Overview

  • Ph.D., Sociology, Purdue University, 1992. "Class, Gender and Income: A Structural Feminist-Marxist Analysis of Income Determination and the Income Gap,鈥 Dissertation thesis.
  • M.S., Sociology, Purdue University, 1989."Interactive Effects of Class and Industrial Sector on Income Determination," Master's thesis.
  • B.A., Sociology, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, 1987.

Professional Experience
黑洞社区, Wichita KS:

  • Chief Data Officer, 2014 to present.
  • Professor, Sociology, 2008 to present.
  • Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs, 2012-2017.
  • Interim Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Services, 2013-2014 and 2015.
  • Assistant Vice President for Strategic Planning and Analysis, Academic Affairs, 2010-2011.
  • Statistical Project Analyst, Institutional Research, 2007-2010.
  • Associate Dean, Graduate School, 2000-2003.
  • Associate Professor, Sociology, 1999-2008.
  • Graduate Coordinator, Sociology, 1998-2009.
  • State Director for Kansas of the Midwest Sociological Society, 1998-2000.
  • Assistant Professor, Sociology, 1993 to 1999.

Focus areas

  • Office of Data Governance
    • Oversees the governance, content and use of all university enterprise data systems related to informational assets.
  • Office of Planning & Analysis
    • Oversees the office of planning and analysis.
  • 黑洞社区 Data Warehouse & Reporting Group
    • Serves as senior data architect for data warehousing and senior data scientist for analytics related to operational units.
  • Social Science Research Lab  
    • Oversees the office of the social science research lab.
    • Data Governance, Compliance & Reporting Standards
      • Manages data and reporting standards for ERP and non-ERP systems including compliance and data quality.
    • Business Intelligence & Predictive Modeling  (BIPM)
      • Manages development of Academic Affairs analytic assets used for internal planning and reporting including the Business Intelligence and Predictive Modeling system.
    • Enrollment Services (data governance)
      • Oversees implementation of new and modified software systems to ensure data integrity, validity and integration with university data systems.

What Does a CDO Do?

Information

Areas of Research Interest
  • Class Analysis and Income Inequality.
  • Occupational Employment and Discrimination.
  • Sociology of Work.
Areas of Teaching Interest

Courses Taught:

  • Application of Advanced Statistical Techniques (graduate level)
  • Advanced Data Management (graduate level)
  • Seminar in Sociological Theory (graduate level)
  • Seminar in Data Management and Advanced SPSS Syntax Modeling (graduate level)
  • Sociological Theory (undergraduate level)
  • Social Inequality (undergraduate level)
  • Sociology of Work (undergraduate level)
  • Seminar in Class Analysis (graduate level)
  • Seminar in Marxist Sociology (graduate level)
  • Sociology of Family (undergraduate level)
  • Introduction to Sociology (undergraduate level)
Publications

Crabtree, Gina and David Wright. 2021. 鈥淏eyond Collaboration: A Registrar and Institutional Research Journey鈥. Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly (SEMQ), 9(2) 37-47.

Mason, Cindi, Janet Twomey, David Wright, Lawrence Whitman. 2017. 鈥淧redicting Engineering Student Attrition Risk Using Probabilistic Neural Network and Comparing Results with Backpropagation Neural Network and Logistic Regression鈥. Research in Higher Education, 1-19.

Wysong, Earl, Robert Perrucci and David Wright. 2013. The New Class Society: Goodbye American Dream. 4th edition. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.


Barnason, Susan, Elaine Steinke, Victoria Mosack, and David Wright, 2013. 鈥淓xploring Nurses鈥 Perceptions of Providing Sexual Health Counseling for Patients with Cardiac Disease: Implications for Evidence-Based Interventions鈥. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing 32(4:191-198).


Steinke, Elaine, Victoria Mosack, Jodie Hertzog, and David Wright. 2012. 鈥淎 Social-Cognitive Sexual Counseling Intervention Post-MI鈥擠evelopment and Pilot Testing鈥, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care 49 (162-170).


Barnason, Sue, Elaine Steinke, Victoria Mosack and David Wright. 2011. 鈥淐omparison of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Acute Care Nurses鈥 Perceptions of Providing Sexual Counseling for Cardiac Patients鈥, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 31(157-163).


Koeber, Charles, David Wright and Elizabeth Armour. 2011. 鈥淪elf-Service: Control and Consent in the Performance of 鈥楥onsumptive Labor鈥欌, Humanity and Society 36:1-24.


Mosack, Victoria, Elaine Steinke, Cynthia Walker, Debra Moser, Misook Chung and David Wright. 2011. 鈥淓ffects of Depression on Sexual Activity and Sexual Satisfaction in Heart Failure鈥, Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing 30(4):218-225.


Rowley, Rochelle and David Wright. 2011. 鈥淣o White Child Left Behind: The Academic Achievement Gap Between Black and White Students鈥, The Journal of Negro Education 80(2):93-107.


Steinke, Elaine, Victoria Mosack, Sue Barnason and David Wright. 2011. 鈥淧rogress in Sexual Counseling of Cardiac Nurses, 1994 to 2009鈥, Heart and Lung 40(2011) E15-E24.


Medina, Mary, Cynthia Walker, Elaine Steinke, David Wright, Victoria Mosack and Mahammad Farhoud. 2009. 鈥淪exual Concerns and Sexual Counseling in Heart Failure鈥, Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing 24(4):141-148.


