Professor of Sociology
Year Started at JMU: 2001
spearjh@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Education
B.A., State University of New York at Geneseo
M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Teaching
- Development of Sociological Thought & Method
- Science, Technology, Society
- Sociology of Organizations
- Sociology of Environment
- Sociology of Knowledge
Research
Complex Organizations, Science/Technology/Knowledge, Environment, Social Theory
Publications
2023. Organizations and Society. Sage Publications, Inc.
2007. "Prominent Schools or Other Active Specialities?" In Review of General Psychology 11(4):363-380.
2006. "Actively Drifting Society." In The Active Society Revisited, edited by Wilson Carey McWilliams, 89-115, Oxford, UK: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
