-1985 Educational Testing Service (ETS) 

1988-1989 Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), 

Congress of the United States 

II. 

EMPLOYMENT (Post Ph.D.) 

Professor of Sociology Georgia Institute of Technology 2006-Present 

Professor and Chair Georgia Institute of Technology 2001-2006 

Wake Forest Professor Wake Forest University 1997-2001 

Professor Wake Forest University 1988-1997 

Associate Professor Wake Forest University 1984-1988 

Assistant Professor Wake Forest University 1980-1984

Pearson, Page 3 

III. 

SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

A. PUBLISHED BOOKS AND PARTS OF BOOKS 

. 

A1. BOOKS 

1. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1985 BLACK SCIENTISTS, WHITE SOCIETY AND COLORLESS 

SCIENCE: A STUDY OF UNIVERSALISM IN AMERICAN SCIENCE. 

Millwood, NY: Associated Faculty Press. 


1989 BLACKS, EDUCATION AND AMERICA SCIENCE. New 

Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 


1994 WHO WILL DO SCIENCE?: EDUCATING THE NEXT 

GENERATION. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. 

4. YOLANDA SCOTT GEORGE, JUDY KASS, BONNIE VANDORN, 

LYNDA MARTIN-McCORMICK, WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and CHERYL 

B. LEGGON 

1996 DIVERSITY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS 

Washington, DC: Association of Science and Technology Center. 

5. GAIL THOMAS, BEATRIZ C. CLEWELL and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 2000 

THE ROLE AND ACTIVITIES OF AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOLS 

IN RECRUITING, ENROLLING. AND RETAINING 

UNITED STATES BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS. Princeton, NJ: 

Educational Testing Service, Graduate Record Examination Board, GRE 

No. 87-08. 

6. DARYL CHUBIN and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. (Editors) 

2001 SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM: 

RENEWING THE HUMAN RESOURCE. Washington, DC: Commission 

on Professionals in Science and Technology. 


2005 BEYOND SMALL NUMBERS: VOICES OF AFRICAN 

AMERICAN PH.D. CHEMISTS. New York: Elsevier Press. 

8. HENRY FRIERSON, WILLIE PEARSON, JR. AND JAMES WYCHE, 

EDITORS. 

2009 BLACK AMERICAN MALES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: 

DIMINISHING PROPORTIONS. New York: Emerald Press.


9. HENRY FRIERSON, JAMES WYCHE, AND WILLIE PEARSON, JR., 

EDITORS 

2009 BLACK AMERICAN MALES AND HIGHER EDUCATION: 

RESEARCH, PROGRAMS AND ACADEME. New York: Emerald Press. 

A2. REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS 


1987 "The Graduate Education and Career Patterns of Underrepresented 

Minorities in Science and Engineering," In Linda S. Dix, Minorities: Their 

Underrepresentation and Differential Career Development in Science and 

Engineering. Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: Office of 

Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council, National 

Academy Press. 


1988 "The Role of Colleges and Universities in Increasing Black 

Representation in the Scientific Profession." In M. Nettles and A.R. Thoeny, 

Editors, Toward Black Undergraduate Student Equality in American Higher 

Education. Greenwich, CT: Greenwood Press. 


1990 "Black Participation and Performance in Science, Mathematics, 

and Technical Education." In Charles V. Willie, Antoine M. Garibaldi, and 

Wornie L. Reed, Editors. The Education of African-Americans: The 

Assessment of the Status of African-Americans. Volume III. The William 

Monroe Trotter Institute, University of Massachusetts at Boston. 

4. GAIL E. THOMAS, BEATRIZ CHU CLEWELL and WILLIE PEARSON, 

JR. 1992 "A Case Study of Major Doctoral Producing Institutions in 

Recruiting, Enrolling, and Retaining Black and Hispanic Graduate 

Students." In Jessie M. Jones, Margaret E. Gertz and Charlotte V. Kuh, 

Editors. Minorities in Graduate Education: Pipeline, Policy and Practice. 

Princeton: Educational Testing Service. 


1995 "St. Elmo Brady"; "Chemistry", "Percy L. Julian"; and "Mortality and 

Morbidity". In Charles V. Hamilton and Jack Salzman, Editors, 

Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History. New York 

Macmillan. 

6. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and ISIAH WARNER 

1997 "Mentoring Experience of African American Ph.D. Chemists." 

Chapter 4 in Henry T. Frierson, Jr., Editor. Diversity in Higher Education: 

Volume III: Examining: Mentoring-Protégé Experiences. Greenwich, CT. 

JAI Press.



1997 "Educational and Career Experiences of African American Ph.D. 

Scientists." Pp 28-31. In National Science Foundation, Building Diversity 

in the Scientific Workforce. Arlington, VA, NSF 98-37. 


1999 "Policy," Pp 311-313. In George Campbell, Jr., Ronni Denes and 

Catherine Morrison, Editors, Access Denied: Race. Ethnicity and the 

Scientific Enterprise. New York: Oxford University Press. 

9. H. KENNETH BECHTEL and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

2000 "Scientific Deviance." Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant 

Behavior. Vol.II. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis. 


2001 "African Americans, Education and Science: Recent Findings and 

Policy Implication." Pp 339-362. In Ura Jean Oyemade Bailey and Lorenzo 

Morris, Editors, One-Third of a Nation. Washington, D.C.: Howard 

University Press. 


2002 "Advancing Minorities in Science and Engineering Careers." In Peggy 

Layne, Editor, Diversity in Engineering: Managing the Workforce of the 

Future. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. 

12. CHERYL B. LEGGON AND WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

2008 “Assessing Programs to Improve Minority Participation in STEM 

Fields: What We Know and What We Need to Know.” In Ronald Ehrenberg 

and Charlotte Kuh, Editors, Doctoral Education and the Faculty of the 

Future. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 

B. REFERREED PUBLICATION 


1997 "Why Aren't There More Blacks in Science?" Proceedings of the 

Mid-South Sociological Association 3:56-62. 


1978 "Race and Universalism in the Scientific Community." In Jerry 

Gaston, Editor, The Sociology of Science. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 


1978 "Race and Universalism in the Scientific Community." Sociological 

Inquiry 48:38-53. 


1979 "Divorce and the Status of Women.” Journal of Marriage and the


Family 41:375-385. 


1982 "The Social Origins of Black Science Doctorates". Sociological 

Spectrum 112:13-29. 

6. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and MAXINE L. CLARK 

1982 "The Mal( e) Treatment of American Women in Gynecology and 

Obstetrics". International Journal of Women's Studies 5:348-362. 

1984 Reprinted in David H. Olson, Editor. Inventory of Marriage and 

Family Literature. Volume IX. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. 

7. MAXINE L. CLARK and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1982 "Stereotypes Revisited". International Journal of Intercultural 

Relations 6:381-393. 


1983 "Stereotypes of Black College Students: The Last Forty Years". 

Journal of the Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists 29:33-42 

9. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and JOHN R. EARLE 

1984 "Race and Gender Differences in the Social Characteristics of 

American Doctoral Scientists". Sociological Spectrum 4:229-248. 

10. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and LARUE C. PEARSON 

1985 "The Baccalaureate Origins of Black American Scientists: A Cohort 

Analysis". Journal of Negro Education 54:24-34. 


1985 "Deviant Scientists and Scientific Deviance". Deviant Behavior 

6:237-252. 

1989 Reprinted in Clifton D. Bryant, Editor, Deviant Behavior: Readings in 

the Sociology of Norm Violations. New York: Hemisphere. 


1986 "Black American Participation in American Science: Winning Some 

Battles But Losing the War." Journal of Educational Equity and 

Leadership 6:45-59. 


1986 "Race and the Baccalaureate Origins of American Ph.D. Scientists." 

Journal of the Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists 32:149-164. 


