telephone: 843-953-5738 fax:
843-953-5824
office: 88 Wentworth Street, Room 201
mailing address: Department
of Sociology and Anthropology
College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424
Degrees: B.A. in Biology
from Baylor University, 1962 M.A. in Sociology
from Baylor University, 1964 Ph.D. in Sociology
from Louisiana State University, 1969
Teaching Experience: Thiel College,
Greenville, PA 1964-1966 Gustavus Adolphus
College, St. Peter, MN, 1969-1978 Morehead State
University, Morehead, KY, 1978-1985 College of
Charleston, Charleston, SC, 1985-present
Major Areas of Teaching:
Death and
Dying
Medical
Sociology Sociology of the
Family Aging and the
Family Contemporary
Social Issues Sociology Capstone Development of
Social Thought
For descriptions please see the College of
Charleston Undergraduate Catalog
Recent Publications: Understanding
Dying, Death and Bereavement, 6th ed (with Michael R.
Leming). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2006. Annual Editions: Dying, Death, and
Bereavement 05/06, 8th ed (with Michael R. Leming). Dubuque,
IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2005.
“US Physicians’ Attitudes Concerning Euthanasia and Physician Assisted
Death: A Systematic Literature Review” (with David Clark, Rachael
Marples, and Michelle Winslow). Mortality. Publication date of
February, 2005.
Hospice Referral Decisions: The Role of Physicians” (with Brenda
Sanders, Tracy Burkett, and Robert Tournier) (2004). American Journal of Hospice and Palliative
Medicine, 21 (3), May/June, pp. 196-202.
