Mike Stern
Dr. Mike Stern

Assistant Professor
Ph.D.: Washington State University, 2006

Contact Information:
Phone: (405) 744-9303
Fax: (405) 744-5780
Office: 031 CLB

E-mail: mstern@okstate.edu

Personal Web Page

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.

 
     
   
 
Oklahoma State University
Sociology Department, CLB 006
Stillwater, OK 74078-4062
Phone: (405) 744-6105 • Fax: (405) 744-5780