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THEODORE C. WAGENAAR
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
6120 Stephenson Rd.
Miami University Oxford, OH 45056
Oxford, OH 45056 513 529-2643
wagenatc@muohio.edu
POSITIONS HELD
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Miami University
Professor: taught graduate and undergraduate Research Methods, graduate and undergraduate
Formal Organizations, Introductory Sociology, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Gender,
Sociology Capstone, Teaching Sociology, and Sociology of the Teaching Profession, 1983 to
present.
National Center for Education Statistics, Washington, DC
Research Fellow: completed research on the transition from youth to adulthood and other
policy-relevant issues for NCES. Sponsored by the American Statistical Association and funded by
NSF, September 1995 - May 1996.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Sociology, Ohio State University, 1975. Dissertation title: "Organizational
Effectiveness in Schools: The Role of Selected Structural and Environmental Variables."
(Ronald G. Corwin, Advisor)
M.A., Sociology, Ohio State University, 1971.
A.B., Sociology and Elementary Education (double major), Calvin College, 1970.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Selected to serve on the Bingham Teaching Awards Review Committee, 2002-2007,
Transylvania University.
Selected as Carnegie Scholar , Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning, 1999-2000.
Received Special Merit Award from Project Innovation for article, “Race and Children: The
Dynamics of Early Socialization” (with Rodney D. Coates), 2000.
Received award from the Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities for
excellence in teaching, 1994.
Received Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, American Sociological Association,
1992.
Received Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, North Central Sociological
Association, 1992.
AREAS OF TEACHING INTEREST
Sociology of education, complex organizations, methodology, introductory sociology,
teaching sociology, sociology capstone, and gender roles.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Sociological Association
Section on Teaching and Learning
Section on Technology and Society
North Central Sociological Association
Midwest Sociological Society
JOURNAL EDITORSHIPS
Editorial Board Member, Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2002-2004.
Editorial Board Member, The Teaching Professor, 1991-1997.
OFFICES HELD
Member, Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 2003.
Chair, Section on Computers and Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association,
2001-2002.
Chair, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award Committee of the American Sociological
Association, 2001-2002, member 2000-2002.
Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1999-2000, 1995-1996, 1994-1995.
Member, Teaching Committee, North Central Sociological Association, 1998-2000, 2002-2004.
GRANTS
Research Fellow, National Center for Education Statistics, sponsored by the American Statistical
Association and funded by the National Science Foundation, 1995-1996, $90,000.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Study Guide for Babbie’s The Basics of Social Research, Wadsworth, 2 nd edition, 2002, and
1 st edition, 1999 (T. Wagenaar and E. Babbie).
Practicing Social Research, student workbook for tenth edition of Babbie's The Practice of
Social Research, Wadsworth, 2004 (T. Wagenaar and E. Babbie). Also ninth edition, 2000,
eighth edition, 1997, seventh edition, 1995, sixth edition, 1992, fifth edition, 1988, fourth
edition, 1986, and third edition, 1983.
Teaching Sociology of Education, fifth edition, edited volume with essay, American
Sociological Association, 2000, (J. Ballantine, J. Dixon, F. Hammack, E. King, C. Persell, and
T. Wagenaar). Also fourth edition, 1996, second edition, 1988, and first edition, 1984.
The Capstone Course in Sociology, edited volume with introductory essay, American
Sociological Association, 2 nd edition, 1997, 1 st edition, 1993.

