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FACULTY VITA Fall 2013
PETER ADLER
I. PERSONAL DATA
3975 Newport Lane Department of Sociology & Criminology

Boulder, CO 80304 University of Denver
(303) 449-3021; (303) 579-5353 (c) Denver, Colorado 80208-2948
e-mail: socyprof@hotmail.com (303) 871-2062
II. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
University of California, San Diego - Ph.D. in Sociology, 1980

University of California, San Diego - M.A. in Sociology, 1975
University of Chicago - M.A. in Social Sciences, emphasis in Urban Studies, 1974
Washington University, St. Louis - A.B. in Sociology, 1973
III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching
1993-present -- Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology; Urban Studies

Concentration, University of Denver
1996-2008 – Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hawaii
1987-93 -- Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Denver
1986-87 -- Visiting Associate Professor, Washington University (St. Louis)
1980-86 -- Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa
1979-80 -- Faculty Associate, University of California, San Diego
1976-78 -- Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego
IV. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association (sections on Emotions; Social Psychology; Alcohol, Drugs, and
Tobacco; Sociology of Children; Occupations, Organizations, and Work; Labor and Labor
Movements)
American Society of Criminology
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
Pacific Sociological Association
Midwest Sociological Society
Southern Sociological Society
Institute for Sport and Social Analysis
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
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V. PUBLICATIONS
Books
Drugs and the American Dream. New York: Wiley-Blackwell (co-edited with Patricia A. Adler and
Patrick K.O’Brien), 2012.
The Tender Cut: Inside the Hidden World of Self-Injury. New York: NYU Press, 2011 (co-authored
with Patricia A. Adler).
The Deviance Society. [La Societả delle Devianze] Updated and with a new Afterword.
Translated into Italian by Professor Raffaele Rauty, with a Foreword by Professor Giuseppina
Cersosimo. Published in the series, “Explòrations,” Salerno, Italy. Calimera, LE: Kurumuny, 2012.
(co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Paradise Laborers: Hotel Work in the Global Economy. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press,
2004 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Winner of the 2005 North Central Sociological Association Outstanding Scholarship Award.
Reprinted (in part) in: Richard Schaefer, Sociology, Tenth Edition. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Introductory Sociology. Belmont, CA:

Wadsworth Publishing, 2001 (co-edited with Patricia A. Adler). With Test Bank.
Second Edition, Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth Publishing, 2007. With Test Bank.
Third Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage, 2010. With Test Bank.
Fourth Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage, 2013. With Test Bank.
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior (Volume 1). Philadelphia, PA: Taylor &
Francis, 2001 (co-edited with Patricia A. Adler and H. Jay Corzine).
Peer Power: Preadolescent Culture and Identity. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press,
Excerpts reprinted in: Richard Schaefer, Sociology, Seventh Edition. New York: McGraw–
Hill, 2001.
Excerpts reprinted in: Robert J. Brym (ed.), Society in Question, Fifth Edition.
Scarborough, ONT: Thomson Nelson, 2007.
Constructions of Deviance: Social Power, Context, and Interaction. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Publishing, 1994 (co-edited with Patricia A. Adler).
Second Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997.
Third Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2000.
Fourth Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2003.

Fifth Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2006.
Sixth Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2009.
Seventh Edition. Belmont, CA: Cengage Wadsworth, 2012.
Backboards and Blackboards: College Athletes and Role Engulfment. New York: Columbia
University Press, 1991 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Excerpts reprinted in: L. Cargan and J. Ballantine (eds.), Sociological Footprints, Sixth
Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1994. Seventh Edition, 1997. Tenth Edition,
2007.
Membership Roles in Field Research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1987 (co-authored
Reprinted in: SAGE Research Methods Online, 2010.
Sociological Studies of Child Development: A Research Annual. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press (co-
edited with Patricia A. Adler). Vol. l, 1986; Vol. 2, 1987; Vol. 3, 1990; Vol. 4, 1991; Vol. 5, 1992.
The Social Dynamics of Financial Markets. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1984 (co-edited with Patricia
A. Adler).
Momentum: A Theory of Social Action. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1981.
Introduction to the Sociologies of Everyday Life. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1980 (co-authored
with Jack D. Douglas et al.).
Journal Articles
“Keynote Address: Tales from the Field: Reflections on Four Decades of Ethnography.” Qualitative
Sociology Review 8(1), 2012 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Self-Injury in the Cyberworld.” Contexts 11(1), 2012 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“The Cyber Worlds of Self-Injurers: Deviant Communities, Relationships, and Selves.” Symbolic
Interaction 31(1), 2008 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), Constructions of Deviance. Seventh
edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage, 2012.
Reprinted in: Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), Sociological Odyssey. Third edition.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage, 2010. Fourth edition, 2013.
“Presidential Address: Of Rhetoric and Representation: The Four Faces of Ethnography.” The
Sociological Quarterly 48(1), Spring 2008 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“The Demedicalization of Self-Injury: From Psychopathology to Sociological Deviance.” Journal of

Contemporary Ethnography 36(5), October 2007 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted and translated into Dutch, translated by Franz Spierings, University of

Rotterdam, for the National Self-Harm Network of the Netherlands, www.zelfschadiging.nl.
“The Deviance Society.” Deviant Behavior 27(1), 2006 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Bruce Hoffman and Ashley Demyan (eds.), Teaching and Learning about
Deviance: A Resource Guide, 2008. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
Reprinted in: TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, 2010.
Washington DC: American Sociological Association.
“Self-Injurers as Loners: The Social Organization of Solitary Deviance.” Deviant Behavior 26(4),
Reprinted in: Alex Thio, Thomas Calhoun, and Addrain Conyers (eds.), Readings in
Deviant Behavior, Fourth Edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2006. Fifth Edition, 2008. Sixth
edition, 2010.
Reprinted in Earl Rubington and Martin Weinberg (eds.), Deviance: The Interactionist
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Perspective, 10 ed., 2008. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
“The Identity Career of the Graduate Student: Professional Socialization to Academic Sociology.”
The American Sociologist 36(2), 2005 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Ira Silver and David Shulman (eds.), Academic Street Smarts: Informal
Socialization of Graduate Students in Sociology, 2008. Washington, DC: American
Sociological Association.
“The Promise (and Pitfalls) of Going into the Field.” Contexts 3(2) (Spring 2003) (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), Sociological Odyssey, Second
Edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. Third Edition, 2010. Fourth edition,
2013.
Reprinted in: James Jasper and Jeff Goodwin (eds.), The Contexts Reader. New York:
Worth, 2007.
Reprinted in: Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen (eds,), The Contexts Reader.
Second edition. New York: Worth, 2012.
“Seasonality and Flexible Labor in Resorts: Organizations, Employees, and Local Labor Markets.”
Sociological Spectrum 23(1) (January 2003) (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“’Off-Time Labor’ in Resorts: The Social Construction of ‘Commercial Time’.” American Behavioral
Scientist 44(7), 2001 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler, Sociological Odyssey, Second Edition.
Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. Third Edition, 2010.
“Resort Workers: Adaptations in the Leisure-Work Nexus.” Sociological Perspectives 42(3), 1999
“The Ethnographers’ Ball Revisited.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 28(5), 1999 (co-
authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna Lincoln (eds.), The American Tradition in
Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2001.
“The Joys of Research.” Sociological Origins 1(2), 1999 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Transience and the Postmodern Self: The Geographic Mobility of Resort Workers.” The
Sociological Quarterly 40(1), 1999 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Preadolescent Clique Stratification and the Hierarchy of Identity." Sociological Inquiry 66(2),
Spring 1996 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Jaber Gubrium and James Holstein (eds.), Self, Society, and Social
Interaction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Reprinted in: Spencer Cahill (ed.), Inside Social Life, Fourth Edition. Los Angeles:
Roxbury, 2004. Fifth Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Reprinted in Susan Ferguson, ed., Mapping the Social Landscape, 5 edition. New York:
McGraw Hill, 2008. Sixth edition. 2010.
"Parent-as-Researcher: The Politics of Researching in the Personal Life." Qualitative Sociology

19(1), January 1996 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Rosanna Hertz (ed.), Reflexivity and Voice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage,
1997.
"Understanding and Evaluating Qualitative Research." Journal of Marriage and the Family 57,
November 1995 (co-authored with Anne-Marie Ambert, Patricia A. Adler, and Dan Detzner).
Reprinted in: Fred Pyrczak (ed.), Cases of Qualitative Research. Los Angeles, CA:
Pyrczak Publishing, 2000.
"Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Preadolescent Cliques." Social Psychology Quarterly