Fast, Yvonne, Elaine Steinke, and David Wright. 2009. "Effects of Attending Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation on Patient vs. Partner (proxy) Quality of Life Perceptions", Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 29:115-120.


Hertzog, Jodie, David Wright and Debra Beat. 2009. "There's a Policy for That: A Comparison of the Organizational Culture of Workplaces Reporting Incidents of Sexual Harassment", Behavioral and Social Issue 17(2):169-181.

Steinke, Elaine, Victoria Mosack, David Wright, Misook Chung, and Debra Moser. 2009. "Risk Factors as Predictors of Sexual Activity in Heart Failure", Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing 28(3):123:129.


Wright, David and Twyla Hill. 2009. 鈥淧rescription for Trouble: Medicare Part D and Patterns of Computer and Internet Access Among the Elderly鈥, Journal of Aging and Social Policy 21(2):172-186.


Koeber, Charles and David Wright. 2008. "On the Outside Teaching In: Using Internet Videoconferencing to Instruct an Introductory Sociology Course from a Remote Location", Teaching Sociology 36:331-344.


Steinke, Elaine, Victoria Mosack, David Wright, Misook Chung and Debra Moser. 2008. 鈥淧redictors of Sexual Activity Among Patients Living with Heart Failure鈥, Circulation 117(11):218.


Steinke, Elaine, David Wright, Misook I Chung and Debra Moser. 2008. 鈥淪exual Self-Concept, Anxiety, and Self-Efficacy Predict Sexual Activity in Heart Failure and Health Elders鈥, Heart & Lung V37(5):323-333.


Koeber, Chuck and David Wright. 2006. 鈥淕ender Differences in the Re-employment Status of Displaced Workers: Human Capital as Signals that Mitigate Effects of Bias鈥, Journal of Socio-Economics 35(5):780-796.


Steinke, Elaine, David Wright and Debra Moser. 2006. 鈥淪exual Self Concept, Anxiety, and Self-Efficacy Predict Sexual Activity in Heart Failure and Healthy Elders鈥, Circulation 114(18)703.


Steinke, Elaine and David Wright. 2006. 鈥淭he Role of Sexual Satisfaction, Age, and Cardiac Risk Factors in the Reduction of Post-MI Anxiety鈥, European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 5:190-196.


Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2006. 鈥淓xplaining Variations in Family Friendly Workplace Benefits: Union versus Nonunion Employer Organizations鈥, Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences 10:10-20.


Koeber, Charles and David Wright. 2003. 鈥淟osing a Job and Gaining Half of Another: The Full to Part-time Mobility of Displaced Workers鈥, Humanity and Society 26(4): 312-335.


Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2003. 鈥淔amily Friendly Workplace Benefits: The U.S., Canada and Europe鈥, Critical Sociology 29(3):337-367.


Koeber, Charles and David Wright. 2001. 鈥溾橶/Age Bias鈥 in Worker Displacement: How Industrial Structure Shapes the Job Loss and Earnings Decline of Older American Workers鈥, Journal of Socio-Economics 30(3):343-352.

Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2000. 鈥淭he Family Friendly Workplace: Do Unions Matter?鈥 Journal of the Academy of the Social Sciences 4:85-95.


Wright, David and Earl Wysong. 1999. 鈥淔amily-Friendly Workplace Benefits: Policy Mirage, Organizational Contexts, and Worker Power鈥, Critical Sociology 24(3):244-276.


Wright, David and Robert Young. 1998. "The Effects of Family Structure and Maternal Employment on the Development of Gender Roles Among Men and Women", Journal of Family Issues 19(3):300-314.
Gottfried, Heidi and David Wright, 1996. "Income Inequality," in Women and Work: A Handbook, edited by Paula Dubeck and Kathryn Borman. New York: Garland Publishers.


Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 1995. 鈥淎 Decade of DARE: Efficacy, Politics and Drug Education,鈥 Sociological Focus 28(3):283-311.


Wysong, Earl, Richard Aniskiewicz and David Wright. 1994. "Truth and Dare: Tracking Drug Education to Graduation," Social Problems 41(3):448-472.


Wright, David and Heidi Gottfried. 1993. Review of Black Women and White Women in the Professions, by Natalie Sokoloff, and Black Women in the Workplace: Impacts of Structural Change in the Economy, by Bette Woody, Contemporary Sociology 22(5):727-728.


Wright, David and Heidi Gottfried. 1991. "Gender and Income Inequality," in The State of American Society, edited by Suzanne Steinmetz. Indiana: Family Research Institute.


Wright, David. 1988. Review of The Decline of Organized Labor in the United States, by Michael Goldfield, The Review of Radical Political Economics 20(1):121-123.

Reprints:
Wysong, Earl, Richard Aniskiewicz and David Wright. 1994. "Truth and Dare: Tracking Drug Education to Graduation," Social Problems 41(3):448-472. Reprint in How It鈥檚 Done: An Invitation to Social Research, 3rd edition, edited by Emily Stier and Roger Clark, Wadsworth-Thompson.


Wysong, Earl, Richard Aniskiewicz and David Wright. 1994. "Truth and Dare: Tracking Drug Education to Graduation," Social Problems 41(3):448-472. Reprint in Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems, edited by James Orcutt and David Ruby, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.