1987 "The Flow of Black Scientific Talent: Leaks in the Pipeline. 

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations 14:44-61.



1988 "The Crisis in Sociology and Higher Education". Sociological 

Spectrum 8:101-116. 

16. STEVE ELLIS and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1988 "Race, Science, and Religious Affiliation". Journal of the Association 

of Social and Behavioral Scientists Association 34:305-317. 

17. VELMA G. WATTS, CATHERINE T. HARRIS and WILLIE PEARSON, 

JR. 

1989 "Course Selections and Career Plans of Black Participants in a 

Summer Intervention Program for Minority Students". Academic Medicine 

64: 166-167. 

18. EARL SMITH and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1989 "Scientific Productivity Among a Sample of Black and White Female 

Ph.D.'s." Journal of the Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists 

Association 35:163-174. 

19. DARYL CHUBIN and WILLIE PEARSON, JR 

1989 "Optimism on Minority Education." [letter]. Issues in Science & 

Technology 79:16. 

20. JOHN R. EARLE, CATHERINE HARRIS, WILLIE PEARSON, JR., 

MARGARET SMITH and PHILIP J. PERRICONE 

1991 "Women and Professions: Marital Status and Stability." Empirical 

Studies of the Arts 9:165-173. 

21. FREEMAN A. HRABOWSKI, III and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1992 "Recruiting and Retaining Talented African American Males in 

College Science and Engineering." Journal of College Science Teaching 

22:234-238. 

1993 "Reprinted in National Science Teachers Association, Science for All 

Cultures Arlington, V A: National Science Teachers Association. 

22. KELLY CORBETT, CYNTHIA GENTRY and WILLIE PEARSON, JR 

1993 "Sexual Harassment in High School." Youth and Society 25:93- 

103. 

23. BERNICE T. ANDERSON, WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and BARBARA 

BRUSHI 

1994 "Minority Females and Precollege Mathematics and Science," Equity 

& Excellence in Education 27:62-70.


24. CHERYL LEGGON and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1994 "Who Will do Science?" Condiciones y retos para la investigacion 

cientifica v technologica. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma 

De Mexico. 

25. LEWELLYN HENDRIX and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1995 "Spousal Interdependence, Sexual Inequality and Divorce: A Cross- 

Cultural Press Examination." Journal of Comparative Family 26: 217- 

232. 


1997 "The Baccalaureate Origins of African American Female Ph.D. 

Scientists." Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 

3: 213-224. 

27. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and CHERYL B. LEGGON 

1999 "African American Chemists: A Missing Chapter in the Sociology 

of Science." Knowledge And Discourse Conference Proceedings. Refereed 

Paper. Hong Kong. (http://ec.hku.hk/kd96proc/authors/papers/pearson.htm) 

and CD-ROM. 

28. WILLIE PEARSON, JR., CRAIG NESS and EMILY HOBAN 

1999 "Race, Gender and the Baccalaureate Origins of Ph.D. Chemists." 

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 5:97-111. 

29. DARYL E. CHUBIN and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

2002 "Policy For Science, People For Science." Technology in Society 

24(4) 145-154. 


2002 "Advancing Minorities in Science and Engineering Careers." Pp.71- 

76 in National Academy of Engineering. Diversity in Engineering. 

Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 


2009 “Who Will Do Science? Revisited.” Washington, D.C.: Commission on 

Professionals in Science and Technology. 

C. OTHER PUBLICATIONS 


1991 "Dr. King and Blacks in Science." Op-Ed. Distributed nationally to 

daily newspapers by National Academy Op-Ed Service, National Academy 

of Sciences. 

1991 Reprinted in David Jarmul, Editor. Headlines News. Science


D. PRESENTATIONS 

Views: Expert Opinions on Today’s Top Issues. Washington, D.C.: 

National Academy of Science. Pp 219-221. 

1. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and LEWELLYN HENDRIX 

1997 "Divorce and the Status of Women". Presented at the Southwestern 

Sociological Association Meeting. Dallas, TX. March. 


1997 "Why Aren't There More Blacks in Science?" Presented at the Mid- 

South Sociological Association Meeting. Monroe, LA. November. 

3. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and SHARON D. PETERS 

1978 "The Higher Education of Blacks: Some Implications of 

Overrepresentation in Education." Presented at the Mid-South Sociological 

Association Meeting. Memphis, TN. November. 

4. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and JANICE S. CURTIS 

1979 "The Career Patterns of Women Academic Doctorates: A Review". 

Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. Memphis, 

TN November. 


1979 "Some Historical Instances of Particularism in Science". Presented 

at the Arkansas Sociological Association Meeting. Hot Springs, AR. 

October 


1979 "The Status of Black American Ph.D.s in the Sciences". Presented at 

the Society of Ethnic and Special Studies Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. 

October. 

7. SHARON D. PETERS and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1980 "The Black Woman in Graduate School: an Exploratory Study". 

Presented at the Southwestern Sociological Association Meeting. Houston, 

TX. March. 


1980 "The Social Origins of Black American Science Doctorates". 

Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. Little Rock, 

AR. October. 

9. WILLIE PEARSON, JR.


1981 "The Graduate School Origins of Black American Holders of the 

Ph.D. in Science". Presented at the Southern Sociological Society Meeting. 

Louisville, KY. April. 


1981 "If Hippocrates Could See Us Now: A Note on the Exploitation of 

Women in American Medicine". Presented at the Mid-South Sociological 

Association Meeting. Shreveport, LA. October. 


1982 "Stereotypes of Black College Students: The Last Forty Years". 

Presented at the Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists Meeting. 

Jackson, MS. March. 


1982 "The Baccalaureate Origins of Black American Scientists: A Cohort 

Analysis". Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. 

Jackson, MS. October. 


1982 "The Status of Blacks in American Society: Recent Trends". 

Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. Jackson, MS 

October. 


1983 "Group and Self Identity: Rethinking An Unresolved Phenomenon". 


New Orleans, LA. March. 


1983 "Predictors of Scientific Majors for Black and White College 

Students". Presented at the Educational Research Association Meeting. 

Montreal, Canada. April. 

16. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and JOHN R. EARLE 

1983 "Gender Differences in the Social Characteristics of American 

Doctoral Scientists". Presented at the Southern Sociological Society 

Meeting. Atlanta, GA. April. 

17. WILLIE PEARSON and H. KENNETH BECHTEL 

1983 "Science Education and Fraud in Science". Presented at the Mid- 

South Sociological Association Meeting. Birmingham, AL. October. 



1983 "The Role of Colleges and Universities in Desegregating the 

Scientific Profession". Presented at the Association for the Study of Higher 

Education and Division J, Post-secondary Education, American 

Educational Research Association Meeting. San Francisco, CA. October. 


1984 "Deviant Scientists and Scientific Deviance". Presented at the 

Southern Sociological Society Meeting. Knoxville, TN. April. 

20. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and H. KENNETH BECHTEL 

1984 "Intentional Bias: The 'Problem' of Scientific Fraud". Presented at the 

Southern Sociological Society Meeting. Knoxville, TN. April. 


1984 "Race and the Baccalaureate Origins of American Scientists". 

Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. Monroe, 

LA. October. 

22. STEVE C. ELLIS and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1984 "Religious Affiliation and Religiosity Among Black and White Ph.D. 

Scientists". Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. 

Monroe, LA. October. 

23. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and JERRY GASTON 

1985 "Race and Universalism in American Science". Presented at the 

American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting. Los 

Angeles, CA. May. 


1985 "Mid-South Sociological Association Reflections: A Minority 

Perspective". Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association 

Meeting. Little Rock, AR. October. 


1985 "Black Participation in American Science: Winning Some Battles But 

Losing the War". Presented at the Association of Black Sociologists 

Meeting. Washington, DC. August. 