58(3), September 1995 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), Sociological Odyssey. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, 2001. Second Edition, 2007. Third Edition, 2010. Fourth edition, 2013.
Reprinted in: Margaret Anderson, Kim A. Logio, and Howard F. Taylor (eds.),
Understanding Society: Readings in the Sociological Perspective. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, 2001. Second Edition, 2004. Third Edition, 2008.
Reprinted in: Susan Ferguson (ed.), Mapping the Social Landscape, Third Edition. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. Fourth Edition, 2005. Fifth Edition, 2008.
Reprinted in: Karin Branham (ed.), Introduction to Sociology. New York: McGraw Hill,
2004.
"The Demography of Ethnography." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 24(1), April 1995 (co-
"Social Reproduction and the Corporate Other: The Institutionalization of Afterschool Activities."
The Sociological Quarterly 35(2), June 1994 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Roger Clark and Emily Stiers Adler (eds.), How It's Done: An Invitation to
Social Research. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1999. Second Edition, 2002. Third Edition,
2008. Fourth edition, 2011.
"Socialization to Gender Roles: Images of Popularity Among Elementary School Boys and Girls."
Sociology of Education 65(3), July 1992 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler and Steven J. Kless).
Reprinted in: Ann Stahm and Tamara Sniezek (eds.), Introduction to Sociology. San Diego,
CA: University Reading Co,
Reprinted in: Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), Sociological Odyssey. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, 2001. Second Edition, 2007.
Reprinted in: Karen Sternheimer (ed.), Childhood in American Society: A Reader. Boston:
Allyn & Bacon, 2009.
"Street Corner Society Revisited: New Questions About Old Issues." Journal of Contemporary
Ethnography 21(1), April 1992 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler and John M. Johnson).
“Whither the Decline?” The American Sociologist, 20(4) Winter, 1989-90 (co-authored with Patricia
A. Adler).
"Dual-Careerism and the Conjoint-Career Couple." The American Sociologist 20(3), Fall 1989 (co-
authored with Patricia A. Adler, Constance Ahrons, Morton Perlmutter, William Staples, and Carol
Warren).
"The Gloried Self: The Aggrandizement and Constriction of Self." Social Psychology Quarterly
52(4), December 1989 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Chris Rojek (ed.), Celebrity: Critical Concepts in Sociology. London:
Routledge, 2010.
Reprinted in: Kent Sandstrom, Dan Martin, and Gary Alan Fine (eds.), Symbols, Selves,
and Social Reality. Second Edition. Los Angeles: Roxbury, 2007. Third edition. New
York: Oxford
University Press, 2009.
Reprinted in: Joel Charon (ed.), The Meaning of Sociology: A Reader, Fifth Edition.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996.
Reprinted in: D. Newman (ed.), Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, Second
Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge, 1997. Third Edition, 2000.
Reprinted in: Roberta Garner (ed.), Social Theory: Continuity and Confrontation.
Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview, 2000. Second Edition, 2007.
Reprinted in: Spencer Cahill (ed.), Inside Social Life. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury, 1994.
Second Edition, 1998. Third Edition, 2001. Fourth Edition, 2004. Fifth Edition. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2007. Kent Sandstrom (ed.). Sixth Edition, 2011.
"Self-Censorship: The Politics of Presenting Ethnographic Data." ARENA Review 13(1), Spring
"Intense Loyalty in Organizations: A Case Study of College Athletics." Administrative Science

Quarterly 33(3), September 1988 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: J. Van Maanen (ed.), Qualitative Studies of Organizations. Thousand Oaks,
CA, Sage, 1999.
"Role Conflict and Identity Salience: College Athletes and the Academic Role." Social Science
Journal 24(4), October 1987 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Nathan Palmer, Tanya Gladney, Erica Hunter, and Fernando I. Rivera (eds.),
The Norton Mix: Sociology. New York: Norton, 2012.
Reprinted in: Peter Kivisto (ed.), Exploring the Social: Readings in Contemporary
Sociology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Reprinted in: James Henslin (ed.), Exploring Social Life. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2006.
Reprinted as “College Athletes and Role Conflict” in: James Henslin (ed.), Life in Society.
McGraw-Hill, 2006.
"Everyday Life Sociology." Annual Review of Sociology 13, 1987 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler and Andrea Fontana).
Reprinted in: Ken Plummer (ed.), Symbolic Interactionism. Brookfield, VT: Edward Elgar
Press, 1991.
Reprinted in: Nancy Herman (ed.), Symbolic Interactionism: An Introduction to Social

Psychology. Dix Hills, NY: General Hall, 1994.
"The Past and Future of Ethnography." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 16(1), 1987 (co-
"The Politics of Participation in Field Research." Urban Life 14(4), January 1986 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler and E. Burke Rochford).
"From Idealism to Pragmatic Detachment: The Academic Performance of College Athletes."

Sociology of Education 58(4), 1985 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted (in part) in: Caroline H. Persell, Understanding Society, Second Edition. New
York, NY: Harper and Row, 1987.
Reprinted in: D. Stanley Eitzen (ed.), Sport in Contemporary Society, Third Edition. New
York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Fifth Edition, 1996. Sixth Edition, Worth Publishers,
2001.
Reprinted in: Paul Brezina, Charles Selengut and Robert A. Weyer (eds.), Seeing Society:
Perspectives on Social Life. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1990. Second Edition, 1993.
Reprinted in: Andrew Yiannakis, Tim McIntyre, and Merrill Melnick (eds.), Sport Sociology:
Contemporary Themes, Third Edition. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt, 1992. Fourth Edition,
1994.
Reprinted in: D. Barres and M. Forman (eds.), Exploring Diversity: Readings in Sociology,
Second Edition. Needham Heights, MA: Simon and Schuster, 1999.
Reprinted in: Eric Dunning and Dominic Malcolm (eds.), Sport: Critical Concepts in
Sociology. London: Routledge, 2003.
"The Carpool: A Socializing Adjunct to the Educational Experience." Sociology of Education 57(4),
Reprinted in: Gerald Handel (ed.), Childhood Socialization. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de
Gruyter, 1989. Second Edition, 2002.
"The Sociologist as Celebrity: The Role of the Media in Field Research." Qualitative Sociology 7(4),
1984.
Reprinted in: Alan Bryman and Robert Burgess (eds.), Qualitative Research. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999.
"Shifts and Oscillations in Deviant Careers: The Case of Upper-Level Drug Dealers and
Smugglers." Social Problems 31(2), 1983 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Delos Kelly (ed.), Deviant Behavior, Third Edition. New York: St. Martin's
Press, 1989.
Reprinted in: William Feigelman (ed.), Readings on Social Problems. New York: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 1990.
Reprinted in: D. Hobbs (ed.), Professional Criminals. Aldershoot, Hampshire, England:

Dartmouth, 1994.
Reprinted in: David Greenberg (ed.), Criminal Careers, Vol. II. Aldershoot, Hampshire,
England: Dartmouth Publishing, 1996.
Reprinted in: P.A. Adler and P. Adler (eds.), Constructions of Deviance. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, 1994. Second Edition, 1997. Third Edition, 2000. Fourth Edition, 2003. Fifth
Edition, 2006. Sixth Edition, 2009.
Reprinted (in German) as “Grossdealer und schmuggler in Kalifornien: Karrieren zwischen

