UNC Pembroke Faculty - Ottis L. Murray, Jr.

Department of Sociology
& Criminal Justice

Dr. Ottis L. Murray, Jr.

Assistant Professor

Common Sense is not so common. Voltaire

Office: Business Administration Building, Rm 223	Phone: (910) 521-6821
Office Hours: Fall '06 MWF (10:00-12:00) --- and by appointment	Fax: (910) 775-4091
Address: P.O. Box 1510 Pembroke, NC 28372-1510	Email: ottis.murray@uncp.edu
Emergency Line (Weather): (910) 521-6888

Research Interests

Community Development
Poverty
Grant Writing & Program Evaluation
Collective Behavior & Social Movements
Death & Dying (End of Life Care)
- HIV/AIDS
Cyberculture & Technology
Privacy & Social Interaction

Courses

The following list represents courses I have taught (*course no longer offered). They are continuously being updated. Refer to class syllabus for up-to-date requirements and assignments.

Soc 101 Introduction to Modern Sociology Soc 351 Community Resource Development

Soc 201 Sociological Concepts* Soc 361 Social Research

Soc 209 Social Problems Soc 367 Social Deviance

Soc 220 Computers & Society Soc 375 Death, Dying & Chronic Illness

Soc 313 The Community Soc 413 Industrial Sociology*

Soc 314 Collective Behavior/Social Movements Soc 430 Community Development (S. Topic)

Education

B.A., Pembroke State University
M.Ed., Ed.D., North Carolina State University

Memberships

Honors

Phi Kappa Phi - Life-Time Member      
      
  
Projects (under construction)

Summary of recent projects and grants

Others Interests

Writings of Umberto Eco (e.g., The Name of the Rose; Foucault's Pendulum;
The Island of the Day Before)
Writings of Steven Pinker (e.g., The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates
Language; How the Mind Works)
Theory & Work of Paulo Freire (e.g., The Pedagogy of the Oppressed; The
Politics of Education)
Essays of Alan Lightman (e.g., Living with the Genie)

Jordan Institute for Families	National Welfare Monitoring & Advocacy Partnership
Federal Statistics	Welfare-to-Work Information
General Accounting Office	The Institute for Research on Poverty
Grant Information	Employment & Training Program(s)
W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research	Lumber River Council of Governments

Soc 101 Introduction to Modern Sociology	Soc 351 Community Resource Development
Soc 201 Sociological Concepts*	Soc 361 Social Research
Soc 209 Social Problems	Soc 367 Social Deviance
Soc 220 Computers & Society	Soc 375 Death, Dying & Chronic Illness
Soc 313 The Community	Soc 413 Industrial Sociology*
Soc 314 Collective Behavior/Social Movements	Soc 430 Community Development (S. Topic)