Wysong, Earl, Richard Aniskiewicz and David Wright. 1994. "Truth and Dare: Tracking Drug Education to Graduation," Social Problems 41(3):448-472. Reprint in Investigating the Social World by Russell Schutt, Pine Forge Press.

Working Papers

Wright, David. 2014. 鈥淢anaging Change: Strategies for Creating a Student Success Culture Grounded in Data Analytics鈥. Educause Annual Conference, Orlando, FL


Muma, Richard and David Wright. 2012. 鈥淪electing and Implementing a Quality Initiative鈥. Paper presentation at the Annual Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.


Wright, David, Michelle Barger, Bobby Gandu and Aaron Hamilton. 2012, 鈥淯sing Evidence-Based Practices to Improve Operations: A Case Study in Admissions鈥, 黑洞社区 Assessment Symposium, Wichita, KS

Wright, David. 2011. 鈥淚ncreasing Information Efficiency at Lower Cost: Single versus Multiple Product Approach to Information Retrieval鈥, Educause Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA


Vermillion, Mark and David Wright. 2010. 鈥淪ports in the United States: The Relationship of Sport Consumption and Feelings of Alienation鈥. Paper presentation at the Annual Sport in Society Conference, Green Bay, WI.


Li, Su and David Wright. 2009. 鈥淕endered Job Opportunities and Women鈥檚 Lead in College Attendance鈥. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS), Des Moines, IA.


Smith-Campbell, Betty, David Wright, K. Anderson and K. Postai. 2009. 鈥淎ssessing the impact of a, rural Federally Qualified Health Center鈥檚, dental intervention program in southeast Kansas鈥, Kansas Public Health Association, Annual Meeting, Wichita, KS.


Vermillion, Mark and David Wright. 2009. 鈥淎merican Sport and Alienation: A Multivariate Analysis鈥. Paper presentation at the Annual Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, IA.


Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2008. "Recent Inequality Trends: The End of the Middle Class?". Paper presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, New Albany, IN.


Smith-Campbell, Betty, and David Wright. 2008. 鈥淒etermining the community affects of a rural Federally Qualified Health Center new intervention program on Ambulatory Care Sensitive ED visits and charges鈥, Annual APHA Meeting in San Diego, CA.


Smith-Campbell, Betty, David Wright, and Michael Samuels. 2008. "Assessing preventable ED use through a collaborative FQHC, hospital and University, research project in a rural Midwestern community". Paper presentation at the National Association of Community Health Centers Institute, New Orleans, LA.


Smith-Campbell, Betty and David Wright. 2008. "Evaluating the Community Affects of a Rural Community Health Center on Ambulatory Care Sensitive ED Visits and Charges". Paper presentation at the Kansas Nursing Research Exchange, Topeka, KS.


Pickard, Ruth, David Wright, Mary Baskett, Robin Gingerich, and Carolyn Weinhold. 2008. 鈥淭esting Models for Reducing 鈥楯ust in Case鈥 Decisions by Low Literacy Parents鈥. Paper presentation at the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), San Diego, CA.

Mosack, Victoria, Cynthia Walker, Mary Medina, David Wright, Hussam Farhoud, Debra Moser, and Elaine Steinke. 2008. 鈥淒epression Adversely Affects Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Activity in Heart Failure鈥. Paper presentation at the American Heart Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
Medina, Mary, Cynthia Walker, Elaine Stienke, Victoria Mosack, David Wright, and Hussam Farhoud. 2008. "Sexual Concerns and Sexual Counseling in Heart Failure". Paper presentation at Kansas Nursing Research Exchange, Topeka, KS.


Stienke, Elaine and David Wright. 2008. "Predictors of Sexual Activity Among Patients Living with Heart Failure". Paper presentation at the 48th Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Joint Conference, Colorado Spring, CO.


Hill, Twyla and David Wright. 2008. "The Senior Cyber Squad: Patterns of Internet Usage Among the Elderly". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO


Simon, Dana and David Wright. 2008. "In the Case of Jane v John: The Gender Pay-gap in Government Professions". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.


Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2008. "Income Inequality, Class War, and the Fading American Dream, 1976-2006". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis MO.


Hertzog, Jodie, Tisha Whitehead and David Wright. 2008. "Educational Risk and Protective Factors within Single Parent Households". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.


Vermillion, Mark and David Wright. 2008. "Recreational Sport Participation and Time Use: Gender Differences". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.


Armour, Elizabeth, Charles S. Koeber and David Wright. 2008. "Self-Service: How Organizations Become More Flexible by 'Outsourcing' Work to Unpaid Consumers". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.


Smith-Campbell, Betty, David Wright and M.E. Samuels. 2007. 鈥淒etermining the community effects of a rural Federally Qualified Health Center: Hospital ED visits/charges by uninsured and Medicaid individuals鈥, National Association of Rural Health Annual convention, Anchorage, AK

Steinke, Elaine, David Wright, Misook L. Chung, and Debra K. Moser. 2007. 鈥淪exual Self-Concept, Anxiety, and Self-Efficacy Predict Sexual Activity in Heart Failure and Health Elders鈥. Paper presentation at the American Heart Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.


Wright, David and Rosemary Yeilding. 2007. 鈥淲here is Mr.Clean? Household Division of Labor and the Pay Gap Between Men and Women鈥. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.