1986 "Race, Religious Apostasy and Scientific Productivity". Presented at 

the Southwestern Sociological Association Meeting. San Antonio, TX. 

March.


27. JERRY GASTON and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1986 "The Status of Contemporary Black Chemists". Presented at the 

American Chemical Society Meeting. New York, NY. April 

(Commissioned paper). 


1986 "The Graduate Education and Career Patterns of Underrepresented 

Minorities in Science and Engineering". Presented at the National Research 

Council's Workshop Exploring the Factors That Underlie 

Underrepresentation and Differential Career Development of Minorities in 

Science and Engineering. Washington, DC. November 

(Commissioned paper). 


1987 "The Flow of Black Scientific Talent: Leaks in the Pipeline". 

Presented at the Southwest Sociological Association Meeting. Dallas, TX. 

March. 


1987 "Black Participation and Performance in Science, Mathematics, 

and Technical Education: A Review of the Literature". Contributed to the 

William Monroe Trotter Institute's Assessment of the Status of Black 

American Project. Boston, MA. 


1987 "The Crisis in Sociology and Higher Education". Presidential 

Address. Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting 

Memphis, TN. October. 


1988 "The Effects of New Technologies on Blacks". Presented at the 

Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists Meeting. Greensboro, NC 

March. 

33. JOHN R. EARLE, CATHERINE HARRIS, WILLIE PEARSON, JR., PHILIP 

J. PERRICONE and MARGARET SMITH 

1988 "Women and Professions: Marital Status and Stability". Presented 

at the Southern Sociological Association Meeting. Nashville, TN. March. 

34. WILLIE PEARSON, JR., RICHARD WELLS and STEVE PICOU 

1988 "Race and Universalism in American Science and Sports: Some 

Theoretical Considerations". Presented at the Pacific Sociological 

Association Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. April.


35. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and DONALD E. POWERS 

1988 "Graduate Enrollment Decisions of Undergraduate Science Majors". 

Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting Mobile, AL. 

October. 

36. BERNICE T. ANDERSON and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1988 "Understanding the Underrepresentation of Blacks in the 

Sciences". Presented at the joint conferences of the Society for the Social 

Studies of Science and the European Association for the Social Studies of 

Science and Technology. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. November. 

37. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and EVANGELINE McConnell McJAMERSON 

1989 "The Future of Blacks in American Chemistry". Presented at the 

American Chemical Society Meeting. Miami Beach, FL. September. 

38. EVANGELINE McCONNELL McJAMERSON and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1989 "The Declining Participation of African-American Males in Higher 

Education: Causes and Consequences". Presented at the Mid- South 

Sociological Association Meeting. Baton Rouge, LA. October. 

39. BERNICE T. ANDERSON and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1989 "Blacks, Gender and Persistence in Undergraduate Engineering 

Education". Presented at the Society for the Social Studies of Science 

Meeting. Irvine, CA. November. 


1989 "African-Americans in Science: Recent Research Findings and Policy 

Implications". Presented at the One-Third of a Nation Conference. Howard 

University, Washington, DC. November. (Commissioned Paper). 


1990 "Case Study of Minority Institutions". Presented at the American 

Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting. New Orleans, LA 

February. 

42. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and ELLA KELLER 

1990 "Baccalaureate Origins of Black American Scientists." Presented at 

the North Carolina Sociological Association Meeting. Greenville, NC. 

April. 


1990 "The Changing Demography of the Work Force." Presented at the 

Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. Hot Springs, AR. October. 

44. WILLIE PEARSON, JR., FRANCES REEVES and PORSHE BREW


1991 "The Changing Workplace: Implications for African-American." 


Nashville, TN. March. 

45. GAIL THOMAS, BEATRIZ CLEWELL and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1991 "Case Study of Major Doctoral Producing Institutions in 

Recruiting, Enrolling and Retaining Black and Hispanic Graduate 

Students." Presented at the American Educational Research Association 

Meeting. Chicago, IL. April. 


1991 "Recent Trends in the Participation of African-Americans in Higher 

Education." Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. 

Jackson, MS. October. 


1991 "The Career Patterns of African-American Doctoral Chemists: 1916- 

1945." Presented at Joint Meetings of the Society for the History of 

Technology and History of Science Society. Madison, WI. October. 

48. NICHOLA L. MARSHALL and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1992 "Trends in the Baccalaureate Origins of African-American 

Doctorate Recipients." Presented at the Association of Social and 

Behavioral Scientists Meeting. Atlanta, GA. March. 

49. BERNICE T. ANDERSON, WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and BARBARA 

BRUSHI 

1992 "Minority Females and Precollege Mathematics and Science." 

Presented at the Joint Meetings of the Society for the Social Studies of 

Science and European Association for the Social Studies of Science and 

Technology. Gothenburg, Sweden. August. 

50. JERILEE GRANDY and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1992 "Graduate School Plans of Science and Engineering 

Students-Gender and Ethnic Differences." Presented at the Joint Meetings 

of the Society for the Social Studies of Science and European Association 

for the Social Studies of Science and Technology. Gothenburg, Sweden. 

August. 


1992 "African American Participation in Science: Implications for 

Medicine and Healthcare." Presented at the African American Symposium, 

University of California, Irvine. October. 


1992 "Who Will Do Science in the United States? Implications for 

Indigenous Minorities." Presented at the International Symposium on 

Science and Technology. Mexico City, Mexico. October.


53. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and CHERYL LEGGON 

1993 "The Baccalaureate Origins of African American Doctoral 

Scientists." Presented at the American Association for the Advancement of 

Science Meeting. Boston, MA. February. 

54. CHERYL LEGGON, NICHOLA L. MARSHALL and WILLIE PEARSON, 

JR. 

1993 "The Academic Origins of African American Ph.D. Scientists and 

Engineers, 1975-1989." Presented at the Southwestern Social Science 

Association Meeting. New Orleans, LA. March. 

55. ROBERT DAVIS, WILLIE PEARSON, JR., CATHERINE T. HARRIS and 

MARY McMILLAN 

1993 "Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Drinking and In 

Drinking Behavior Among College Students." Presented at the Southern 

Sociological Society Meeting. Chattanooga, TN. April. 

56. WILLIE PEARSON, JR., CATHERINE T. HARRIS and ROBERT DAVIS 

1993 "Drinking Behavior of African American and White Students." 

Presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting. Miami 

Beach, FL. August. 


1993 "Chemistry Doctorates Awarded to African Americans: 1981-1991." 

Presented at the Southeastern Chemistry Ph.D. Department Chairs Meeting. 

Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA. April. 


1993 "African Americans and Chemistry." Presented at the Southeast 

Regional American Chemical Society Meeting. Johnson City, TN. October. 


1993 "The Status of Research on African Americans and Science: An 

Assessment." Presented at the Conference on Race and Science. 

Washington University, St. Louis, MO. November. 

60. LEWELLYN HENDRIX and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1994 "Spousal Interdependence, Sexual Inequity and Divorce." Presented 

at the Midwest Sociological Society Meeting. St. Louis, MO. March. 

61. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and JON D. MILLER 

1994 "Biomedical Understanding Among African Americans." Presented at 

the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting. San 

Francisco, CA. February.


62. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and ISIAH WARNER 

1994 "Studies of Retention Strategies for African Students in 

Chemistry." Presented at the Chemistry Symposium, University of Illinois 

at Chicago, Chicago, IL. April 


1994 "Setting the Research Agenda for the Coming Decade -The Graylyn 

Group." Presented at the National Council for Minorities in Engineering 

Meeting. San Francisco, CA. June. 


1994 "Status Report on the National Research Council's Committee on 

Women in Science." Presented at the National Council for Minorities in 

Engineering Meeting. San Francisco, CA. June. 

