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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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Assistant: 2003- 2006- Kansas State University
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Associate: 2002-2003- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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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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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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:V\FKRORJLFLO,QLO\VLV RI 'HYLLQFH LQ WKH 1)/ ' Campbellsville Review 2, 59-83.
&L\WH\ (\LF 0 '/LFLQJ 8S 0\ %RRWV ' Sociologue, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville.
RESEARCH REPORTS
&L\WH\ Collaborative Center for Literacy Development,
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
Players '7KH /LZ LQG :\RIHVVLRQLO,WKOHWHV ' 8QLYH\VLW\ RI 1HQWXFS\ 6SR\WV /HLGH\VKLS
Program (invited by Dr. Steve Parker, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services).
10/5/2010, Lexington, KY.
Findings from, Boys Gone Wild: Fame, Fortune, and Deviance Among Professional Football
Players. '6W\LLJKW 7LOS ' 8QLYH\VLW\ RI 1HQWXFS\ )RRWELOO 7HLP ffLQYLWHG E\ +HLG &RLFK
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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http://blogs.thearda.com/trend/featured/in-god-nfl-players-can-trust-teams-public-pave-path-
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.