Wright, David and Earl Wysong. 2007. 鈥淲hat鈥檚 Happening to the American Dream?: Sons, Daughters, and Intergenerational Mobility Today鈥. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.


Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2007. 鈥淓xplaining Variations in Family Friendly Workplace Benefits: Union versus Nonunion Employer Organizations鈥. Paper presentation at the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Meeting in Gary, IN.


Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2006. 鈥淚s Social Mobility a Social Problem?: Recent Intergenerational Mobility Trends, the American Dream, and the Media鈥. Paper presentation at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, IN.


Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2006. 鈥淔amily Friendly Workplace Benefits in Union and Nonunion Organizations鈥. Paper presentation at the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Meeting in Gary, IN.


Steinke, Elaine and David Wright. 2006. 鈥淐omparison of Response Patterns for Sexual Knowledge Post-MI Using a 鈥楧on鈥檛 know鈥 Option鈥. Paper presentation at the 17th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice in Montreal, Canada.


Pickard, Ruth, Lourdes Vazquez and David Wright. 2006. 鈥淢oving From Charitable Care to Community Investment: An Oral Health Partnerships Serving Immigrant Populations鈥. Paper presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Pickard, Ruth, David Wright, Pradeep Atla, Giao Phan, Vinay Madur, and Doreen Ondieki. 2006. 鈥淗ealth Disparities Between Immigrant and Native Dwellers in a Low-Income Neighborhood: It鈥檚 Not All About Money鈥. Paper presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Wright, David and Twyla Hill. 2006. 鈥淥lder Adults, Computers and the Internet鈥. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Omaha, NE.

Wright, David and Charles Koeber. 2006. 鈥淭he Occupational Mobility of Displaced Workers: Evidence from the 2004 Displaced Worker Survey,鈥. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Omaha, NE.


Pickard, Ruth and David Wright. 2005. 鈥淔ive Years in Waiting: Health Care for Immigrants鈥. Paper presentation at the Society for Applied Sociology and the Sociological Practice Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.


Hertzog, Jodie, David Wright and Debra Beat. 2005. 鈥淲e have a Policy for that: Organizational Dynamics and Sexual Harassment Policies鈥. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.


Hawley, Donna, Martha Shawver and David Wright. 2005. 鈥淎 New Examination of the 鈥楩reshmen Seminar鈥 at an Urban University: Persistence of Participants and Matched Controls鈥. Paper presentation at the Association of Institutional Research Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.


Steinke, Elaine and David Wright. 2005. 鈥淭he Role of Sexual Satisfaction in the Reduction of Post-MI鈥. Paper presentation at the 16th Annual International Nursing Research Congress Annual Meeting in Waikoloa Village, HI.


Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2004. 鈥淪weatshops Today: Exploitation or Opportunity?: Marxism versus Capitalism鈥. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO.


Wright, David. 2004. "Removing Barriers to Program Assessment through the use of Institutional Data". Regents Assessment Conference, Fort Hays State University, KS.


Perrucci, Robert, Earl Wysong and David Wright. 2002. 鈥淎 New Approach to Class Analysis: The Distributional Model, Social Closure, and Class Polarization鈥. Paper Presentation at the American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.


Wright, David and Jennifer Green. 2002. 鈥淢arriage: An Option or Obligation? An Alternative Perspective on the Marriage Premium鈥. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO.


Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 2001. "The Best of Times, Worst of Times: Variations in Family-Friendly Workplace Benefits". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St.Louis, MO.

Wright, David and Earl Wysong. 2000. 鈥淭he Family Friendly Workplace: Do Unions Matter?鈥. Paper Presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.


Wright, David. 1999. 鈥淩econceptualizing Inequality through Alternative Occupational Categorizations鈥. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.


Wright, David. 1998. 鈥淧overty Counts: Differing Estimates of the Poor and Their Impact on Assessing Welfare Reform鈥. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO.


Wright, David and Earl Wysong. 1998. 鈥淔amily-Friendly Workplace Benefits: Policy Mirage, Organizational Context, and Worker Power鈥. Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO.


Wright, David. 1998. 鈥淎ssessing the 鈥楨ducation for What? Workforce Trends Now and in the Future鈥 Study鈥. Keynote Speaker at the Kansas Association for Career Services and Employment (KACSE) Annual Conference, Wichita, KS.


Wright, David. 1997. 鈥淭hree ways to be Poor: Efficacy of the Welfare Reform Law by Three Poverty-defined Groups鈥. Paper presentation at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, IN.


Wysong, Earl and David Wright. 1995. 鈥淎 Decade of DARE: Dispatches from the Drug Education War Zones鈥. Paper presentation at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.


Wright, David. 1993. "Changing Family/Work Structures and Women's Roles". Paper presentation at the American Association of University Women-Kokomo, Indiana Chapter, Indianapolis, IN.


Wysong, Earl, Rick Aniskiewicz and David Wright. 1993. "Does D.A.R.E. Make a Difference?: Tracking Drug Education to Graduation". Paper presentation at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Annual Meeting in Toledo, OH.


Wright, David. 1992. "Dilemmas in Organizing Graduate Students: Problems with a Transient and Economically Powerless Group". Paper presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO.


Wright, David. 1992. "Measuring the Earnings Gap from a Structural Perspective: The Effects of Class and Gender on the Income Determination Process". Symposium paper presentation given at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.


