Ken Spenner, Professor

Contact Info:

Office Location:	344 Soc-Psych
Office Phone:	919-660-5625, 919-660-5614
Email Address:

Teaching (Fall 2009):

• SOCIOL 158.01, MARKETS AND MARKETING Synopsis

  Soc/Psych 126, WF 02:50 PM-04:05 PM

• Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1977
• M.A. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN 1973
• B.A. Creighton University, Omaha, NE (cum laude) 1972

Research Interests:

I received my B.A. from Creighton University, an M.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1977. Prior to coming to Duke in 1984, I was engaged in fulltime research at the Boys Town Center for the Study of Youth Development. My interests include social stratification, careers, organizations, and market transitions. I am currently conducting a multi-year panel study of state-owned and private manufacturing enterprises in Bulgaria during that country's transition to a market economy. I teach Markets and Marketing (SOC 158), Occupations, Professions, and Careers (SOC 165), and Markets and Management (SOC 190), the capstone course for the Markets and Management Program. In 1992, I was given the Howard Johnson Distinguished Teaching Award for my outstanding performance in the classroom.

Areas of Interest:

Stratification/Mobility,
Organizations
Social Psychology
Technology
Market Transitions

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. with Final Report of the Panel on the Department of Defense Human Capital Strategy (2008), pp. 1-47, RAND Corporation .
2. with “Capital Conversion and Accumulation: A Social Portrait of Legacies at an Elite University.”, Research in Higher Education, vol. 50 no. 7 (Accepted, 2008) .
3. with “Within-College Human Capital and Racial Ethnic Differences in Academic Performance.” (2008), American Sociological Association (2 papers) .
4. with “A Social Portrait of College Legacy Admissions.” (2008), American Sociological Association .
5. American Sociological Association, 2008 (2 papers) (2008) .