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Department
of Sociology and Social Work
Mike Walker, MS
- Instructor and
Coordinator of the Community Development Certificate
Program
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- Mike
Walker is an instructor in the Department
of Sociology and Social Work, and the Assistant Director
of the Docking Institute
of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University. He currently
teaches sociological theory, sociology of urban and rural areas,
community theory and development, and demography. Mike also coordinates
the Community Development Certificate Program.
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Mike
received a master's degree in sociology from Utah
State University and is currently pursuing a doctorate
in sociology at Kansas
State University. He is a member of the Rural Sociological
Society, the Community Development Society, the Midwest Sociological
Society, and the Western Social Science Association. Mike
is directly involved with the development, coordination, and
analysis of survey research for the Docking Institute. Mike
also facilitates focus groups, performs strategic planning,
and is involved with community development efforts in Kansas.
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Mike is
planning to teach the following course during the next few semesters/terms:
- Fall Semester
2008
- Demography
(SOC 435 VA)
- Sociological
Theory and Literature (SOC 361 VB)
- Spring Semester
2009
- Community
Theory and Development (SOC 679 VA)
- Topics:
Economic Sociology and the Sociology of Work (SOC 348 Vx)
- Fall Semester
2009
- Sociology
of Urban and Rural Areas (SOC 475 VA)
- Sociological
Theory and Literature (SOC 361 VB)
Prior to coming
to FHSU, Mike performed ethnographic work in California, Colorado,
Utah, and Idaho; and carried out survey research in California, Colorado,
and Nebraska. He also worked on a few archeological digs in southern
Utah, worked as a journalist in the Washington, D.C. area, and served
in the U.S. Army. While in the military, he received extensive survival
and tactical training, and completed month-long training exercises
in the deserts of California, the mountains of Utah, and the swamps
of Georgia. This training, he says, comes in handy during faculty
and staff meetings!
During his free time, Mike spends time with his kids,
attends FHSU
sporting events, and enjoys the lastest sci
fi.
Distingushing
marks: Scar on left hand from box cutter incident in his youth,
birthmark on left thigh from, well... birth.
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Mike is a great college instructor at a
college where he instructs students.
Take his classes or the terrorists win!
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Department of Sociology and Social
Work • 785.628.5840 • For Information:
mdknoll@fhsu.edu
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