Book Chapters
“Survey Design,” in International Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, Academic Press,
2004.
“Interview with Theodore C. Wagenaar,” 9pp. in Voices From the Classroom: Interviews with
Thirty-Six Sociologists About Teaching, American Sociological Association, 1996.
"Sociology of Education," Pp. 1939-1945 in Survey of Social Sciences: Sociology, edited by
F. Magill. Salem Press. 1994.
"What Do We Know About High School Dropouts?" Pp. 161-190 in Research in the
Sociology of Education and Socialization, Volume 7: Out of School, edited by R. Corwin. JAI
Press. 1987.
Articles/Notes
“Assessing Sociological Knowledge: A First Try,” Teaching Sociology, 2004.
“Is There a Core in Sociology? Results From a Survey,” Teaching Sociology, 2004.
“Core as Science or Core as Major? Impediments to Identifying a Core,” Teaching Sociology,
2004.
“Sociology and a General Understanding of Social Life,” Teaching Sociology, 2004 (T.
Wagenaar, B. Keith, and M. Ender).
“Outcomes Assessment in Sociology: Prevalence and Impact,” Teaching Sociology, October,
2002: 403-413.
“Deep Learning Across the Sociology Curriculum,” Michigan Sociological Review, Fall,
2001:1-9.
"The Nature of the Course," in Teaching the Sociology of Education, fifth edition, J.
Ballantine, J. Dixon, F. Hammack, E. King, C. Persell, and T. Wagenaar (eds.), American
Sociological Association, 2000:7-13. Also fourth edition, 1997, second edition, 1988, and
first edition, 1984.
“Race and Children: The Dynamics of Early Socialization,” Education, Winter, 1999:220-
236 (T. Wagenaar and R. Coates).
Newspaper Articles
Cited in an article, “Find Dining: Small Towns’ Big Challenge,” Cincinnati Enquirer,
November 26, 2001.
Electronic Media
Practice Quizzes for Babbie’s Research Writer CD-ROM, Wadsworth, 2004.
Web tutorials for Babbie’s The Practice of Social Research, Wadsworth, 2004.
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
Research (teaching and curriculum topics noted below)

“Sociological Community in a Special Interest Chat Forum,” American Sociological
Association, August, 2003.
“Race Differences in Early Childhood Experiences: Home and School,” Midwest Sociological
Society, April, 1999.
“Educational and Social Correlates of Early Sexual Experiences,” North Central Sociological
Association, April, 1999.
“Gender Differences in Childhood Socialization,” American Sociological Association, August,
1997.
“The School Experiences of Adolescents: A Focus on Gender,” North Central Sociological
Association, April, 1997.
“Who Has Sex How Often?”, Midwest Sociological Society, April, 1997.
Teaching, Curriculum, and Higher Education
WORKSHOPS
“Assessing Sociological Knowledge: A First Try,” American Sociological Association, August,
2003.
“Teaching Effective Writing,” International Conference on Faculty Learning Communities,
June, 2003.
“Curriculum Structures and Deep Learning in Sociology,” Midwest Sociological Society, April,
2003.
“Student Writing Coaches: An Example from Sociology of Gender,” North Central
Sociological Association, April, 2003 (with Yady King).
“Peer Review of Teaching,” Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November, 2002.
“Institutionalizing Teaching Excellence: The Bingham Program for Excellence in Teaching
at Transylvania University,” session organizer and presenter, Lilly Conference on College
Teaching, November, 2002.
“Is There a Core in Sociology? Results From a Survey,” American Sociological Association,
2002.
“Deep Learning and the Sociology Curriculum,” XV World Congress of Sociology, 2002.
“Deep Learning Across the Sociology Curriculum,” poster session at annual meeting of
American Association for Higher Education, April, 2002.
“Undertaking Effective Program Reviews,” Department Resources Group of the American
Sociological Association, August, 2003.
“Some of the Things You Have Always Wanted to Know About Assessment,” workshop co-leader,
American Sociological Association, August, 2003.
“The Capstone Course in Sociology,” workshop co-leader, American Sociological Association,
2002.

“Preparing for and Surviving Program Review,” workshop co-leader, American Sociological
Association, 2002.
“Assessing Undergraduate Learning in Sociology,” American Sociological Association, August,
2000 (with K. Roberts, S. Steele, and D. Gordon).
“Student Evaluation of Teaching: What We Know and How to Do It,” Santa Fe Community
College, April, 2000.
“Student Evaluation of Teaching: What We Know and How to do It,” Michigan State University,
March, 2000.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Task Force Member, Implications of Assessing Faculty Productivity and
Effectiveness, American Sociological Association, 2000-2002.
Teaching
Project member, Peer Collaboration, American Sociological Association, 1997-1999.
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