65. CHERYL B. LEGGON and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1994 "African American Female Ph.D. Scientists: Their Baccalaureate 

Origin." Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. 

Lafayette, LA. October. 

66. ROBERT DAVIS, WILLIE PEARSON, JR., CATHERINE T. HARRIS and 

MARY McMILLAN 

1994 "Gender Differences in Attitudes Today Drinking and In Drinking 

Behavior Among College Students." Presented at the Association of Black 

Sociologists Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. August. 


JR. 

1994 "Race and Satisfaction with Academic Relationships in Medical 

School." Presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges 

Meeting. Boston, MA. November. 


1995 "The Influence of Race on Scientific Careers." Presented at the 

Ninth Annual National Conference of Black Physics Students. Greenbelt, 

MD. February. 


1995 "The Sociological Effects of the Mentoring Process for Minority 

Students." Presented at the American Educational Research Association 

Meeting. San Francisco CA. April. 


JR. 

1995 "Race and Satisfaction with Medical School Support Systems." 

Presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges Meeting. 

Washington, DC. October. 



1995 "The Careers of African American Chemists: A Work in Progress." 

Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. Mobile, AL. 

October. 

72. CATHERINE D. GADDY, WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and ELEANOR L. 

BABCO 

1996 "Employment Trends for Doctorates:" Presented at the American 

Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting. Baltimore, MD. 

February. 

73. CATHERINE T. HARRIS, WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and VELMA G. 

WATTS 

1996 "African Americans' Academic Relations in Historically Black and 

Predominantly White Medical Schools." Presented at the Southern 

Sociological Society Meeting. Richmond, VA. April. 

74. WILLIE PEARSON, JR., EMILY HOBAN and CRAIG NESS 

1996 "Baccalaureate and Ph.D. Origins of African American Chemists." 

Presented at the Southern Sociological Society Meeting, Richmond, VA. 

April. 

75. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and CHERYL B. LEGGON 

1996 "African American Chemists: A Missing Chapter in the Sociology of 

Science." Presented at the Knowledge and Discourse Conference. Hong 

Kong. June. 

76. WILLIE PEARSON, JR., CRAIG NESS and EMIL Y HOBAN 

1996 "Race and Gender Differences in the Baccalaureate Origins of Ph.D. 

Chemists." Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting. 

Seattle, WA. March. 

77. WILLIE PEARSON, JR., and CHARLES WOOLSTON 

1996 "Key Elements in the Mentoring Process and Effects on Minority 

Undergraduate Science Students: The Meyerhoff Program." Presented at 

the American Education Research Association Meeting. New York, NY. 

April. 


1996 "The Educational and Career Experiences of African American 

Ph.D. Chemists." Presented at the Minority Postdoctoral Fellows 

Workshop, National Science Foundation. Arlington, VA. September.


79. WILLIE PEARSON, JR., CATHERINE T. HARRIS and D VELMA G. 

WATTS 

1996 "Academic Support Systems at Historically Black and White Medical 

Schools." Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. Little Rock, AR. 

October. 

80. CATHERINE GADDY, ELEANOR BABCO and WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

1995 "Employment Trends for Doctorates: An Update." Presented at the 

Conference on Science Careers, Gender Equity, and the Changing 

Economy College Park, MD. October. 


1996 "The Role of Educators in Changing the Face of Science." Presented 

at the National Alliance of Black School Educators. Detroit, MI. 

November. 


1996 "Discovering Careers in Science: Learning Through Interviews." 

Presented at the HER/REC Systemic Evaluation Seminar. National Science 

Foundation. Arlington, VA. December. 


1997 "Research on Graduate Student Attrition." Presented at the 

SRS/Professional Societies Workshop Series. National Science Foundation, 

Arlington, VA. September. 


1997 "The Demographic Characteristics of African American Ph.D. 

Chemists." Presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. 

Huntsville, AL. October. 


1998 "The Career Patterns of African American Ph.D. Chemists: A Cohort 

Analysis." Presented at the Southern Sociological Society Meeting .Atlanta, 

GA. April. 


1998 "The Career Experiences of African American Ph.D. Chemists." 

Presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting. San 

Francisco, CA. August. 


1998 "The Pipeline and Career Experiences of African American Ph.D. 

Scientists." Presented at the U.S. Science, Engineering and Technology


Workforce of the Future: National Strategy, National Portfolio, National 

Resource Base Workshop. White House Office of Science and Technology 

Policy (OSTP). Washington, DC. July. 


1998 "Giving Back to the Community.”Presented at the Conference of 

Ford Fellows. Beckman Center of the National Academy of Sciences. 

Irvine, CA. October. 


1999 "The Career Experiences of African American Ph.D. Chemists." 

Presented at the Committee on Equal Opportunity in Science and 

Engineering. National Science Foundation. Arlington, VA. 


2000 "Violent Juveniles and Their Families." Presented at the Mid- South 

Sociological Association Meeting. Jackson, MS. October. 

91. HENRY ETZKOWITZ, CHERYL B. LEGGON and WILLIE PEARSON, JR 

2000 "Minority Participation in Science and Technology: The Critical 

Transition from Undergraduate to Graduate School." Presented at the 

American Sociological Association Meeting. Washington, DC. August. 

92. JEFFREY MULLIS, WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and CHARLES L. RICHMAN 

2001 "Moralistic Conflict Among Juveniles." Presented at the Southern 

Sociological Society Meeting. Atlanta, GA. April. 


2001 "African American Ph.D. Chemists." Presented at the Committee on 

Equal Opportunity in Science and Engineering (CEOSE), National Science 

Foundation. Washington, DC. June. 


2001 "Race, Gender, and Science: The More Things Change, the More 

They Remain the Same." Presented at the American Chemical Society 

Meeting. Presidential Session, Diversity at Top 50 Universities-The 

Challenge To Lead. Chicago, IL. August. 


2001 "The Career Experiences of African Ph.D. Chemists." Presented at 

the National Academy of Engineering. Washington, DC. October. 


2002 "Race, Education, and Careers in Science." Presented at the Eastern 

Sociological Society Meeting. Boston, MA. March.


97. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. and KAREN WYCHE 

2002 "Knowledge Production and Public Policy: A Response to Cozzens’s 

Framework." Presented at the Second Knowledge and Discourse 

Conference, Hong Kong. June. 

98. MICHAEL WISE, CATHERINE T. HARRIS, VELMA WATTS and 


2003 "Satisfaction with the Medical School Environment: A Comparison 

of African American and White Students." Presented at the Southern 

Sociological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA., March 28. 


2003 "The Importance of Collecting Data and Doing Social Scientific 

Research on Race: Why an ASA Statement?" Presented at the Southern 

Sociological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 28. 


2003 “The Role of the Social Sciences in performing the First Scientific 

and Engineering Workforce.” Presented at Improving Education in the 

Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences: A National Dialogue. 

Workshop, Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate, 

National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., June 12. 


2003 "Science and Engineering Policy an Underrepresented Group.” 

Presented at Broadening Participation in Science and Engineering Research 

and Education. Workshop, National Science Board, Arlington, VA, August 

12. 


2003 Presented at the National Science Board Meeting. Education and 

Human Resources Subcommittee, Arlington, VA. November 18. 


2004 Presented the American Association for the Advancement of Science 

Meeting. Seattle, WA. February 15. 


2004 Presented at the 11 th International Literacy and Education Research 

Network Conference on Learning. Havana, Cuba. June. 


2005 “The Origin of Criterion 2” Presented at the Broader Impacts Toolbox 

Workshop. Arlington, VA. May 16-17. 

106. YU TAO AND WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

2005 “U.S. Versus China: A Comparative Science and Technology (S&T) 

Workforce Assessment.” Presented at the Mid-South Sociological 

Association Meeting. Atlanta, GA. October.