Abweichung und Konformitat,” in Bettina Paul and Henning Schmidt-Semisch (eds.),
Drogen Dealer: Ansichten eines verrufenen Gewerbes. Freiburg, Germany: Lambertus-
Verlag, 1998.
Reprinted in: James Orcutt and David Rudy (eds.), Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
Reprinted in: Helena Z. Lopata and Judith Levy (eds.), Social Problems Across the Life
Course. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
Reprinted in: Bruce Jacobs (ed.), Investigating Deviance. Los Angeles: Roxbury, 2001.
Reprinted in: Bradley Wright and Ralph McNeal (eds.), Boundaries: Readings in Crime,
Deviance, and Criminal Justice. Boston: Pearson, 2002.
"Relationships Between Dealers: The Social Organization of Illicit Drug Transactions." Sociology
and Social Research 67(3), 1983 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted (in part) in: John E. Conklin, Criminology, Sixth Edition. Boston, MA: Allyn &
Bacon, 1998. Seventh Edition, 2001.
"Dry with a Wink: Normative Clash and Social Order." Urban Life 12(2), 1983 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
"Championing Leisure: The Professionalization of Racquetball." Journal of Sport and Social Issues
6(1), 1982 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Criminal Commitment Among Drug Dealers." Deviant Behavior 3(2), 1982 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Clifton D. Bryant (ed.), Deviant Behavior: Readings in the Sociology of Norm
Violations. New York, NY: Hemisphere, 1989.
"The Irony of Secrecy in the Drug World." Urban Life 8(4), 1980 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
"The Role of Momentum in Sport." Urban Life 7(2), 1978 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Tinydopers: A Case Study of Deviant Socialization." Symbolic Interaction 1(2), 1978 (co-authored
Reprinted in: Delos Kelly (ed.), Deviant Behavior, Second Edition. New York, NY: St.
Martin's Press, 1984. Third Edition, 1989. Fourth Edition, 1992. Fifth Edition, 1996. Sixth
Edition, NY: Worth, 2003.
Reprinted in: John Stimson, Ardyth Stimson, and Vincent Parillo (eds.), Social Problems:
Definition, Impact, and Solution. New York: Wiley, 1985.
Reprinted in: John Stimson, Ardyth Stimson, and Vincent N. Parillo (eds.), Social
Problems: Contemporary Readings, Second Edition. Itasca, IL: F.E. Peacock Publishers,
Inc., 1991.
Reprinted in: Frances C. Waksler (ed.), Studying the Social Worlds of Children:
Sociological Readings. England: Falmer Press, 1991.
Reprinted in: L. Klemke (ed.), Analyzing Deviants and Deviant Behavior. Needham
Heights, MA: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
Reprinted in: Bradley Wright and Ralph McNeal (eds.), Boundaries: Readings in Crime,
Deviance, and Criminal Justice. Boston: Pearson, 2002.
Reprinted in: Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler, and Patrick K. O’Brien (eds.), Drugs and the
American Dream: An Anthology. Boston: Wiley Blackwell, in press.
New Technologies
“The Deviance Society.” Blog on Psychology Today.com.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-deviance-society. 2011-present (with Patricia A. Adler).
●”Deviance is Alive and Well” (July 2011)

●“The Social Transformation of Self-Injury” (August 2011)
●“Ghett-o’ This Airplane” (August 2011)
●“Why Can’t We Handle the Human Form?” (September 2011)
●“Do Men Self-Injure?” (October 2011)
●*“What’s in a Name?” (November 2011)
●“Has the Internet affected Self-Injury?” (December 2011)
●”The Control Society” (January 2012)
●”Quitting Self-Injury” (February 2012)
Blog on Salon.com, “How We Became a Nation of Self-Injurers,” August 18, 2011,

http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/08/18/tender_cut_interview
Blog on CNN Main Home Page, “Self-Injury,” August 23, 2011,

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/23/self-injury-a-silent-epidemic/
Chapters in Books and Encyclopedias
“IRBan Renewal.” In Will van den Hoonaard (ed.), The Ethics Rupture: Alternatives to Formal
Ethics Review in the Social Sciences. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, forthcoming (co-
“Self-Injury.” In Craig J. Forsyth and Heith Copes (eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Deviance.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, forthcoming (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
'How many qualitative interviews is enough?', in S.E. Baker and R. Edwards (eds) How Many
Qualitative Interviews is Enough? Expert Voices and Early Career Reflections on Sampling and
Cases in Qualitative Research, National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) Methods Review
Paper. Online publication at: http://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/2273/ (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
http://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/2273/4/how_many_interviews.pdf
“The Influence of the Internet on Deviance.” In Pascale Antonin and Arnaud Schmitt (eds.),
Practiques et Esthétique en Amérique du Nord. Bordeaux: FR: University of Bordeaux Press,
“Deviant Identity.” In George Ritzer and Michael Ryan (eds.), Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of
Sociology. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2011 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Using a Gestalt Perspective to Analyze Children’s Worlds.” In William Shaffir, Antony Puddephat,
and Steven Kleinknecht (eds.), Ethnographies Revisited: The Stories Behind the Stories. New York:
Routledge, 2010 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Self-Injury.” Claire Renzetti and Jeffrey L. Edleson (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Interpersonal
Violence. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2008 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Self-Harm.” In Michael Flood, Judith Kegan Gardiner, Bob Pease, and Keith Pringle (eds.),
International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities. London: Routledge, 2007 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
“Self-Injurers as Loners.” In Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), Constructions of Deviance:
Social Power, Context, and Interaction, Fifth Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2007 (co-authored
with Patricia A. Adler). Sixth Edition, 2009.
“Deviant Identity.” In George Ritzer (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sociology. Malden, MA: Blackwell,
Reprinted in: George Ritzer and Michael Ryan (eds.), Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of
Sociology. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2010.
“Foreword: Fighting the Good Fight.” In Rik Scarce, Contempt of Court. Lanham, MD: Alta Mira
Press, 2005 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Membership Roles.” In A. Bryman, M. Lewis-Beck, and T. Futing-Liao (eds.), Encyclopedia of

Social Science Research Methods. London: Sage, 2004 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“The Reluctant Respondent.” In Jaber Gubrium and James Holstein (eds.), Handbook of Interview
Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2002 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: James Holstein and Jaber Gubrium (eds.), Inside Interviewing.
Thousand Oaks CA: Sage, 2003.
“Do University Lawyers and the Police Define our Research Value System?” In Will van den
Hoonaard (ed.), Walking the Tightrope: Ethical Issues for Qualitative Researchers. Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, 2003 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Identity.” In Larry Reynolds and Nancy Herman-Kinney (eds.), Handbook of Symbolic

Interactionism. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 2004 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler and
Kevin David Vryan).
“Conducting Ethnographic Research.” In George Ritzer (ed.), Perspectives. New York: McGraw-
Hill, 2001 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Introduction.” In Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler, and H. Jay Corzine, Encyclopedia of Criminology
and Deviant Behavior (Volume 1). Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis, 2001 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler and H. Jay Corzine).
“Deviant Careers.” In Clifton Bryant (ed.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior.
Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis, 2001 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“College Athletes in High-Profile Media Sports: The Consequences of Glory.” In J.J. Coakley and
P. Donnelly (eds.), Inside Sports. London: Routledge, 1999 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Foreword: Moving Backward.” In J. Ferrell and M. Hamm (eds.), Ethnography at the Edge.
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1998 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Qualitative Inquiry: An Underutilized Strategy in AIDS Research." In W. Pequegnat and E. Stover

(eds.), Handbook on Developing a Successful Research Application. New York, NY: Plenum, 1995
(co-authored with W. Pequegnat, B. Page, A. Strauss, H. Amaro, P. Goldstein, R. Fritz, J. Kelly, A.

Manwar, and E. Stover).
Reprinted in: W. Pequegnat and E. Stover (eds.), How to Write a Successful Research
Grant Application: A Guide for Social and Behavioral Scientists. Second Edition. New
York, NY: Plenum, 2004.
"Observational Techniques." In Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln (eds.), Handbook of

Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1994 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
Reprinted in: N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln (eds.), Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative
Materials. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1998.
"Networking Practices Among Drug Dealers." In M.L. Dietz, R. Prus, and W. Shaffir (eds.), Doing
Everyday Life. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Copp Clark Longman, 1994 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
"Ethical Issues in Self-Censorship: Ethnographic Research on Sensitive Issues." In Raymond Lee

and Claire Renzetti (eds.), Researching Sensitive Topics. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications,
Reprinted (in French) as: "Questions Éthiques dans l'Auto-Censure: La Recherche

Ethnographique sur des Sujets Sensibles," in Jacqueline Feldman and Ruth Kohn (eds.),
Questions Éthiques Dans La Pratique Des Sciences Sociales. Paris: L'Harmatten, 2000.
"Introduction." In Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), Sociological Studies of Child
Development, Vol. 5. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1993 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Countercultures." In Edgar Borgatta (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sociology. New York, NY: MacMillan,
1991 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler). Second Edition, 2000.
“Stability and Flexibility: Maintaining Relations Within Organized and Unorganized Groups." In
William Shaffir and Robert Stebbins (eds.), Experiencing Fieldwork. Newbury Park, CA: Sage
Publications, 1991 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Requirements of Inductive Analysis." In E. Lampert (ed.), Collection and Interpretation of Data

From Hidden Populations: Qualitative Research Designs. Rockville, MD: NIDA, 1990.
"Foreword." In Robert Prus (ed.), Making Sales. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1989 (co-
"Introduction." In Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), Sociological Studies of Child Develop-
ment, Vol. 2. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1987 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Introduction." In Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), Sociological Studies of Child Develop-
ment, Vol. l. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1986 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"The Stock Market as Collective Behavior." In Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), The Social
Dynamics of Financial Markets. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1984 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
"Introduction." In Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), The Social Dynamics of Financial
Markets. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1984 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Toward a Sociology of Financial Markets." In Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.), The Social
Dynamics of Financial Markets. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1984 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
"Symbolic Interactionism." In Jack D. Douglas et al., Introduction to the Sociologies of Everyday

