NMU Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Research and Special Projects

Each year Northern Michigan University Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology faculty and students engage in a number of research projects and scholarly works. Some current endeavors include the following:

• Routine Activities Theory Reconsidered: The Case of Inmate Gambling. In The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Today, by Alan McEvoy
• Investigating rural homelessness, led by faculty members Tim Hilton and Cornell DeJong
• Yellow Dog Plains and Native American projects, led by faculty member Alex Carroll
• The role of alcohol in violence against women, co-facilitator Ira Hutchison
• Thirty years of Film summarizes documentary film making by Michael Loukinen
• Gerontology projects by Dr. Patricia Cianciolo