2006 “The Slow State of Changes in STEM Departments.” Presented at 

the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting. St. 

Louis. February. 

108. YU TAO AND WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

2006 “Who Will Do Science? Revisiting the Supply and Demand 

Debate.” Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting. 

Hollywood. April 


2006 “Race, Gender and the American Scientific Enterprise” Presented at 

the International Sociological Association. Meeting. Durban, South Africa. 

July. 


2007 “The Gender Gap Among Africans in Higher Education: A Critical 

Review.” Presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Social 

Science, Honolulu, June. 

111. VALERIE P. WILSON, JEFFREY MULLIS AND WILLIE PEARSON, 

JR. 

2007 “Enhancing the Undergraduate Research of African Americans and 

Latino STEM Students: An Evaluation of a Summer Research Program.” 

Presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, 

Honolulu, June. 

112. WILLIE PEARSON, JR., YU TAO, AND HENRY FRIERSON 

2007 “Trends in African American Male Doctorate Degree Attainment in 

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fields: 1995- 

2005.” Presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Social 

Sciences. Honolulu, June. 


Revisted.” Keynote Address, Joint Meeting 

of the Commission on Professionals in Science and 

Technology and the Society for Women in Engineering. 

Baltimore. November 7, 2008. (Summary coverage appeared in the 

Footnotes, American Sociological Association, February 2009). 

114. CHERYL LEGGON AND WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

2009 “Sociology of Science: Contributions to the Human Resource Policies 

in the U.S.” Presented at the International Interdisciplinary Social Science 

Conference. Athens, Greece. July. 

115. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. AND CHERYL LEGGON 

2009 “Race, Science and Social Justice: Consequences of the Continuing 

Underrepresentation of African Americans in Science and Engineering” 

Presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems. San Francisco, 

August.


116. WILLIE PEARSON, JR. AND JON MILLER 

2010 “Pathways to An Engineering Career.” 

Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the 

Advancement of Science. San Diego, February. 


2010 “Glancing Back, While Moving Forward.” 

Key Note Address, the NSF Minority Faculty Development Workshop. 

MIT. Cambridge. March. 


2010 “Racial Disparities in Pre-College Mathematics and Science 

Education in the United States.” 

Presented at the 2010 Joint World Conference. Hong Kong. June. 

119. CONNIE L. McNEELY AND WILLIE PEARSON, JR. 

2010 “Gender and Race in the Academic Workforce.” 

Presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting. Atlanta. 

August. 


2010 “Same as It Ever Was: The Status of African American Doctorate 

Recipients in Chemistry.” 

Presented at the American Chemical Society. Presidential Session 

Honoring Dr. Robert Lichter. Boston. August. 

E. INVITED PRESENTATION 

1. January 1984 Educational Testing Service 

2. February 1985 Black History Month, American Association for the 

Advancement of Science 

3. May 1987 Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series, Inaugural Lecture, 

St. Cloud State University 

4. March 1989 Afro-American Studies Program, University of Maryland, 

College Park 

5. September 1989 Science and Technology Briefing, Annual Meeting of the 

Congressional Black Caucus 

6. April 1990 Pi Gama mu Lecture, Johnson C. Smith University 

7. February 1991 Black History Month, Ferris State University 

8. May 1991 Sociology Research Conference, Department of 

Sociology, University of Georgia 

9. February 1993 Black History Month, R.J. Reynolds, Research and 

Development Unit 

10. December 1993 Graduate School, Howard University 

11. April 1994 Greater Chicago Consortium for Chemistry Reform (with 

Isaiah Warner) 

12. February 1995 Ninth Annual National Conference of Black Physics 

Students


13. March 1996 National Association of Black Physicists 

14. September 1996 National Science Foundation, Minority Postdoctoral 

Fellows Workshop 

15. December 1996 National Science Foundation, Research, Evaluation and 

Community Division Seminar 

16. March 1998 Duke University 

17. March 2000 Mount Holyoke College 

18. January 2001 Sixth Gordon Research Conference on Innovations in 

College Chemistry Teaching 

19. July 2001 Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture, The Academy of Natural 

Sciences, Philadelphia, P A 

20. August 2001 Keynote Address, American Chemical Society Meeting, 

Chicago, IL 

21. October 2001 Faculty Senate, Howard University 

22. October 2001 Association of Women in Science 

23. October 2001 Keynote Address, Southern Regional Education Board 

Meeting Institute Plenary Address, Workshop on 

Diversity in the Engineering Workforce, National 

Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC 

24. November 2001 Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture, Alfred University, New 

York 

25. January 2002 Schering Plough Martin Luther King Science Lecture, 

Julius L. Chalmers Biomedical and Biotechnology 

Institute Seminar Series, North Carolina Central 

University, Durham, NC 

26. April 2002 Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millwood, NY 

27. August 2002 Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture, Department of 

Commerce, National Atmospheric and Oceanographic 

Agency (NAOA), Tampa, FL. 

28. March 2003 Keynote Address, Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society, 

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 

29. March 2004 Participant, U.S. Secretary of Education, Science Summit, 

Washington, DC 

30. March 2005 Participant, U.S. Secretary of Education, Math Summit, 


31. November 2005 Participant. “Declining Student Enrollment in Science and 

Technology.” International Conference. OECD Global 

Science Forum and the Netherlands Ministry of 

Education, Culture and Science. Amsterdam. 

32. March 2006 Testimony, National Science Board Hearing, LA 

33. October 2007 Distinguished Science Lecture, Lewis and Clark College, 

Portland, OR 

34. November 2007 Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.


35. November 2008 Keynote Address, Joint Meeting of the Commission on 

Professionals in Science and Technology and the Society 

for Women in Engineering. Baltimore, MD. 

F. Discussant, Panelist and Sessions Chaired/Organized at Professional Meetings 

1. November 1978 Chair, "Minorities II", Mid-South Sociological 

Association Meeting. Jackson, MS 

2. November 1979 Co-Organizer, "A Selective Literature Review", Mid- 

South Sociological Association Meeting. Memphis, TN 

3. April 1980 Faculty Chair, Hendrix College Student Symposium. 

Conway, AR 

4. October 1980 Discussant, "Race Relations in the South", Mid-South 

Sociological Association Meeting. Little Rock, AR 

5. October 1981 Co-Chair, "The Status of Minorities in American Social 

Institutions", Mid-South Sociological Association 

Meeting. Shreveport, LA 

6. March 1982 Co-Panelist, "Discrimination in Science", Association of 

Social and Behavioral Scientists Meeting. Jackson, MS 

7. September 1982 Presider, "Racial and Ethnic Minorities II", American 

Sociological Association Meeting. San Francisco, CA 

8. March 1983 Chair, "Issues and Problems Affecting Blacks in the 

1980's". Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists 

Meeting. New Orleans, LA 

9. April 1983 Chair, "Recruitment and Retention of Blacks in American 

Science." American Educational Research Association 

Meeting. Montreal, Canada. 

10. October 1984 Chair, "Sociology of Science and Technology". Mid- 

South Sociological Association Meeting. Monroe. LA 

11. April 1985 Chair, "College Performance of Minority Students". 

American Educational Research Association Meeting. 

Chicago, IL 

12. October 1985 Chair, "Sociology of Education". Mid-South Sociological 

Association Meeting. Little Rock, AR 

13. October 1986 Program Chair, Mid-South Sociological Association 

Meeting. Jackson, MS 

14. April 1987 Discussant, "Marriage and the Family". Southern 

Sociological Society Meeting. Atlanta, GA 

15. August 1987 Co-Chair, "What We Know and Don't Know: Blacks, 

Hispanics and Science". American Sociological 

Association Meeting. Chicago, IL. 