Fasenfest, David and David Wright. 1991. "Changes in Transfer Payments: A Cause of Rising Poverty". Paper presentation at the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, OH.


Wright, David. 1990. "Class, Gender and Income: The Effects of Domestic Labor Time on the Wage Bundle". Paper presentation at the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.


Wright, David. 1989. "Structural and Individual Models of Income Determination". Paper presentation at the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Annual Meeting in Berkeley, CA.

Awards and Honors

Academic Honors and Teaching Awards:

  • 1999 Academy of Effective Teaching Award, 黑洞社区.
  • 1996-1997 Mortar Board Educator Appreciation Award, 黑洞社区.
  • 1993 and 1992 Amicus Award for Outstanding Teaching by Full-time Faculty, Indiana University at Kokomo.
  • 1991 Claude Rich Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching by Adjunct Faculty, Indiana University at Kokomo.
  • Outstanding Sociology Student Award for 1986-1987 at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis


Professional Memberships:

  • American Sociological Association (ASA)
  • American Association of University Women (AAUW)
  • Association of Institutional Research (AIR)
  • Midwest Sociological Society (MSS)
  • Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
  • Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS)
  • Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE)
Grants

Regional Institute on Aging, 黑洞社区. "A Social Cognitive Sexual Counseling Intervention After Myocardial Infraction ", Elaine Steinke, Victoria Mosack, Jodie Hertzog and David Wright, 2008.


黑洞社区 and Creative Activity Research Grant. 鈥淪exual Counseling of Myocardial Patients by Cardiac Nurses鈥, Elaine Steinke, Victoria Mosack and David Wright, 2008.


The PEW Research Center, Washington, D.C. 鈥淟ocal Employment Migration Patterns and Their Effects on Income Inequality鈥, with Steve Rose, 2007.


Center for Economic Development and Business Research, Wichita, KS. 鈥淓stimating Separation Rates USD 259鈥, 2007.


Kansas Head Start. KS. "Health Literacy for Parents of Young Children", 2007.


Third Way: A Strategy Center for Progressives. Washington, D.C. Social Stratification in the United States: The New American Profile Poster, Stephen Rose [author], 2007.


National Rural Health Association, Kansas City, MO. 鈥淔inal Research Report: Influence of the Community Health Center of Southwest Kansas on Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center ED Visits/Costs,鈥 Betty Smith-Campbell, David Wright, and Michael Samuels, 2007.


National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Washington, .D.C. "Measuring Up 2006: The National Report Card on Higher Education, and Measuring Up 2006: The State Report Card on Higher Education", 2006.


National Rural Health Association, Kansas City, MO. "Consequences of the Uninsured: Hospital and Community Health Center Costs", Betty Smith-Campbell and David Wright.


Center of Economic Development and Business Research, Wichita, KS, 鈥淥ccupational Separation Rates by Age Cohorts from 1997 to 2006 from the Current Population Surveys,鈥 2006.


Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. 鈥淭rends in Educational Degree Credentials Across Occupational Groups鈥, 2006.


Healthy Options for Planeview (HOP), Physician Assistant Department, Wichita State University, 2006.


National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Washington, D.C. "Measuring Up 2004: The National Report Card on Higher Education", 2004.


Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. 鈥淚dentifying Occupational/Industrial Matrixes to Create a Unified Functional/Locational Coding Schema for Employment Growth Patterns鈥, 2004.


LSI Logic Corporation, Wichita, KS 鈥淓ngenio Performance Evaluation Survey for NCR Customer Advocate Storage Solutions鈥, 2004.


Kansas Health Foundation, Wichita. KS. 鈥淭ake a Second, Make a Difference, Goes to School,鈥 2003.
Sedgwick County Health Department, Wichita, KS . Healthy Babies, Inc., 2003.


National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Washington, D.C. "Measuring Up 2002: The National Report Card on Higher Education", 2002.


Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. 鈥淎ligning the 2000 and 1990 Census Occupational and Industrial 4-digit Classification Code Assignments鈥, 2002.


Center for Economic Development and Business Research, Wichita, KS. 鈥淢ontgomery County Employment Needs Assessment鈥, 2001.


National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Washington, D.C. 鈥淭he Economic Cost of Discrimination: Earnings and Tax Revenue Losses by Race/ethnicity, Education and State鈥, 2000.


Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. 鈥淓xpanding the Office Economy: State-level Analysis of the Office Economy Model鈥, 2000.


Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. "Crossing the Great Divide: Can We Achieve Equity When Generation Y Goes to College", Anthony P. Carnevale and Richard A. Fry, 2000.


Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. 鈥淭he Office Economy Project: 1999 Update鈥, 1999.


Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. 鈥淗ispanic Employment in Growth Industries,鈥 1999.


Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. "Minority Participation in Higher Education to 2015: Results from Detailed College Enrollment Projections by State", Anthony Carnevale and Richard Fry, 1998.


Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. "Work Habits of Single Women on Welfare", Donna Desroch, 1998


Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. "Education for What: The New Office Economy", Anthony Carnevale and Stephen Rose, 1997.


Educational Testing Service (ETS), Washington, D.C. 鈥淭he Misunderstood Service Economy and its Impact on Educational Needs,鈥 1997.


Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Washington, D.C. "Consumption Patterns of Middle and Low Income Americans: Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey,鈥 David Fasenfest and David Wright, 1996.