Life. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1980 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"The Social Meanings of Employee Theft." In John M. Johnson and Jack D. Douglas (eds.), Crime
at the Top. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, 1978 (co-authored with David Altheide, Patricia A. Adler,
and Duane Altheide).
Book Reviews
Review of Winning: Reflections on an American Obsession. Contemporary Sociology 41(2), March

Review of Drug Use and Social Change. Contemporary Sociology, 39(2), March 2010 (co-authored
Review of On the Make: The Hustle of Urban Nightlife. American Journal of Sociology 114(4),
January 2009 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of The Philadelphia Mummers. Contemporary Sociology 37(2), 2008 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
Review of The Sage Handbook of Fieldwork. Qualitative Research 6(4), 2006 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Body and Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer. Symbolic Interaction 28(3), 2005
Review of Hooked on Heroin: Drugs and Drifters in a Globalized World. Contemporary Sociology
33(5), 2004 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Handbook of Ethnography. Symbolic Interaction 25(4), 2002 (co-authored with Patricia
A. Adler).
Review of Beyond the Cheers: Race as Spectacle in College Sports. Anthropology and Education
Quarterly 33(1), March 2002 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of On My Honor. Contexts 1(2), 2002 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Review essay: Teen Scenes: Ethnographies of Adolescent Culture.” Gifted Tongues, Youth at
Work, and We Are All Equal. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 31(5), 2002 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Robbing Drug Dealers. Criminal Justice Review 26(2), Autumn 2001 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
Review of The Little Trials of Childhood. Human Studies 23(3), July 2000 (co-authored with Patricia
A. Adler).
Review of Fieldwork with Children. Contemporary Sociology 25(5), September 1999 (co-authored
Review of Catskill Culture. Contemporary Sociology 28(4), July 1999 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
Review of Live Sex Acts. Gender & Society 13(3), 1999 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Managing Gender: Affirmative Action and Organizational Power in Australian, Canadian,
and New Zealand Sport. Administrative Science Quarterly, 43(1), 1998 (co-authored with Patricia
A. Adler).
Review of In Search of Respect. Ethnic and Race Relations 20(4), 1997 (co-authored with Patricia
A. Adler).
Review of Ethnography and Human Development: Context and Meaning in Social Inquiry.
Contemporary Sociology 26(5), September 1997 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Urban Girls. American Journal of Sociology 103(1), July 1997 (co-authored with Patricia
A. Adler).
Review Essay, "Learning from Our Mistakes." Review of A Sociological Analysis of the California
Taxi Dancer: The Hidden Halls. Symbolic Interaction 19(4) (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Casing a Promised Land: The Autobiography of an Organizational Detective as Cultural

Ethnographer. Administrative Science Quarterly 41(1), March 1996 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
Review of Participant Observer: An Autobiography. Social Forces 74(2), December 1995 (co-
Review of Learning from Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies.
Contemporary Sociology 24(3), 1995 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Women Drug Users: An Ethnography of a Female Injecting Community. Journal of

Contemporary Ethnography 24(2), 1995 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Pursuit of Ecstasy. Contemporary Sociology 24(1), 1995 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
Review of Of Vice and Women: Studies of Prostitution. The Criminologist 19 (1), 1994 (co-
Review Essay, "Children at Play." Review of Gender Play and The People in the Playground.
Sociological Inquiry 64(2), 1994 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Reprinted in: Alice Calderonello, Donna Nelson, and Sue Simmons (eds.), Perspectives on
Academic Writing. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1996.
Review Essay, "The Coming of Age of Crack Cocaine." Review of Street Kids, Street Drugs, Street
Crime, Women and Crack-Cocaine, Crack Pipe as Pimp, and Crack House. Contemporary
Sociology 22(6), November 1993 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Power at Play. Gender and Society 7(4), December 1993 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
Review of Engineering Culture. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 46(2), January 1993 (co-
Review of Playing with Power in Movies, Television, and Video Games. American Journal of
Sociology 98(2), September 1992 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Black Adolescence: Current Issues and Annotated Bibliography. Journal of Comparative
Family Studies 23(1), Spring 1992 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Women's Sports: A History. Contemporary Sociology 21(1), January 1992 (co-authored
Review of Sugarball: The American Game, the Dominican Dream. American Journal of Sociology
97(2), September 1991 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Professional Wrestling as Ritual Drama in American Popular Culture. Journal of Sport
and Social Issues 15 (Spring), 1991 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of The Laugh-Makers. Contemporary Sociology 20, May 1991 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
Review of Interpretive Interactionism; Designing Qualitative Research; and Participant Observation.

Contemporary Sociology 19, July 1990 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Making Mondragon: The Growth and Dynamics of the Worker Cooperative Complex.
Administrative Science Quarterly 34, June 1989.
Review of The Fence. American Journal of Sociology 93(1), 1987.
Review of Drug Trafficking: A North-South Perspective. Contemporary Sociology 13(4), 1984 (co-
Review of Deviance in Defense of Self. Contemporary Sociology 13(3), 1984 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Violence and the Politics of Research. Contemporary Sociology 13(2), March 1984 (co-
Review of Poker Faces. Sociology and Social Research 67(1), 1982 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
Review of Social Psychology: The Theory and Application of Symbolic Interactionism.

Contemporary Sociology 6(6), 1977 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Review of Operation Intercept. Urban Life 5(4), 1977.

Other Invited Essays
“Behind the Locker Room Door.” In B. Hess, L. Markson, and P. Stein (eds.), Sociology, Fifth
Edition. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1995 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Dilemmas, Potentials, and New Directions for Qualitative Family Research.” Qualitative Family
Research, Fall (November), 1991 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Existential Sociology and the Sociology of Emotions.” Sociology of Emotions Newsletter 5(1), May
VI. OTHER MAJOR PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Editorial Positions
Associate Editor, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology, 2012-present
Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Social Deviance (Sage), 2011-present
Advisory Editor, Symbolic Interaction, 2007-present
Associate Editor, The Sociological Quarterly, 2001-present
Associate Editor, Deviant Behavior, 2011-present
Contributing Editor, Childnews, 1998-present
Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, 2011-present
Associate Editor, Contemporary Sociology, 1999-2003
Editor, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (formerly Urban Life), 1986-95
Founding Editor, Sociological Studies of Child Development: A Research Annual, 1985-92
Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, 1996-2001
Associate Editor, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 1995-present
Associate Editor, Childhood, 1995-2004
Associate Editor, Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, 1992-present
Associate Editor, Qualitative Sociology Review, 2005-present
Advisory Editor, Handbook of Constructionist Research, edited by Jaber Gubrium and James
Holstein, 2006-2007
Associate Editor, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 1992-2000
Associate Editor, Social Psychology Quarterly, 1989-92

Associate Editor, Sociology of Emotions Newsletter, 1987-90
Associate Editor, Qualitative Sociology, 1985-87
Associate Editor, Marketplace Exchange, 1985-86
Associate Editor, Social Problems, 1984-86
Associate Editor, Urban Life, 1980-86
Review Editor, Symbolic Interaction, 1983-present
Co-editor, special issue of Urban Life, "The Politics of Participation in Field Research," 14(4),
January 1986
Positions in Professional Organizations
Chair, Outstanding Book Award Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 2009-2010
Chair, Mentor Award Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 2008-2009
Past President, Midwest Sociological Society, 2007-2008
Co-President, Midwest Sociological Society, 2005-2007
Co-Chair, Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 2005-2006
Faculty Advisor, Couch-Stone Winter Symposium, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction,
2004-2005
Elected Regional Representative, Alpha Kappa Delta (International Sociology Honors Society),
Region VIII, 1999-2004
Member, International Committee, Alpha Kappa Delta, 2000-2004
Chair, Graduate Student Committee, Alpha Kappa Delta, 2001-2004
Member, Publications Committee, Alpha Kappa Delta, 2000-2001
Member, Cooley Award Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 2000-2001
Member, Nominating Committee, Alpha Kappa Delta, 1999-2000
Co-Chair, Undergraduate Student Paper Competition, Alpha Kappa Delta, 1999-2000
Member, Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Committee, Alpha Kappa Delta, 1998-1999
Elected Member, Committee on Committees, American Sociological Association, 1998
Member, Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1997-98
Chair, Sociology of Children Section, Student Paper Competition, American Sociological