16. March 1988 Chair, "Interrelations Among ASA, SSS, and State 

Sociological Associations". Southern Sociological Society 

Meeting. Nashville, TN 

17. November 1988 "Minorities in American Science". Sessions I & II. Joint 

conferences of the Society for the Social Studies of


Science and the European Association for the Social 

Studies of Science and Technology. Amsterdam, The 

Netherlands 

18. March 1989 Presider, "Integrating Theory, Research and Practice: How 

Intervention Programs in Mathematics, Science and 

Computer Science for Middle School Minority and 

Female Students Meet the Challenge". American 

Educational Research Association Meeting. San 

Francisco, CA 

19. August 1989 Organizer, "Professions". American Sociological 

Association Meeting. San Francisco, CA 

20. August 1989 Co-Organizer, "Women in Male Dominated Professions". 

American Sociological Association Meeting. San 

Francisco, CA 

21. October 1989 Panelist, "Participation of Women and Minorities in the 

MSSA". Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting. 

Baton Rouge, LA 

22. February 1990 Co-Organizer, "College and Graduate Issues in Expanding 

the Science and Engineering Talent Pool." American 

Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting. 

New Orleans, LA 

23. April 1991 Chair, "Personal and Academic Profiles of High-Scoring 

NAEP, SAT, and GRE Test-Takers: Racial/Ethnic 

Contrasts." American Educational Research Association 

Meeting. Chicago, IL 

24. February 1991 Discussant, "Scientific and Technical Personnel in the 

1990s" American Association for the Advancement of 

Science Meeting. Washington, DC 

25. April 1991 Discussant, "Symposium on Studies of Diversity in the 

Chemistry Work Force". American Chemical Society 

Meeting. Atlanta, GA 

26. August 1991 Presider, "Minorities, Science and Technology." American 

Sociological Association Meeting, Cincinnati, OH 

27. November 1991 Presider, "Retrospective and Prospective Analysis of the 

Role of Minorities in Science". Society for the Social 

Studies of Science Meeting. Cambridge, MA 

28. June 1992 Panelist, "Minority Leadership in Science and 

Technology? Issues of Access Equity". Student Pughwash 

USA's Seventh International Conference. Atlanta, GA 

29. August 1992 Co-Organizer and Presider, "Human Resource Issues." 

Society for the Social Studies of Science and European 

Association for the Study of Science and Technology - 

Joint Conference. Gothenburg, Sweden 

30. August 1992 Co-Organizer and Presider, "Ethnicity, Gender and 

Science." Society for the Social Studies of Science and 

European Association for the Study of Science and 

Technology - Joint Conference. Gothenburg, Sweden


31. March 1993 Chair, "Science and Technology II: Social Dimensions of 

Technical Development." Southwestern Social Science 

Association Meeting. New Orleans, LA 

32. August 1993 Co-Organizer, "Equity Issues in Science and Technology." 

American Sociological Association Meeting. Miami 

Beach, FL 

33. October 1994 Organizer, "Race, Science and the Environment." Mid- 

South Sociological Association Meeting. Lafayette, LA 

34. February 1994 Co-Organizer, "Who Will Do Science?" American 

Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting. 

Atlanta, GA 

35. October 1994 Panelist, Project MOSAIC "Survey Status Report". 

Association of Science and Technology Centers. Portland, 

OR 

36. April 1996 Co-Organizer, "Minorities in the Professions: Works in 

Progress." Southern Sociological Meeting. Richmond, VA 

37. August 1996 Co-Organizer, "Technology and Society." American 

Sociological Association Meeting. New York, NY 

38. May 1996 Facilitator, "Medical Students' Learning Strategies: What 

Happens During the First Year?" Association for 

Institutional Research Meeting. Albuquerque, NM 

39. April 1997 Organizer and Discussant, "Stratification in Science," 

Southern Sociological Society Meeting. New Orleans, LA 

40. February 1998 Co-Facilitator, "Why Minority MSE Participation is 

Important to the Nation," Quality Education for Minorities 

Network Meeting. Washington, DC 

41. October 1998 Discussant, "Race Relations," Mid-South Sociological 

Association Meeting. Lafayette, LA 

42. October 1998 Panelist, "Affirming Affirmative Action." Mid-South 

Sociological Association Meeting. Lafayette, LA 

43. November 1999 Organizer, "Families in the New Millennium." Mid-South 

Sociological Association Meeting. Jackson, MS 

44. May 2000 Presider, "Best Practices and Good Ideas: Increasing the 

Participation of Underrepresented Groups in Science and 

Technology." Third International Triple Helix Conference. 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

45. February 2000 Co-organizer, "Human Resources in Science and 

Engineering." American Association for the 

Advancement of Science. Washington, DC 

46. March 2001 Organizer, Globalization and Higher Education: Views 

from the South Conference, International Society for 

Research in Higher Education. Cape Town, South Africa 

47. October 2001 Co-chair, Unique Legacy of Scholarship at HBU: Wisdom 

Lost and Found, Mission and Governance, Howard 

University Law School 

48. November 2001 Respondent, “Identifying the Gaps in Research on 

Underrespresented Minorities in Academic,” Emerge 

Workshop


49. February 2002 Discussant, "Gender Bias in Science and Technology 

Faculty Hiring and Retention?" American Association for 

the Advancement of Science. Boston 

50. June 2002 Organizer, "Science, Technology and Inequality." Second 

Knowledge and Discourse Conference. Hong Kong 

51. July 2003 Organizer, "Equity, Fairness and Quality Assessment in 

Higher Education." 15th International Conference on 

Assessing Quality in Higher Education. Cape Town, 

South Africa 

52. October 2003 Presider, Society for the History of Technology. Atlanta, 

GA 

53. February 2004 Panelist, QEM Network Meeting (2 sessions). 


54. October 2004 Discussant, Miller Symposium and First Annual Meeting 

of the NAE’s Center for the Advancement of Scholarship 

on Engineering Education. Savannah, GA 

55. July 2005 Organizer/Discussant, “Learning Through Outreach, 

Partnership and Research.” International Learning 

Conference. Granada, Spain 

56. February 2006 Moderator, QEM Network Meeting (2 Plenary Sessions) 


57. April 2008 Northwestern University, Chicago 

58. April 2008 Co-Facilitator, Presidential Roundtable, American 

Educational Research Association, New York. 

59. May 2008 Plenary Panelist, Second Annual Conference on 

Understanding Interventions That Encourage Minorities to 

Pursue Research Careers.” Atlanta 

60. June 2008 Chair and Organizer, Science, Technology and Global 

Inequality (Refereed Paper Session), International 

Sociology Association Meeting, Budapest, Hungary. 

61. July 2011 Organizer, Symposium on Learning and Diverse Sites of 

Engagement: Access and Assessment, International 

Conference on Learning, Port Louis, Mauritius. 

62. September 2011 Panelist, STEM Smart: Lessons Learned from Successful 

Schools. A Conference Hosted by the National Science 

Foundation at Drexel University. 

IV. 

SERVICE 

A. PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS 

1. Scientific Service:


Mid-South Sociological Association 

1986-87 President 

1995-96 Member, Program Committee 

1999-00 Chair, Book Award Committee 

Southern Sociological Society 

1987, 95-96 Member, Program Committee 

1995-98; 2003 Member, Nominations Committee 

1998-99 Co-Chair, Committee on Honors 

American Sociological Association 

1988-90 Member, ASA/AAAS Liaison Committee 

1988-91 Member, Executive Council, Section on Science, 

Knowledge and Technology (SKAT); Chair, Robert K. 