National Commission for Employment Policy, Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. "Jobs in the United States in 2005: A Decomposition of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational and Industrial Employment Projections,鈥 David Fasenfest and David Wright, 1996.


W.E.Upjohn Foundation for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI. "Industry Staffing Patterns in the United States, 1989鈥, authors Stephen Rose and David Fasenfest, 1996.


National Commission for Employment Policy, Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. "An Inquiry into Geographical Patterns of Employment Restructuring and Local Community Responses鈥, author David Fasenfest, 1994.


Kokomo Center Schools System, Kokomo, IN. 鈥淭racking DARE from 1987 to 1994: Final Evaluation Report on the Impact of DARE Upon Drug Use Rates and Attitudes Among KHS Seniors鈥, Earl Wysong and David Wright, 1994.

Additional Information

Media:
Interviews and appearances related to gender and race employment discrimination and affirmative action:

  • Business Week Magazine (print)
  • New York Times (print)The Economist (print)
  • Scripps Howard News Service DC (print)
  • Talk Radio 1330 KFH The Kathleen Clarke Show (radio)
  • KSNW (television)
  • Wichita Eagle (print)

Interviews and appearances related to income inequality:

  • Business Week Magazine (print)
  • Kansas Association for Career Services and Employment (presentation)
  • Community Action Network/Living Wage Coalition (presentation)
  • Wichita Eagle (print)

Interviews and appearances related to drug use & drug education:

  • Business Week Magazine (print)
  • Washington Times (print)
  • Rolling Stone Magazine (print)
  • John Schneider News Hour FOX network (television)
  • New Republic (print)
  • Patriot News, PA (print)
  • KNSS News talk Radio (radio)
  • PBS (television)
  • Crime Prevention News (print)
  • Local news print: Wichita Eagle, Salina Journal, Kokomo Tribune, Southwest Daily Times, Topeka Capital Journal

 

Chair of Thesis and Non-Thesis Projects, 黑洞社区:
Thesis Chair:
Blakely, Stephaine Dawn. 2009. 鈥淩isk Factors that Affect Test Scores, Specifically Deviant Behavior鈥, Sociology, completed Spring 2009.

Dingler, Elizabeth Joann. 2009. 鈥淪eventy-Eight Pennies for your Thoughts: An Examination of Income Inequality Between Men and Women in the United States鈥, Sociology, completed Spring 2009.

Espana, Amber Ann. 2009. 鈥淲omen in the Workforce: How the Wage Gap Affects Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Women鈥檚 Income鈥, Sociology, completed Spring 2009.

Hossian, Mahmood. 2009. 鈥淚mmigration and Its Impact on the Wage Gap in the United States鈥, Sociology, completed Spring 2009.

Fussell, Holly. 2008. "No Man Left Behind: Access to Education and Jobs for Men", Sociology, completed Spring.

Hansen, Erin. 2008. "Intergenerational Socioeconomic Mobility: A Comparison of Sons and Daughters", Sociology, completed Spring.

Lyon, Robyn. 2008. "Household Division of Labor and Pay Inequality Between Men and Women", Sociology, completed Spring.

Watanabe, Nanako. 2008. "The Effect of Deviance on Academic Performance", Sociology, completed Spring.

Whitehead, Tisha. 2008. "Educational Risk Factors for Single and Dual Parent Households", Sociology, completed Spring.

Lindeman, Onttu. 2007. "Occupational Sex-Segregation and It's Effect on Income Determination", Sociology, completed Fall.

Moore, Lindsey. 2007. " Deviance and the Conceptual Model Variables and Their Effect on Test Scores", Sociology, completed Fall.

Cusick, Micah. 2007. 鈥淪ubjectivity in the Formation of Career Aspirations of Teenagers鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Drake, Angela. 2007. 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Your Daddy?: A Comparison of Intergenerational Mobility of Socioeconomic Status for Sons and Daughters鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Duckett, Jacob. 2007. 鈥淎 Dose of Discrimination: The Gender Wage-Gap Between Men and Women in Medical Professions鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Franks, Tiffany. 2007. 鈥淕ender and the Wage Gap: Still Not Equal鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.
McKenney, Trisha. 2007. 鈥淔rom the Mommy Track to the Family Track: A Comparative Analysis of Employer-Provided Benefits in For-Profit and Non-Profit Organizations鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Rowley, Rochelle. 2007. 鈥淣o 鈥榃hite鈥 Child Left Behind: The Academic Achievement Gap Between Blacks and Whites鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Barry, Jennifer. 2006. 鈥淭he Effect of Socio-Economic Status on Academic Achievement鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Dupuis, Laura. 2006. 鈥淭he Effect of the Household Division of Labor on the Income of Man and Women鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