Association, 1996-97
Member, Educational Problems Division, Student Paper Competition, Society for the Study of
Social Problems, 1996-97
Chair, Sociology of Children Section, American Sociological Association, 1995-96
Program Chair, Sociology of Children Section, American Sociological Association, 1994-95
Member, Committee on Public Information, American Sociological Association, 1993-96
Member, Endowment Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1993-2001
Chair, Visiting Scholar Program and Visiting Researchers' Development Program, Midwest
Sociological Society, 1994-2001
Chair, Blumer Award Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1992-93
Member, Nominations Committee, Sociology of Children Section, American Sociological

Association, 1992-93
Member, Cooley Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1991-92
Local Arrangements Chair, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Denver, CO, 1990
Elected Member, Publications Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1989-91; Committee

Chair, 1991
Member, Program Committee, Pacific Sociological Association, 1989-90
Elected Member, Committee on Nominations, Pacific Sociological Association, 1988-90
Member, Program Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1988-89
Invited Member, Planning and Priority Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1987-
90
Regional Coordinator, section on the Sociology of Emotions, American Sociological Association,

1986-89
Vice President, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1985-86
Chair, Program Committee, annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction,
1985-86
Invited Member, North American Faculty Network, Center for the Study of Sport in Society, 1984-
present
Chair, Publications Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1983-84
Chair, Program Committee, annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction,
1983-84
Member, Publications Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1981-84
Member, Program Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1977-78
Activities at Professional Meetings
Invited Coordinator and Leader, “Pre-Conference Workshop on Qualitative Data Analysis,”

American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO, November 2008. (with Patricia A. Adler).
Organizer and Presider, “Workshop: Interactionists on the Academic Job Market,” Couch-Stone
Symposium, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Boulder, CO, February 2005.
Organizer and Presider, Session on “Constructions of Deviance,” Society for the Study of Symbolic
Interaction, Chicago, IL, August 2002.
Organizer and Presider, Session on “Work and the New Economy,” Society for the Study of
Symbolic Interaction, Anaheim, CA, August 2001.
Organizer, Session on “Sociological Ethics,” Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA, March
2000 (with Patricia A. Adler).
Organizer, Session on “Sociology of Sport,” Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN, 1998-
99.
Organizer, Sessions on “Symbolic Interaction,” American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL,

1998-99.
Organizer, Session on “Alcohol and Drugs,” Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO, 1997-
98.
Co-Organizer, Thematic session, "Changing Youth in a Changing Society: A Panel Discussion of

Youth in Contemporary Historical Perspective," American Sociological Association, New York, NY,
August 1996 (with Timothy Owens).
Organizer and Presider, Session on "Sociology of Children," Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago,
IL, April 1996.
Organizer and Presider, Panel on "Sociologists in the Media," American Sociological Association,
Washington, DC, August 1995.
Session Organizer (3 sessions), Sociology of Children Section, American Sociological Association,

1994-95.
Presider and Discussant, "Ethical Issues in Criminological Ethnography," American Society of

Criminology, Phoenix, AZ, 1993.
Presider, "Studying Children Using Ethnographic Methods," Roundtable, annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Miami, FL, 1993.
Invited Panelist, Social Psychology Workshop, "Cultural Diversity Issues in Applied Sport
Psychology," annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology,
Colorado Springs, CO, 1993.
Session Organizer, "Play, Leisure, and Athletics," Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 1993.
Session Organizer and Chair, "Socialization," American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, PA,
1992.
Session Organizer and Chair, "New Empirical Investigations in Symbolic Interactionism," Society for
the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992.
Session Organizer and Chair, "Ethnography and Meta-Ethnography," Midwest Sociological Society,
Kansas City, MO, 1992.
Session Organizer and Chair, "On Book Publishing," Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City,
MO, 1992.
Presider, "Drugs and Alcohol Use: From Criminalization to Treatment," Midwest Sociological
Society, Kansas City, MO, 1992.
Discussant, "Baseball and Urban Imagery," Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Stone
Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, 1992.
Presider, "Drug Policy," American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, 1991.
Organizer and Presider, "Problems of Small(er) Ph.D. Departments." Roundtable, American

Sociological Association, Cincinnati, OH, 1991.
Invited Panelist, "Art of Writing," Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, IA, 1991.
Discussant, Sociology of Sport session, American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, 1990.
Organizer and Presider, "Higher Education and Athletics." Roundtable, American Sociological
Association, Washington, DC, 1990.
Session Organizer, "New Empirical Studies in Symbolic Interaction," Society for the Study of
Symbolic Interaction, Washington, DC, 1990.
Session Organizer, "Worlds of Children," Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Washington,
DC, 1990.
Session Organizer and Panelist, "Surviving Tenure Denial," Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago,
IL, 1990.
Workshop Coordinator, "Ethnographic Data Collection and Analysis," North American Society for
the Sociology of Sport, Washington, DC, 1989.
Organizer and Presider, "Getting Published: A Panel of Editors," Midwest Sociological Society, St.
Louis, MO, 1989.
Workshop Coordinator, "Doing the Ethnography of Sport," North American Society for the Sociology
of Sport, Cincinnati, OH, 1988.
Presider, "Sociology of Emotions" Roundtable, American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA,

1988.
Session Organizer, "Self and Role: A Session in Honor of Louis A. Zurcher," American Sociological
Association, Atlanta, GA, 1988.
Session Organizer, "Computers and Ethnographic Research," American Sociological Association,

Atlanta, GA, 1988.
Discussant, "Issues in Participant Observation: A Tribute to Herbert Blumer," Western Social

Science Association, Denver, CO, 1988.
Session Organizer and Presider, "Contemporary Ethnography: Post-Modern Themes," Midwest

Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN, 1988.
Organizer and Presider, Roundtable, "New Frontiers in Ethnographic Methodology," American

Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, 1987.
Session Organizer and Presider, "Contemporary Ethnography," Midwest Sociological Society,

Chicago, IL, 1987.
Discussant, "Sociology of Emotions," Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA, 1987.
Session Organizer and Presider, "Sociological Studies of Child Development," American

Sociological Association, New York, NY, 1986.
Session Organizer and Presider, "Sociology of Sport and Leisure," Midwest Sociological Society,
St. Louis, MO, 1985.
Session Organizer, Drinking and Drugs Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1982.
Session Organizer, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1978.
Miscellaneous Professional Activities
Workshop Organizer and Speaker, “Interactionists on the Academic Job Market.” Presented at the
annual Couch-Stone winter symposium, Boulder, CO, February 2005.
Speaker, "Participant Observation with Children." Developmental Psychology Research Group,

Department of Psychology, University of Denver, January 1995.
Colloquium Speaker, "Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Preadolescent Cliques." Department

of Sociology, University of Hawaii, Manoa.
Guest Lecturer, "Gaining Entree to Field Settings." Undergraduate Qualitative Methods Course,
University of Colorado, Professor Dan Cress.
Invited Lecture on college athletics, Department of Sociology and Physical Education, Wake Forest
University, 1993.
Speaker, "On Authority and Form: New Directions in the Genre of Ethnography," University of
Denver focus group on qualitative methodology, September 1992.
Consultant, National Institute of Mental Health, "Ethnography and AIDS," 1992.
Invited Lecture on qualitative methodology, Departments of Sociology, Physical Education,

Education, and Nursing, University of Manitoba, 1990.
Consultant, National Institute on Drug Abuse Technical Review Board, 1988.
Consultant, National Institute of Mental Health, "Ethnographic Approaches to Homelessness," 1986.
Southwestern Regional Editor, Qualitative Sociology, 1985-86.
Referee on Manuscripts for: Academy of Management Review; Administrative Science Quarterly;