Merton Book Award Committee 

2001 Member, Task Force, Statement on Race 

American Association for the Advancement of Science 

1992 Member Congressional Science & Engineering Fellows 

Program Evaluation Advisory Committee 

1991-95 Member, Committee on Opportunities in Science 

1992-99 Member, Black Church Health Connection Advisory 

Committee 

1995 Member, Advisory Committee, Workshop on Affirmative 

Action in Science, Mathematics and Engineering 

1996-01 Member, Committee on Science, Engineering and Public 

Policy; Chair (2000-2002) 

1997-04 Member, William D. Carey Lectureship Committee 

1998-00 Chair, Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship 

Advisory Committee 

2000-04 Member, Congressional Science and Engineering 

Fellowship Advisory Committee 

Sigma Xi 

1989-91 Member, National Advisory Group 

1991-96; 2004 Member, Committee on Science, Mathematics and 

Engineering Education 

1997- Member, Committee on Programs 

1996-98 Chair, Subcommittee on Science and Mathematics 

Education Grants 

2001- 02 Member, Committee on Strategic Planning 

2002 Chair, Research Forum, Changing The Face of Science 

and Engineering 

2005- Chair, Education Committee 

2005-07 Member, Distinguish Lecture Committee 

2006 Member, National Science Board Fellowship Committee


2008- Chair, Distinguished Lecture Committee 

National Research Council/The National Academies 

1992-93 Member, Evaluation Panel, Social Science B, National 

Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellowship 

Program 

1993-01 Member, Committee on the Stat s of Women in Science 

and Engineering 

1994-95 Co-Chair, Subcommittee on the Status of Minority 

Women in Science and Engineering 

1995-96 Member, Executive Committee n the Status of Women in 

Science and Engineering 

1996-99 Member, U.S. National Committee for the International 

Union of the History and Philosophy of Science 

1997-99 Member, Committee on Education and Training for 

Civilian Aviation Careers 

1998-00 Member, Committee on the Foundations of Educational 

and Psychological Assessment 

2001- 05 Co-Chair, Committee on the Evaluation of NIH Minority 

Training Programs 

2003-2010 Member, Advisory Committee, Center for the 

Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education 

(CASEE), National Academy of Engineering 

2005- Chair, Sociology Panel, Ford Diversity Fellowship 

Committee 

2006-07 Co-External Reviewer, Report Review Committee 

2007-09 Member, Committee on Underrepresentation in Science 

and Engineering. 

2009 Member, Committee on Protecting and Accessing Data 

from the Survey of Earned Doctorates. A Workshop 

Summary. 

National Science Foundation 

1990-93 Panel Member, Ethics and Values Studies in STS 

1996-99 Member, Evaluation Advisory Committee, Education and 

Human Resources Directorate 

1997 -99 Advisory Committee, Directorate for Social, Behavioral, 

and Economic Sciences 

1999-00 Member, Advisory Committee, Cyber Conference, 

Underrepresented Minorities and IT Workforce, 

Directorate for Computer, Information Sciences and 

Engineering


2000 Panel Member, Women and Underrepresented 

Minorities and the IT Workforce, Computer, Information 

on Sciences and Engineering Directorate 

2000-01 Member, Study Panel, Science d Engineering Workforce 

Data 2000, Division of Science Resources Studies 

2000- 05 Member, Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science 

and Engineering (CEOSE), Office of the Director 

2001 Panel Member, PAESMEM, Education and Human 

Resources Directorate 

2001 Vice Chair, Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science 

and Engineering (CEOSE), Office of the Director 

2001-03 CEOSE Liaison, Advisory Committee, Directorate for 

Mathematics and Physical Sciences 

2002-03 Chair, Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and 

Engineering (CEOSE), Office of the Director 

2003 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, Office of 

Multidisciplinary Activities, Directorate for Mathematics 

and Physical Sciences 

2006- Member, Advisory Committee, Education and Human 

Resources Directorate. 

2007 Chair, Committee of Visitors, Five HRD Programs, 

Education and Human Resources Directorate 

2007-2009 Member, Human Resources Expert Panel, Statistics, 

Research and Services Division, Social, Behavioral 

and Economic Science Directorate 

2007 Panelist, EPSCOR Program, Office of Integrated 

Programs/Office of the Director 

2007 Proposal Reviewer 

2008 Panelist, EPSCOR Program, Office of Integrated 

Programs/Office of the Director Reversed Site Visits 

2008 Invited Advisory Committee Member, U.S. Delegation, 

National Research Foundation, Republic of South Africa 

2008 Invited Advisory Committee Member, U.S. Delegation, 

Chinese National Natural 

Sciences Foundation 

2008 Member, Committee of Visitors, Math, Science 

Partnership Program, Education and Human Resources 

Directorate 

2009 Chair, Committee of Visitors, Experimental Program 

to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) 

Program. 

Association for Institutional Research 

1995-99 Peer Review Panel, Grants Program 

1999-02 Panelist, Science and Engineering Policies


American Chemical Society 

1989-91 Member, Advisory Panel on Social Research in Chemistry 

2006 Member, Election Committee, Section on Professional 

Relations 

National Institutes of Health 

1992-94 Member, Oversight Advisory Panel, Survey of Public 

Knowledge and Understanding of Biomedical and 

Behavioral Science 

1994 Member, Task Force on the Advancement of Minorities in 

Science, National Institute of Environmental Health 

Sciences and American Association for Cancer Research, 

Inc. 

Sloan Foundation 

1993 Member, Advisory Committee, Conference on Minorities 

in Science and Engineering 

American Psychological Association 

1984 Reviewer, Division 35 (Women in Psychology) 

American Education Research Association 

1985-88 Reviewer, Division C 

Society for the Social Studies of Science 

1990-91; 2003 Member, Program Committee 

Graduate Record Examinations Board (GRE) 

2002-06 Member, Technical Advisory Committee 

Unites States Department of Energy 

2006 Proposal Reviewer 

2. Editorial Boards: 

1990-98 Journal of the Association of Social and Behavioral 

Sciences 

1994- Science and Engineering Ethics 

1991-93 Science. Technology. and Human Values 

1987-91 Contemporary Sociology, American Sociological 

Association 

1997-98 National Conference on Undergraduate Research 

Proceedings 

1998-02 Journal of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 

American Educational Research Association 

1999-00 Sociological Spectrum


3. Reviewer: 

Journals 

Presses 

Sociological Quarterly 

Sociological Inquiry 

Sociological Spectrum 

Elementary School Journal 

Social Problems 

American Sociological Review 

Science and Engineering Ethics 

Journal of the Association of Social and Behavioral 

Sciences 

Journal of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and 

Engineering 

Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal 

Technology and Culture 

Rutgers University Press 

Oxford University Press 

Cambridge University Press 

Johns Hopkins University Press 

MIT Press 

4. Society Memberships: 

American Association for the Advancement of Science 

American Sociological Association 

National Council on Family Relations 

Sigma Xi 

Society for the Social Studies of Science 

Southern Sociological Society 

American Chemical Society 

Mid-South Sociological Association 

5. Advisory Groups: 

1989-90 Advisory Board, WETA-TV, Washington, DC 

1990- Advisory Board, Meyerhoff Scholars Program, University 

of Maryland at Baltimore County 

1991-98 Founding Member, Women's Studies Steering Committee 

Wake Forest University 

1991 Member, Winston-Salem Urban League Transition 

Committee 

1991-97 Board of Directors, Family Services, Inc., Winston-Salem, 

North Carolina


1992-94 Board of Directors, Policy Group on Rape Education, 

Prevention and Readiness (PREPAR), Wake Forest 

University 

1992-96 Member, Review and Comment Committee, Forsyth 

County Juvenile Justice Council, Inc., Winston-Salem, 

North Carolina 

1993 Advisory Research Team, Excellence and Equity Project, 

The American Association of Museums, Washington, DC 

1994-00 Board of Governors, National Conferences on 

Undergraduate Research 

1995-96 Co-Chair, Review and Comment Committee, Forsyth 

County Juvenile Justice Council, Inc., Winston-Salem, 

North Carolina 

1996-01 Advisory Board, Center for Excellence for Research, 

Teaching and Learning, Winston-Salem Forsyth County 

Schools and Wake Forest University School of Medicine 

1999-01 Forsyth Futures (Appointed by Forsyth County 

Commissioners) 

