Research Interests: Community & Rural
Sociology, Survey Research, Information Technologies, Social Networks,
and Social Psychology
Mike joined the faculty at Oklahoma State
University in 2006 after receiving his Ph.D. from Washington State
University. His substantive research interests are in the areas of
communities and social networks with a particular focus on the impacts
of information technologies on community development, civic engagement,
and core social network maintenance. This research has been published
in several scholarly journals including City & Community, Marriage & Family
Review, and Information, Communication, and Society. As a survey
research methodologist, he examines the effects of visual design
in self-administered surveys with his work appearing in Public Opinion
Quarterly, Survey Research Methods, and Field Methods.
Mike teaches courses in Quantitative Methods at both the graduate
and undergraduate levels. In addition, he teaches classes in the
Sociology of the Family, Community, and Introduction to Sociology.
Mike also serves as the co-advisor for the Sociology Club.