American Journal of Sociology; American Sociological Review; Childhood; Contemporary Drug
Problems; Criminology; Deviant Behavior; International Migration; Journal of Applied Behavioral
Science; Journal of Contemporary Ethnography; Journal of Family Issues; Journal of Leisure
Research; Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency; Journal of Social and Personal
Relations; Journal of Sport and Social Issues; Journal of Theory and Social Behavior; Journal of
Urban Affairs; Journal of Work and Occupations; Justice Quarterly; Law & Society Review;
Management Communication Quarterly; Men and Masculinities; Qualitative Inquiry; Qualitative
Sociology; Qualitative Sociology Review; Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport; Self and
Identity; Social Forces; Social Problems; Social Psychology Quarterly; Social Science Journal;
Sociological Focus; Sociological Forum; Sociological Inquiry; Sociological Perspectives;
Sociological Quarterly; Sociological Spectrum; Sociological Studies of Children and Youth;
Sociological Theory; Sociology and Social Research; Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance;
Sociology of Education; Sociology of Sport Journal; Symbolic Interaction; Teaching Sociology; The
Journal of Studies of Alcohol; Urban Life; Youth and Society.
Addison-Wesley Longman; Allyn & Bacon; Alta Mira Press; Cambridge University Press; Columbia
University Press; Cornell University Press; Dushkin; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; Harvard University
Press; John Benjamins Publishing; Left Coast Press; MacMillan; Mayfield Publishing; McGraw-Hill;
New York University Press, Oxford University Press; Paradigm Press; Polity Press; Prentice-Hall;
Random House; Routledge; Rowman & Littlefield; Roxbury; Sage Publications; St. Martin's Press;
SUNY Press; Teachers College Press; Temple University Press; University of California Press;
University of Chicago Press; University of Illinois Press; University of Massachusetts Press;
Wadsworth Publishing; West Publications; Westview Press; William C. Brown Publishers.
Referee on Proposals for: National Science Foundation; Social Sciences and Humanities Council
of Canada.
External Reviewer (tenure and promotion): Case Western Reserve University; Cornell University;
Emory University; Illinois State University; Indiana University; Indiana University Northwest; Indiana
University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Marquette University; Michigan State University;
Northeastern University; Northern Arizona University; Occidental College; Ohio University; Oregon
State University; Pacific Lutheran University; Pennsylvania State University; Rutgers University;
Rutgers University- Newark; Skidmore College; Southern Illinois University; The Ohio State
University (promotion); University of Arkansas (promotion); University of British Columbia;
University of California, Berkeley (promotion); University of Connecticut; University of Hartford
(promotion); University of Kentucky (promotion); University of LaVerne; University of Memphis;
University of Minnesota-Duluth (promotion); University of Missouri (St. Louis); University of
Nebraska; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; University of Southern California; University of South
Florida (promotion); Tulane University; Trinity University (Texas) (promotion); Washington State
University; Wheelock College; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
VII. INVITED PAPERS OR LECTURES PRESENTED TO PROFESSIONAL GROUP
Keynote Speaker, “Notes on a Conjoint Career: Four Decades of Ethnography’s ‘Twists’ and
Turns’.” Presented at the European Union Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction meeting,
Uppsala, Sweden, August 2013.
Invited Keynote Speaker, “It’s All Sociology: A Retrospective.” Presented to the Nebraska
Undergraduate Sociological Symposium (NUSS), Lincoln, NE, November, 2012.
Invited Plenary Speaker, “IRBan Renewal.” Presented at the conference, Ethics Rupture: An
International Invitational Summit about Alternatives to Research-Ethics Review, Fredericton, New
Brunswick, CANADA, October 2012 (co-delivered with Patricia A. Adler).
Invited Keynote Speaker, “From Its Infancy to Its Adolescence: Assessing the Current State of (the
th
Sociology of) Children and Youth.” Presented in celebration of the 10 anniversary of the founding
of the Center for Youth Studies, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, September 2012 (co-
delivered with Patricia A. Adler).
Invited Public Lecturer,“The Social Transformation of Self-Injury.” Talk given to the faculty and
students of Central Michigan University and members of the public, including the psychotherapeutic
community, self-injurers, family members of self-injurers, and independent academics, Central
Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, September, 2012 (co-delivered with Patricia A. Adler).
Invited Public Lecturer, “The Social Transformation of Self-Injury: From Psychopathology to

Sociological Deviance.” Talk given to the faculty and students of Pacific Lutheran University and
members of the public, including the psychotherapeutic community, self-injurers, family members of
self-injurers, and independent academics, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, May 2012 (co-
delivered with Patricia A. Adler).
Invited Speaker, “Tales from the Field: Reflections on Four Decades of Ethnographic Ethics,
Engagement, and Analysis.” Department of Sociology, Western Washington University, Bellingham,
WA, May 2012 (co-delivered with Patricia A. Adler).

Sociological Deviance.” Talk given to the faculty and students of Western Washington University
and members of the public, including the psychotherapeutic community, self-injurers, family
members of self-injurers, and independent academics, Western Washington University, May 2012
(co-delivered with Patricia A. Adler).
Invited Speaker, “D’automutilation et de l’Internet: Reconfiguration de la Communauté

Thérapeutique” (“Self-Injury and the Internet: Reconfiguring the Therapeutic Community”), Centre
Maurice Halbwachs, Maison des Sciences Sociales du Handicap, Université d’Evry Val d’Essonne,
Paris, France, April 2012 (co-delivered with Patricia A. Adler).

Sociological Deviance.” Talk given to the faculty and students of California Lutheran University and
members of the public, including the psychotherapeutic community, self-injurers, family members of
self-injurers, and independent academics, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA,
March 2012 (co-delivered with Patricia A. Adler).
Keynote Speaker, AKD Induction, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA, March,
2012.
Invited Speaker, “Tales from the Field: Reflections on Four Decades of Ethnographic Ethics,
Engagement, and Analysis.” Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA,
January 2012 (co-delivered with Patricia A. Adler).
“Contemporary Stances on Contemporary Ethnographic Epistemology: Ethics, Engagement, and

Analysis.” Invited Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Qualitative Analysis, Brantford,
Ontario, Canada, May 2011 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Ethnography.” Invited Seminar Leader, a 2-day, 20-hour seminar to German students,

University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany, April 2011.
“Buzz Killers: Moral Entrepreneurs and the Death of Moderation.” Invited Keynote Speaker,
Western Slope Undergraduate Sociology Conference, Gunnison, CO, April 2011 (co-authored
“”Sin, Sick, and Selected: The Rhetoric of Stigma in Deviance.” Invited Keynote Speaker,
Conference on CLIMAS – American History, Sociology, Literature, and Arts, University of
Bordeaux, France, September 2009 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“The Phenomenology of the Cut.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific
Sociological Association, San Diego, CA, April 2009 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Contemporary Stances on Ethnographic Epistemology: Ethics, Engagement, and Analysis.”

Invited Opening Keynote Address delivered at the international conference, “S’impliquer:
Réflexions Épistémologiques et Méthodologiques sur L’observation Participante” (“To Imply
Oneself: Epistemological and Methodological Reflections in Participant Observation”).
Coordinated by The Doctoral Schools of Social Sciences of the French Community of Belgium,
Brussels and Louvain-de-Neuve, Belgium, May 2008 (co-delivered with Patricia A. Adler).
Invited conference participant, speaker, and discussant, “Urban Ethnography: Its Traditions and
Its Future,” Yale University, New Haven, CT, April 2008.
Invited speaker, “The Demedicalization of Self-Injury: From Psychopathology to Sociological

Deviance.” Department of Sociology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, February 2008.
Invited speaker, Workshop on “Conquering the Academic Marketplace.” Department of Sociology,

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, February 2008.
Invited speaker, “The Current State and Future of Qualitative Methods in Sociology.” Department of
Sociology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, February 2008.
“Presidential Address: Of Rhetoric and Representation: The Four Faces of Ethnography.” Address
given at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April 2007 (co-authored
“The Social Transformation of Self-Injury: From Psychopathology to Sociological Deviance.” Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, New York,
August 2007 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Alpha Kappa Delta Keynote Speaker, Department of Sociology, Cleveland State University,
February 2007.
Alpha Kappa Delta Keynote Speaker, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, April
2007.
“Self-Injury as Intrapersonal Violence: Debunking the Psycho-Social Model.” Paper presented at

the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, November 2006 (co-
Panelist, Author Meets Critic Session, “Confessions of a Dying Thief.” Annual meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, November 2006.
Invited Presenter, Special Thematic Panel, “Impoverished, Dead or Morally Corrupt: Should There
Be a Sociology of Deviance?” American Sociological Association annual meeting, Philadelphia,
PA, August 2005.
Invited Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California, “Self-Injurers as