O'Donnell, Joseph. 2006. 鈥淭he Effect of Unions on Work/Family Benefits鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.
Simon, Dana M. 2006. 鈥淚n the Case of Jane v. John: The Gender Pay-Gap in the Government Professions鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Barlow, Heather. 2006. 鈥淩x for Economic Inequality: The Wage-gap Among Men and Women in Health Professions鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Burford, Lindsay. 2006. 鈥淭o Have or Not to Have: The Effect Children have on Women鈥檚 Income鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Cabrales, Cheyla. 2006. 鈥淐hicano y Chicana: Income Differences Among the Largest U.S. Hispanic Population鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Feuille, Christopher. 2006. 鈥淎 Structural Decomposition of the Marriage Premium鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Pettinger, Mark. 2006. 鈥淎re Women Still Experiencing Gender Discrimination in Income and Employment Positions? Why the Equal Pay Act May Not Be Enough鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Southworth, Brian. 2006. 鈥淎m I Rich Enough to do Well in Math? Math Test Scores and Socio-Economic Status鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Yeilding, Rosemary. 2006. 鈥淲here is Mr. Clean? Household Division of Labor and the Pay Gap Between Men and Women鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Crowe, Robin. 2005. 鈥淒oes It Start in the Home? An Analysis of the Effects of Family Structure on Academic Achievement鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Hull, Amber. 2005. 鈥淲ill I Ever Work Again? Post-displacement Employment鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Mikal, Darcy. 2005. 鈥淚ncome Inequality: The Cost of Being a Single Woman鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Morey, Alicia. 2005. 鈥淭he M Factor: The Marriage Premium Benefit for Men鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Neufeld, Ryan. 2005. 鈥淔rom Working for a Living to Searching for a Living, Post-displacement Employment鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Ruchdaschel, Erin. 2005. 鈥淗ispanic / Non-Hispanic Wage-Gap: The Cost of Being a Minority鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Victory, Sarah. 2005. 鈥淎dolescent Deviance: Why Student Role Performance Matters鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Beat, Debra. 2005. 鈥淚ncome Inequalities: Education and the Black/White Difference in Determining Women's Wages鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Byerlee, Judy. 2005. 鈥淭he Rise of Single Parent Homes: How Does Family Structure Affect Academic Achievement鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Colvin, Linda. 2005. 鈥淭he Impact of Education on Women's Income: A Comparison Between Black and White Women鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Engweiler, Lisa. 2005. 鈥淭he Dollar Dynamic: The Influences of Socioeconomic Status on Academic Achievement鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Epp, Aaron. 2005. 鈥淢oney Matters: The Wage Gap Between White and Black Men鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Konda, Kurt. 2005. 鈥淪till in Second Place: A Multi-dimensional Approach to the Gender Pay-gap鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Stanton, Stacy. 2005. 鈥淥ccupational Skill: Do Women of Different Racial Backgrounds have the same Income Opportunities鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Williams, Renee. 2004. 鈥淚ncome Inequality: A Gendered Process鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.
Praheswari, Yuni. 2004. 鈥淭he Test-Score Gap of Minority and Non-Minority Eight Grade Students: A Quantitative Analysis of Student Role Performance, School and Family鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Farris, Rebecca. 2004. 鈥淭he Hispanic Wage Gap: Gender and Ethnic Processes in the Determination of Income鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Parks, Laura. 2004.鈥 Wage Inequalities Among Women: A Comparative Study of Differences in Marital Status鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Scoggin, Bethany. 2004. 鈥淎cademic Achievement: Inherent Differences or Outside Influences?鈥 Sociology, completed Spring.

Triana, Natalie. 2004. 鈥淏attle of the Sexes: A Structural/Feminist Analysis of the Income Gap Between Men and Women鈥, Sociology, completed Spring

Mooers, Jeannine Nicole. 2003. 鈥淭he Wage Gap: A Gendered Perspective of Economic Positioning and Income Inequality鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Brown, Edith Ann. 2003. 鈥淲ho Does Not Retire鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Long, Lisa Kay. 2003. 鈥淪tratification of Retirement鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Stanley, Skye. 2003. 鈥淭he Gendered Wage Gap: Why Do Women Make Less Money Than Men?鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Vermillion, Mark. 2003. 鈥淭he Relationship of Sports Participation and Deviant Behavior in Adolescents鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Green, Jennifer. 2001. 鈥淭he Impact of Educational Attainment on the Gender Wage Gap of Full-time Workers in the U.S.鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Al-Modaf, Obaid. 1999. 鈥淭he Relationship Between Consumption and Social Class鈥, Sociology, completed Summer.

Massoni, Kelley. 1999. 鈥淭he Relationship of Adolescent Aspirations to Adult Attainment: A Trend Analysis鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Deines, Teresa. 1998. 鈥淢anaging Health Care Issues Among Older Inmates Within the Correctional Setting: A Mandate for Improved Data Collection鈥, Sociology, completed Summer.

Plickert, Gabriele. 1997. 鈥淭he Effects of Parental Involvement and Home Resources on Student Standardized Test Scores鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Reed, Aimee Christine. 1995. 鈥淭he Effects of Family Structure on Adolescent Educational Aspirations鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Winters, Jamie E. 1995. 鈥淭he Role of Ethnicity in the Classroom: The Effects of Match-Mismatch Teacher/Student Ethnicity on Teacher鈥檚 Assessments of Student Role Performance鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Hamada, Megumi. 1995. 鈥淎re 鈥楩amily Friendly鈥 Policies Actually Women Unfriendly?鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

 

Non-thesis Chair:
Ayres, Joseph. 2008. "Lean and Mean: Wage Differentials Between Managers and Workers in Manufacturing", Sociology, completed Summer.

Smith, Dwayne. 2007. 鈥淎ccess Denied: Older Americans Choose the Internet for their Access Needs鈥, Sociology, completed Summer.

Jones, Virginia. 2006. 鈥淛ob Displacement: Investing 30 Years in a Company Only to be Outsourced Eleven Months Shy of Retirement鈥, Sociology, completed Summer.