1999-01 Board of Directors, Maya Angelou Institute, Winston- 

Salem State University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 

2000-01 Member, Ad Hoc Committee for the Assessment of the 

Post Baccalaureate Program, Wake Forest University 

School of Medicine 

2000-01 Member, Center for Health Policy Advisory Committee, 

Wake Forest University School of Medicine 

2001 Member, Advisory Board, WNET-TV, New York, New 

York 

2001-06 Member, Advisory Board, NOVA Science Series, Julian 

Project, Boston, MA 

2002 Member, Advisory Board, Grad Portal, Council of 

Graduate Schools, Educational Testing Service and the 

University of South Carolina 

2003-06 Member, Advisory Board, Delta Research and 

Educational Foundation (DREF) 

2003-07 Member, External Advisory Board, STEM Leadership for 

Tribal Colleges, Quality Education for Minorities in 

Science and Engineering 

2004-08 Member, Advisory Committee, Student Science 

Enrichment Program, Burroughs Welcome Fund; Chair, 

2011- 

2004-07 Member, MIE Advisory Board, Spelman College 

2004- Member, Advisory Board, Center for Nanotechnology in 

Society, University of California, Santa Barbara 

2007-09 Member, Advisory Board, MIT Initiative for Faculty


Race Equity 

2007- Member, IRACDA Advisory Committee, Medical College 

of South Carolina 

2009- Member, Advisory Council, South Africa’s National 

Research Foundation PhD Project and American 

Association for Advancement of Science Partnership 

2009-2010 Chair, Advisory Committee, South Carolina 

EPSCoR 

2009- Co-Chair, Advisory Board, ScienceMakers Project, 

The HistoryMakers Museum. Chicago. 

2011- Member, I-Cubed Project, UMBC, Baltimore 

B. CAMPUS CONTRIBUTIONS 

2001 Panelist, Press Conference, National Announcement of Higher Education 

Panel, Building Excellence in Science and Technology (BEST) 

2001 Participant, Various Student Activities 

2001 Held monthly mentoring sessions with students from the College of 

Engineering and IAC 

2001 GT representative, EMERGE National Advisory Board Meeting 

2002 Panelist, Ivan Allen College Workshop on Grant Writing 

2002 Participant, FOCUS workshops 

2002-05 CPBIS Grants Review Panel 

2003 Keynote Address, Georgia Tech Chapter, National Society of Black 

Engineers 

2003 Advisory Committee, University System (sociology, anthropology and 

social work) 

2003 Member, Planning Committee, Provost Retreat 

2003-04 Member, Science and Technology Policy Planning Group 

2003-05 Member, Innovation Initiative, Georgia Tech, IBM and Council on 

Competitive, Work Force Working Group 

2003-04 Laurence Ralph, undergraduate protégé was awarded two grants, 

presented papers at two professional meetings and became the first 

Georgia Tech student to be awarded a Mellon Fellowship. He is a 

second-year graduate student at the University of Chicago 

2004 CPBIS Industrial Retreat 

2006 Presentation, Reflections of the Life of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, Student 

Services (session included Wayne Clough) 

2006 Panelist, OMED, Graduate Student Forum 

2006-09 Member, Ivan Allen College Promotion and Tenure Committee 

2007-08 Chair, HTS Sociology Search Committee 

2007-09 Member, HTS Executive Committee 

2007-08 Member, HTS 5-Year Planning Committee 

2006- Member, HTS Graduate Committee 

2008-09 Chair, HTS Sociology Search Committee 

2007-08 Member, Vice Provost for Academic Diversity Search Committee 

2008-09 Member, Advisory Committee, Interim, Vice Provost for Academic 

Diversity


V. EXTERNAL GRANTS 

1. "Biography of Edward Alexander Bouchet." Travel Grant. National Endowment 

for the Humanities, 1985. $500.00. 

2. "Graduate Enrollment Decision of Undergraduate Science Majors." Proposal 

Development, 1985-1986. Graduate Record Examinations Board (with D. 

Powers). Precis, $12,000. Full Proposal, $108.00. 

3. "Case Study of Major Doctoral Producing Institutions in Recruiting, Enrolling 

and Retaining Black and Hispanic Graduate Students." Graduate Record 

Examinations Board, 1988-1990 (with G. Thomas and B.C. Clewell). Full 

proposal $488,906 and revisions, $9,000. 

4. "Survey of Minority Admissions Procedures at Doctoral Granting Institutions". 

Graduate Record Examinations Board, 1990 (with B.C. Clewell). Precis, $5,000. 

5. "Blacks in American Science." 1990. American Sociological 

Association/National Science Foundational Small (with E. Smith). $2,500. 

6. Society for the Study of Science and European Association of the Social Studies 

of Science and Technology Joint Meeting. "Workshop on International Human 

Resource Issues". Gothenburg SWEDEN, August 12-15, 1992 (with C. Leggon) 

National Science Foundation. $23,000. 

7. "A Study of the Career Patterns of African-American Doctoral Chemists." 

National Science Foundation, 1993. $82,500. Supplement $38.145. 

8. "Who Will Do Science?: Educating the Next Generation." American Association 

for the Advancement of Science Meeting. Atlanta. February. Sloan Foundation, 

1994. $6,650. Participants Travel Grant. 

9. National Institute of Justice, 1998-2000. $250,000 (with R.G. Rogan, R. DuRant, 

and C. Richman). 

10. Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative, Evaluation Contract, Winston-Salem 

Forsyth County Schools. $194,234. 

11. Leadership Alliance Program. Evaluation Contract, Brown University. $266,473 

12. "Planning Grant-South African Partnership." (2002) National Science 

Foundation. $54,002 

13. "Postdoctoral Appointments: Roles and Opportunities” (2003) National Science 

Foundation. $136.740 (with Robert Lichter) 

14. “Pathways to STEM Careers.” (2003) National Science Foundation. (with Diane 

Martin) $342,267 

15. “The Status of Women in International Chemistry, Computer Science, and 

Mathematics: What We Know and Need to Know to Increase the Advancement 

of Women.” (2008), National Science Foundation (with Lisa Frehill) $327,800, 

2 years. National Academy of Sciences. 

VII. HONORS AND AWARDS 

1970-71 Presidential Scholarship, Atlanta University 

1976-78 American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship 

1978-79 American Sociological Association Spivak Dissertation Grant 

1974-75 Outstanding Teacher, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 

Grambling State University


1979-80 Outstanding Service Award, Society for the Propagation of Black 

Culture, University of Central Arkansas 

1984-85 Educational Testing Service Postdoctoral Fellow 

1987-88 The Excellence in Research Award, Wake Forest University 

1988-89 Congressional Fellowship, Office of Technology Assessment 

1993 College of Liberal Arts' Alumni Achievement A ward, Southern Illinois 

University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 

1999 Quality Education for Minorities in Mathematics, Science and 

Engineering (QEM/MSE) Network's Giants in Science Award 

2000 Schoonmaker Faculty Prize for Community Service, Wake Forest 

University Alumni Council 

2001-02 Distinguished Lecturer, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society 

2001 National Associate, National Academy of Science (Life Time 

Appointment) 

2001-02 Leader, Expert Panel, Higher Education Panel, Building Excellence in 

Science and Technology (BEST) 

2004 Biographical Profile, Just/Garcia/Hill Eminent Scientist Website (first 

social scientist) 

2005 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Section 

on Social, Economic and Behavioral Sciences 

2009 Biographical Profile, The National Academies: African American 

History Program, Database of Distinguished African American 

Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers.

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