Loners: The Social Organization of Solitary Deviance.” January 2005.
Annual Fall Invited Lecturer (5 talks), Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, October 2004.
Invited Lecturer, “Ethnographic Methods in Field Research” and “The Sociology of Drug Trafficking
and Self-Injury.” School of Public Health, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL, November
2004.
Invited Lecturer, “Ethnographic Data History, Techniques of Analysis, and Impact on What We
Know.” Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL, November
2004.
“The Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Preadolescent Cliques.” Talk given to the Carolina
Childhood Consortium, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, March 2004.
“Self-Injurers as Loners.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological
Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2004.
“Paradise Laborers: Trapped and Transient Workers in the Global Economy.” Presented at the
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, October 2003.
“Conquering the Academic Marketplace.” Presented at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA,
October 2003.
“The Artful Legitimation of Social Inequality: Stratification Hierarchies in Resort Banquet Work.”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA,
August 2003.
“Paradise Laborers: Trapped and Transient Workers in the Global Economy.” Lecture presented to
the faculty and graduate students in the School of Business, Department of Management,
University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, June 2003 (invited).
the faculty and graduate students in the Department of Tourism Management, University of
Technology and Science, Sydney, Australia, May 2003 (invited).
the faculty and graduate students in the Department of Tourism Studies, University of the South
Pacific, Suva, Fiji, May 2003 (invited).
“The Four Faces of Ethnography.” Keynote address presented at the conference, “The Meeting
between Researcher and the Field: Methodological and Ethical Issues in Qualitative Studies,”
sponsored by the Danish National Institute of Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, December
2002 (invited).
“Evaluating Ethnographic Research.” Keynote address presented at the conference, “The Meeting
between Researcher and the Field: Methodological and Ethical Issues in Qualitative Studies,”
sponsored by the Danish National Institute of Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, December
2002 (invited).
“Conquering the Academic Marketplace.” Workshop presented to the graduate students in the
Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, October 2002 (invited).
the faculty and graduate students in the Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta,
GA, October 2002 (invited).
“Conquering the Academic Marketplace.” Workshop presented to the graduate students in the
Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, September 2002 (invited).
“Atemporal Labor in Resorts: The Social Construction and Stratification of Commercial Time.”
Lecture presented to the faculty and graduate students in the Department of Sociology, Indiana
University, Bloomington, IN, September 2002 (invited).
Keynote Speaker, Danish National Institute of Social Research, conference on qualitative

methodology, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 2002.
“The Four Faces of Ethnography.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 2002 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Remembering David J. Pittman.” Paper presented at the festschrift in honor of David J. Pittman,
Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, IL, August 2002 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
“Female Self-Mutilation.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, Atlanta, GA, November 2001 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Seasonality and the Ethnic Stratification of Contingency Labor.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August 2001 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
Keynote Speaker, AKD induction ceremony, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, April 2001.
Keynote Speaker, AKD induction ceremony, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, April 2001.
“The Reluctant Respondent.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological
Society, Atlanta, GA, April 2001 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Invited Speaker, “Resorts as Postmodern Organizations: Transience and Temporality in the

Global Workforce.” Department of Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, October 2000.
“Do the Police Define our Research Value System?” Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, March 2000 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Fragmented Identity and the Drag Performer.” Paper presented at the Couch-Stone Symposium,
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, St. Petersburg, FL, January 2000 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
“Rhythmicity and Seasonality in Resorts: The Social Construction of ‘Commercial Time’.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC,
August 2000 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Keynote Address at the Midwest Student Sociology Conference, Gary, IN, April 2000.
Keynote Address at Nebraska Undergraduate Sociological Symposium, Kearney, NE, November

1998.
“Resort Workers: Adaptations in the Leisure-Work Nexus." Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 1998 (co-authored with Patricia
A. Adler).
Invited Lecture, "Transience and the Postmodern Self: The Occupational Mobility of Resort
Workers.” Presented to the faculty and graduate students at the University of Western Sydney
(Australia), August 1998 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
Invited Lecture, "Deviance and Postmodernism." Presented to the faculty and graduate students
at the University of Sydney (Australia), August 1998 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
“Careers in the Hospitality Industry: Manufacturing Leisure in Resort Work." Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 1998 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
Distinguished Lecture, "Child's Play: The Serious Implications of Extracurricular Activities."

University of Denver, April 1998.
Keynote Speaker, "The Joys of Research." Presented at Symposium '98: Conference of

Undergraduate Research, University of Denver, May 1998.
Invited Lecture, "A Typology of Resort Workers." Presented to the Tourism Research Center at the
University of Colorado School of Business, Boulder, CO, December 1997 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
Invited Panelist, “Ethnography Revisited.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific
Sociological Association, San Diego, CA, April 1997.
Roundtable Speaker, "Typologies and Patterns of Preadolescent Friendship Groups." American

Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 1996.
Speaker, "Friends and Enemies: Preadolescent Cliques and Children's Peer Culture." Presented
at the University of Oslo; School of Social Sciences, Volda University (Norway); Norwegian Centre
for Child Research (Trondheim, Norway); and the University of Odense (Denmark), May 1996
(invited).
"Preadolescent Clique Stratification and the Hierarchy of Identity." Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April 1996 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
Keynote Address, "Exciting Research Moments." Alpha Kappa Delta induction ceremony,
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, April 1996 (invited).
Keynote Address, "Dynamics of Leisure and Work: Hawaiian Culture and the Resort Economy."
Hawai'i Sociological Association, Honolulu, HI, March 1996 (invited).
Workshop: "Getting Published." Hawai'i Sociological Association, Honolulu, HI, March 1996.
"The Stratification of Children's Friendship Groups." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August 1995 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
"Parent as Researcher: The Stigma of Researching in the Personal Life." Paper presented at the
Workshop on Methodological Issues in Fieldwork with Children, Cortland, NY, October 1994 (co-
Keynote Lecture, "Kids in Sports: Learning Work While Doing Play." Presented at the annual
meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology, Lake Tahoe, NV,
October 1994 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"The Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Preadolescent Cliques." Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, CA, 1994 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
"Social Reproduction and the Corporate Other: The Institutionalization of Afterschool Activities."
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, 1994
"Observational Techniques." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological
Society, Chicago, IL, 1993 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Afterschool: The Institutionalization of Play." Paper presented at the Stone Symposium, Society
for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Las Vegas, NV, 1992 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Dilemmas, Potential, and New Directions for Qualitative Family Research." Paper presented at the
focus group on Qualitative Family Research at the annual meeting of the National Council on
Family Relations, Denver, CO, 1991 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Popularity Among Peers: Gender Differences in Children's Culture." Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, OH, 1991 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler and Steven Kless).
"The Attainment of Peer Group Status: Gender Differences in the Establishment of Clique
Hierarchy." Paper presented at the Stone Symposium, Society for the Study of Symbolic
Interaction, San Francisco, CA, 1991 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Problems of Disengagement From Elite Level Sport: Role Exit, Adjustment, and Detachment."
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport,
Washington, DC, 1989 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Self-Censorship: The Politics of Presenting Ethnographic Data." Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, 1989 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
"The Engulfed Self." Paper presented at the Stone Spring Symposium, Society for the Study of
Symbolic Interaction, Tempe, AZ, 1989 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"The Gloried Self: Integrating Impulse and Rationality in College Athletics." Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, 1988 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
"The Everyday World of the College Athlete." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific
Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV, 1988 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"The Social Construction of Organizational Loyalty: A Sociology of Emotions Model." Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, 1987 (co-
"Critiques and Renewals in Everyday Life Sociology." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 1987 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler and Andrea
Fontana).
"Self-censorship in Criminological Research." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, 1986 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"On Being 'Contemporary'." Invited panelist in session on "Doing Qualitative Sociology: Profes-
sional Promises and Problems," annual meeting of Sociologists for Women in Society, New York,
NY, 1986.
"Advances in Everyday Life Methodology: Morality, Subjectivity, Participation, and Commitment."

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Denver, CO, 1986
"New Dimensions for White-Collar Crime: The Athlete-Agent Relationship." Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego, CA, 1985 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
"Membership Roles in Drug Research." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, San Diego, CA, 1985 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Toward an Epistemology of Membership Roles in Field Research: Synthesizing the Existential and
Ethnomethodological Perspectives." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, Washington, DC, 1985 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"The Reconstruction of Role Identity Salience: College Athletes and the Academic Role." Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, 1985
"Generating Concepts from Qualitative Data: Dimensions on the Relationship between Role
Salience and Self Identity." Paper presented at North American Conference on Qualitative
Research, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1985 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Role Socialization, Role Conflict, and Social Change in College Athletics: Integrating the
Structuralist and Interactionist Perspectives." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, San Antonio, TX, 1984 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"The Sociologist qua Celebrity: Reflections on the Role of the Media in Field Research." Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Antonio, TX, 1984
"Shifts and Oscillations in Deviant Careers: The Case of Upper-Level Drug Dealers and Smug-
glers." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Denver,
CO, 1983 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Dealing with Dealers: Field Research among Drug Dealers." Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Houston, TX, 1983 (co-authored with
Patricia A. Adler).
"Community and Social Structure among Drug Dealers." Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the Southwestern Social Science Association, Houston, TX, 1983 (co-authored with Patricia A.
Adler).
"The Carpool: A Primary Agency for Early Childhood Socialization." Paper presented at the annual
Patricia A. Adler).
"Dry with a Wink: Interactional Strategies Facilitating the Circumvention of Alcohol Laws." Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, OR, 1981 (co-
"The Social Psychology of the Stock Market." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, New York, NY, 1980 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"The Existential Nature of Romantic Relationships." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, 1980 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
"Champions of Leisure: Professionalism in a Developing Sport." Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, 1980 (co-authored with Patricia
A. Adler).
"Debunking Popular Mythology: Organizational Commitment among Drug Dealers." Paper presen-
ted at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, MA, 1979 (co-authored
"Inside the Park: Field Research among Professional Athletes." Paper presented at the annual
Joseph A. Kotarba and Patricia A. Adler).
"The Role of Momentum in Sport and Everyday Life." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, 1977 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
Honors
Honorable Mention, Charles H. Cooley Award for Outstanding Book, The Tender Cut, Society for
the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 2012
Selected for Biltmore’s Who’s Who among Executives and Professionals, 2012
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Selected for Writers’ Directory, 30 Edition, 2012
Selected for Who’s Who in America, 2012
Selected for Who’s Who in America, 2011
Selected for Who’s Who in North American Education, 2011-12
Selected for Biltmore Who’s Who, 2011
Co-Recipient of the George Herbert Mead Award for Lifetime Achievement, Society for the Study of
Symbolic Interaction, 2010
Selected for Montclair’s Who’s Who in Education, 2010
Selected for Madison’s Who’s Who, 2009
Selected as the University of Denver United Methodist Church Scholar-Teacher of the Year, 2005
Winner, 2005 Mentor Excellence Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
Winner, 2005 North Central Sociological Association Outstanding Scholarship Award for Paradise
Laborers
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2000 Outstanding Academics of the 21 Century
Who’s Who Award for Achievement, 2002
Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals, 2002, 2008
Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 2002-2003
American Registry of Outstanding Professionals
Strathmore’s Who’s Who, 2000-2001

