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Brian Starks
Contact Information:
| Office: | Bellamy 513 |
| Phone: | 644-1839 |
| Fax: | 644-6208 |
| Email: | bstarks@fsu.edu |
Areas of Specialization:
Research:
- Political Sociology
- Sociology of Religion
- Values and Social Change
- Ideology
Teaching:
- Undergraduate:
- Political Sociology
- Sociology of Religion
- Graduate:
- Classical Theory
- Political Sociology
Education and Recent Professional Experience:
- BA in Sociology, University of Dayton
- MA in Sociology, Indiana University
- Ph. D. in Sociology, Indiana University
Selected Papers and Publications:
- Starks, Brian. 2006. "False Consciousness" and "Paul Lazarsfeld" Entries in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology edited by George Ritzer
- Starks, Brian (with Robert V. Robinson). 2005. "Who Values the Obedient Child Now?" Social Forces 84: 343-359.
- Starks, Brian. 2003. "The New Economy and The American Dream." Sociological Quarterly 44: 205-225.
- Starks, Brian (with Simon Cheng). 2002. "Racial Differences in the Effects of Significant Others on Educational Expectations." Sociology of Education.
Manuscripts in Progress:
- Religion, Modernism, and Parental Values
- Catholic Identity Formation
- Moral Cosmology and Religious Self-Identification: Differing Political Consequences?
Recent Honors:
- Dr. Starks received the John Edwards Fellowship for Scholarship and Service from the Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences in 2005.
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