Sociology and Criminology

Contact Dr. Rob Miller
Office: SB 208-H
Phone: 910.962.3575
Email: millerrk@uncw.edu

1978 Ph.D. Sociology, Temple University

1972 M.A. Sociology, Temple University

1970 A.B. Sociology, Franklin & Marshall College

Specialty Areas

Social Inequality

Racial and Ethnic Relations

Quantitative Methods of Social Research and Statistics

Wealth and Poverty

Class Syllabi (PDF files)

SOC 105: Intro to Sociology (Summer 2011)

SOC/CRM 300: Methods of Social Research (Fall 2011)

SOC 346: Sociology of Religion (Spring 2011)

SOC 525: Racial and Ethnic Group Relations

SOC 590: Sociology of Poverty (Fall 2011)

Current Research Projects

Merit and non-merit bases of social class and social mobility

Wealth inequality and intergenerational transmission of wealth

Conflict relations among status groups and social classes

Net effects of elite university education on subsequent socioeconomic status

U.S. and U.K. wealth elites

Service Activities

Sociology Minor Advisor

University Conduct Board

Academic Standards Committee

Financial Aid Committee

Alpha Kappa Delta, founder and faculty sponsor of UNCW chapter

Professional Affiliations

American Sociological Association, member

Southern Sociological Society, member

North Carolina Sociological Association, member

Alpha Kappa Delta, member and Region IV Representative

Convocation Day: Academic Expectations (PDF)

University Learning Center Services (PDF)

Schutt Revised Chapter Exercises (PDF)

GSS2010 ISW (SAV)

GSS2010 Chapter 14 (SAV)

GSS2010 Variables 71 (SAV)

GSS2010x (SAV)

VARIABLE INFORMATION GSS2010 Chapter 14 (DOC)

VARIABLE INFORMATION GSS2010 VARS 71 (DOC)

VARIABLE INFORMATION GSS 2010x (DOC)

SOC 346 Course Project #1 (PDF)

SOC 346 Course Project #2 (PDF)

Courses Taught

Methods of Sociological Research

Social Classes (Graduate and Undergraduate)

Racial and Ethnic Group Relations (Graduate and Undergraduate)

Sociology of Religion

Sociology of Poverty

Introduction to Sociology