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Selected for 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 20 Century
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20 Century Award for Achievement
Directory of American Scholars, 2000

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Who’s Who in the 21 Century
Distinguished University Lecturer, University of Denver, 1997-98
Who's Who in the World, 1996
Who's Who in the West, 1995; 1998
Outstanding Faculty Award, AUSA Senate, University of Denver, 1995
Faculty Associate, University of California, San Diego, 1979-80
Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, San Diego, 1978-79
Magna Cum Laude, Washington University, 1973
Undergraduate Research Grant, Sloan Foundation, 1971-72
Departmental and University Positions
Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Department of Sociology and Criminology, 2011-2012
Member, Search Committee, Department of Sociology and Criminology, 2011-2012
Member, Criminology Search Sub-Committee, Department of Sociology and Criminology, 2007-

2008.
Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Division of Social Sciences, University of Denver, 2008-
09; 2006-07; 2005-06; 1993-94
Professor, Urban Studies Concentration, University of Denver, 2005-present
Faculty Representative, Alpha Kappa Delta, Department of Sociology, 2003-present
Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Department of Sociology, 2004-2006
Chair, Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Denver, 2000-2001
Member, Outstanding Student Selection Committee, University of Denver, 2000
Member, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Dissertation Award Committee, University of
Denver, 2000
Who’s Who Selection Committee, University of Denver, 1997-98
Senator, Faculty Senate, University of Denver, 1997-98
Fulbright Award Committee, University of Denver, Fall 1995
Participant, Reach Out Program, University of Denver, 1994-2000

Member, Dissertation Award Committee, Divisions of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences,
University of Denver, 1994
Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee--Social Science Division, 2006-07; 1993-94; 1989-91
Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Denver, 1987-93
Director, Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, University of Denver, 1987-93
Library Liaison, 1992-1998
Member, Task Force on Non-Traditional Students, 1992
Member, Biomedical Research Committee, 1990-95
Member, Undergraduate Council, 1989-92
Member, Faculty Review Committee, 1989-91
Member, Faculty Research Advisory Committee, 1989-90
Member, Committee of the Whole, Department of Sociology, University of Denver, 1987-present
Chair, Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Tulsa, 1985-86; 1982-83
Academic Advisor, Intercollegiate Athletic Program, University of Tulsa, 1982-84
Areas of Specialization
Deviance, Criminology
Social Psychology, Socialization
Sociology of Children
Sociology of Education
Work, Sport, and Leisure
Marriage and the Family
Social Interaction (Micro Sociology, Sociology of Everyday Life)
Qualitative Methods
Social Theory
Courses Taught
Advanced Ethnographic Methods

Deviant Behavior
Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in America
Introduction to Communication
Introduction to Sociology
Juvenile Delinquency
Marriage and the Family
Popular Culture
Qualitative Methods of Sociological Research
Social Interaction
Social Problems
Sociological Analysis (Senior Seminar)
Sociological Imagination (capstone course)

Sociological Research Methods
Sociology of Drugs
Sociology of Sport
Symbolic Interaction Seminar
The Social World of Children (Honors)
Uncommon Sense (Honors)
Understanding Social Life: Sociology
Understanding Social Life: Sociology (Honors)
Work, Sport, and Leisure
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FACULTY VITA Fall 2013

3975 Newport Lane Department of Sociology & Criminology

II. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

University of California, San Diego - Ph.D. in Sociology, 1980

III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1993-present -- Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology; Urban Studies

1996-2008 – Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hawaii

1987-93 -- Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Denver

1986-87 -- Visiting Associate Professor, Washington University (St. Louis)

1980-86 -- Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa

1979-80 -- Faculty Associate, University of California, San Diego

1976-78 -- Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego

IV. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Introductory Sociology. Belmont, CA:

Second Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997.

Third Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2000.

Fourth Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2003.

Fifth Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2006.

Sixth Edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2009.

Seventh Edition. Belmont, CA: Cengage Wadsworth, 2012.

Reprinted in: SAGE Research Methods Online, 2010.

“The Demedicalization of Self-Injury: From Psychopathology to Sociological Deviance.” Journal of

Reprinted and translated into Dutch, translated by Franz Spierings, University of

"Parent-as-Researcher: The Politics of Researching in the Personal Life." Qualitative Sociology

"Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Preadolescent Cliques." Social Psychology Quarterly

"Intense Loyalty in Organizations: A Case Study of College Athletics." Administrative Science

Reprinted in: Nancy Herman (ed.), Symbolic Interactionism: An Introduction to Social

"From Idealism to Pragmatic Detachment: The Academic Performance of College Athletes."

Reprinted in: D. Hobbs (ed.), Professional Criminals. Aldershoot, Hampshire, England:

Reprinted (in German) as “Grossdealer und schmuggler in Kalifornien: Karrieren zwischen

“The Deviance Society.” Blog on Psychology Today.com.

●”Deviance is Alive and Well” (July 2011)

Blog on Salon.com, “How We Became a Nation of Self-Injurers,” August 18, 2011,

Blog on CNN Main Home Page, “Self-Injury,” August 23, 2011,

Chapters in Books and Encyclopedias

“Membership Roles.” In A. Bryman, M. Lewis-Beck, and T. Futing-Liao (eds.), Encyclopedia of

“Identity.” In Larry Reynolds and Nancy Herman-Kinney (eds.), Handbook of Symbolic

"Qualitative Inquiry: An Underutilized Strategy in AIDS Research." In W. Pequegnat and E. Stover

(co-authored with W. Pequegnat, B. Page, A. Strauss, H. Amaro, P. Goldstein, R. Fritz, J. Kelly, A.

"Observational Techniques." In Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln (eds.), Handbook of

"Ethical Issues in Self-Censorship: Ethnographic Research on Sensitive Issues." In Raymond Lee

Reprinted (in French) as: "Questions Éthiques dans l'Auto-Censure: La Recherche

"Requirements of Inductive Analysis." In E. Lampert (ed.), Collection and Interpretation of Data

"Symbolic Interactionism." In Jack D. Douglas et al., Introduction to the Sociologies of Everyday

Review of Winning: Reflections on an American Obsession. Contemporary Sociology 41(2), March

Review of On My Honor. Contexts 1(2), 2002 (co-authored with Patricia A. Adler).

Review of Casing a Promised Land: The Autobiography of an Organizational Detective as Cultural

Review of Women Drug Users: An Ethnography of a Female Injecting Community. Journal of

Review of Interpretive Interactionism; Designing Qualitative Research; and Participant Observation.

Review of The Fence. American Journal of Sociology 93(1), 1987.

Review of Social Psychology: The Theory and Application of Symbolic Interactionism.

Review of Operation Intercept. Urban Life 5(4), 1977.

Other Invited Essays

VI. OTHER MAJOR PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Associate Editor, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology, 2012-present

Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Social Deviance (Sage), 2011-present

Advisory Editor, Symbolic Interaction, 2007-present

Associate Editor, The Sociological Quarterly, 2001-present

Associate Editor, Deviant Behavior, 2011-present

Contributing Editor, Childnews, 1998-present

Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, 2011-present

Associate Editor, Contemporary Sociology, 1999-2003

Editor, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (formerly Urban Life), 1986-95