Lynn, Rachelle. 2006. 鈥淟egal Disparities: An Analysis of the Gender Wage-gap in the Legal Profession鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Van Sickle, Jason. 2005. 鈥淚ncome Inequity Among Men and Women and the Effects of Human Capital versus Structural Predictors鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Wood, Kiela. 2004. 鈥淕ender and Juvenile Delinquency in an Educational Environment鈥, Sociology, completed Summer.

Freeland, David Henry. 2003. 鈥淒eviance in Schools鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.
George, Gene. 2003. 鈥淩esidence of the Elderly鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Kimbell, Rebecca. 2003. 鈥淚ncome Inequality鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Osborne, Jennifer. 2003. 鈥淒eviance in Relation to Family, Student Role Performance, and School鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Swinton, Mary Jo. 2003. 鈥淒o Parents Matter? A Look at Factors Influencing Education鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

West, Debra. 2003. 鈥淲age Gap: A Push-Pull Dilemma鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Rhodes, Suanne. 2002. 鈥淕ender, Race and Income Determination: An Analysis of Male-Female and White-non White Wage Discrepancies鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Gemas, Nicholas. 2002. 鈥淚nstitutional Views of Gender-based Income Disparity鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Bennett, Kimberly. 2001. 鈥淎n Examination of Juvenile Delinquency in Single Parent Households鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Fulghum, Kimberly. 2001. 鈥淛uvenile Delinquency: A Product of our Failing Society鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

McAtee, Megan. 2001. 鈥淎n Examination of the Effects of Gender on Juvenile Delinquency鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Smith, David. 2001. 鈥淒elinquency in Schools and Academic Achievement鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Beemer, Willena. 2001 鈥淚ncome Determination and Marital Status: An Analysis of Male-Female Wage Differentials鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Crickard, Elizabeth. 2001. 鈥淎n Examination of Current Wage Discrepancies Between Men and Women鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Reece, Mary. 2001. 鈥淢aking the Grade: Are Children from Single Parent Families Academically Competitive鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Small, Shirlene. 2001. 鈥淔act or Fiction: The Impact of Racial/Ethnic Differences on Juvenile Delinquency in the Educational System鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Brant, Dedra. 2000. 鈥淲hy Women Earn Less鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Griggs, Montyca. 2000. 鈥淕ender Bias and Job Training: What Types of United States Work Organizations Offer Job Training to Women?鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Hajjar, Phillip. 2000. 鈥淭he Impact of Socio-Economic Status on Juvenile Educational Deviance鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Hoffman, Justin. 2000. 鈥淭he Impact of Family Structure on Juvenile Delinquency in Schools鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Hollingsead, Linda. 2000. 鈥淭he Effects of Race on the Household Division of Labor鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Jordan, Lindsay. 2000. 鈥淭he Patriarchal Sub-Culture: The Impact of Socio-Economic Status and Patriarchal Values Upon Domestic Abuse鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Kimball, Arnetta. 2000. 鈥淒eterminants of Work Status Among the Poor鈥, Sociology, completed Summer.

McFadden, Nicole. 2000. 鈥淭he Impact of Extra-Curricular Activities on Juvenile Educational Deviance鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Nguyen, Tein. 2000. 鈥淪chool, Family Background, Peers Influence, Student Role Performance, and Juvenile Delinquency鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Schlenk, Maryse. 2000. 鈥淭he Everlasting Battle of Genders: Income Inequality with same Educational Attainment鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Siroky, Satin. 2000. 鈥淭he Affects of Household Division of Labor on Marital Satisfaction鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Soria, Heather. 2000. 鈥淭he Effects of Varsity Sports on Delinquency鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.
Ancsin, Elizabeth. 1999. 鈥淒oing the Dirty Work: Effects of Types of Division of Household Labor on Marital Happiness鈥, Sociology, completed Summer.

Boaldin, Greg. 1999. 鈥淎dvertising and the Use of Disabled Persons鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.
Bressel, Shelby. 1999. 鈥淓ducational Discrimination by Gender, Social Issues, and Their Relationship to Math/Reading Test Scores Among Adolescent Youth鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Busby, Julie. 1999. 鈥淔actors that Contribute to the Academic Resilience and Achievement Among Latino High School Students鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.

Liby, Yvonne. 1999. 鈥淎ttitudes Supporting Violent Behavior and Violence Between Couples鈥, Sociology, completed Summer.

Toon, Jenny. 1999. 鈥淧olicy Analysis of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993", Sociology, completed Fall.

Wiley, Richard. 1999. 鈥淔actors that Contribute to Partner Violence in Current Relationships鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Hall, James. 1998. 鈥淭he Relationship Between School Varsity Sports Participation and Delinquency鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Kim, Calvin. 1998. 鈥淭he Wage Gap: Factors Significant in the Income Determination Process for Men and Women鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Walters, Dana. 1998. 鈥淭he Effects of Institutional Rules of Governance on Student Deviance鈥, Sociology, completed Fall.

Waltner, Kimberly. 1996. 鈥淚mpact of Divorce on the Educational Achievement of Children鈥, Sociology, completed Summer.

Blackman, Jeffrey. 1995. 鈥淐hanges in Workplace Autonomy: Empowerment or Exploitation鈥, Sociology, completed Spring.