Eric M. Carter

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TEACHING/RESEARCH INTERESTS

Social Movements/Change

Research Methods

Sociology of Education

Social Inequalities/Stratification

Community and Sustainability

Sociology of Appalachia

Sociology of Culture and Sport

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy,

Sociology: 2003-2006 Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Work and Labor Markets (Major)

International Development/Social Movements/Change (Major)

Dissertation Topic: Anomie and Deviance in the NFL

Major Advisor: Dr. Robert Schaeffer

Additional Graduate

Study,

Sociology: 2002-2003 University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

Sixteen additional graduate hours

Master of Arts,

Sociology: 1999-2001- Marshall University

Huntington, WV

GPA: 4.0

Thesis: A Durkheimian Analysis of Anomie and Deviance in

the National Football League: An Exploratory Case Study.

Bachelor of Arts,

Sociology: 1994-1999- Carson-Newman College

Jefferson City, TN

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Instructor: 2004- Kansas State University

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emphasis on culturally and linguistically diverse populations

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Instructor: 2004- Cloud Community College

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students seeking Associate degrees.

Graduate Teaching

Assistant: 2003- 2006- Kansas State University

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Extensive experience with quantitative research methods. Use

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Instructor: 2003- Campbellsville University

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Associate: 2002-2003- University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Adult Case

Manager: 2001-2002- Helen Ross McNabb Mental Health Facility

Assisted 40 clients in daily living skills, worked with clients

from diverse cultural and linguistic, educational and

handicapping condition backgrounds. Linked clients to possible

employment, housing, food, training, rehabilitation, etc.

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Graduate Assistant: 1999-2001- Marshall University

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PUBLICATIONS

Carter, Eric M. 2009. Boys Gone Wild: Fame, Fortune, and Deviance Among Professional

Football Players. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Carter, Eric M. & Michael V. Carter. ', 6RFLLO :V\FKRORJLFLO,QLO\VLV of Anomie,PRQJ 1LWLRQLO )RRWELOO /HLJXH :OL\H\V ' International Review for the Sociology of Sport

42: 243-270

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Knoxville.

RESEARCH REPORTS

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University of Kentucky, Lexington.

PRESENTATIONS

Negotiating Contested Fields: An Exploratory Study of Competing Academic and Athletic

Roles Among Student-Athletes. Southern Sociological Society Annual Meetings. Spring 2012,

New Orleans, LA.

Anomie and Religiosity: Data from 104 Professional Football Players. Society for the

Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meetings. Fall 2010, Baltimore, MD.

Findings from, Boys Gone Wild: Fame, Fortune, and Deviance Among Professional Football

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Program (invited by Dr. Steve Parker, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services).

10/5/2010, Lexington, KY.

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Joker Phillips). 9/30/2010, Lexington, KY.

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RECOGNITIONS

Research cited: %HR 5RHWKOLVEHWLHW ERH 1*/PV %EH %R\V *LRH *RH,V *RRH + With Practice,

Politics Daily, February 4, 2011.

Research cited: Religion + Not Materialism + Is Key to Happiness for Football Stars,

Huffington Post, January 1, 2011.

Research cited: In God NFL Players Trust: Teams, Public Pave Path to Deviance, ',KHLG RI

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to-deviance/

Research cited: NFL flags too few men off the field, Cincinnati Enquirer, November 28, 2009.

Recipient: 2008 Henlein Junior Faculty Research Fellowship, Georgetown College.

Research cited: Researcher studies effects of NFL fame, Kansas State Collegian, February 10,

2005.

Nomination, Professor of the Year, 2003-2004, Kansas State University Food and Dining

Services.

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

? American Sociological Association

? Southern Sociological Society

? Midwest Sociological Society

? North American Society for the Sociology of Sport

? The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

? Appalachian Studies Association

? Anthropologists and Sociologists of Kentucky (peer reviewer,

Kentucky Journal of Anthropology and Sociology)

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

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