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Department of Sociology and Social Work
Brett Zollinger, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor
Dr. Zollinger is an Associate
Professor and Chair of Sociology
and Social Work and past Director of the Docking
Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University.
He teaches Applied Sociology, Sociological Theory, Methods of
Social Research, and Survey and Field Research.
Dr. Zollinger’s work has been nationally recognized. He
received the Rural Sociological Society's Dissertation Award
in 1997. He has published in several academic journals including, Rural
Sociology, Journal of the Community Development Society, Research
in Community Sociology, Economic Development Quarterly, Complimentary
Health Practice Review, and the Online Journal of Rural
Research and Policy. He also has a book chapter in the edited
book, Mad About Wildlife.
Dr. Zollinger has designed and conducted survey research projects
at local, state and regional levels on a wide variety of topics
including: public health/wellness awareness, attitudes and behaviors;
attitudes toward wildlife management approaches and recreational
hunting practices; labor availability; health care needs assessment;
housing and city services satisfaction, quality of life; crime
and domestic victims' issues; and use of conservation tree plantings.
He is very active in program evaluation studies, strategic planning
and community development efforts in the region. Most recently
he led the Docking Institute in facilitating the 2005 Kansas
Prosperity Summit planning process on behalf of the Kansas Department
of Commerce and five other partner state agencies. He has
had over $2.5 million of applied research and planning funded.
Dr. Zollinger's primary research interests are in
the areas of natural resource sociology, human dimensions of wildlife
management, community development, and public health/wellness programming.
Prior to joining Fort Hays State University in 1998, Dr. Zollinger earned
his Ph.D. in Sociology from Utah
State University.and worked in USU's Institute for Social Science Research
on Natural Resources.
In his spare time he enjoys hunting, golfing, and
family time!
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