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REED GEERTSEN Professional Vita

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Department of Sociology Home Address: Utah State University 1255 North 1400 East Logan, Utah 84322-0730 Logan, Utah 84341 (435) 797-1246 (435) 752-7125 FAX: (435) 797-1240 E-mail: [email protected] February, 2010

Academic Positions

Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1972 to present.

Visiting Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Southern California, 1980.

Faculty Member, Chautauqua-Type Short Course Program, National Science Foundation and American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Portland, Oregon, November 1977 and Santa Anna, California, March 1978.

Visiting Summer Professor, Department of Sociology, California State University, Hayward, California, Summer, 1972.

Acting Chief, Division of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, 1971-72.

Instructor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, 1971.

Research Associate, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, 1968-1970.

Areas of Expertise

Medical Sociology Community and Rural Sociology Sociological Theory Survey Research Methods

Professional Activities

Session Facilitator, Educational Issues, American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2012.

Session Facilitator, Teaching Core Competencies, American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2010.

Session Chair, Sociology of Health, Southwestern Social Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada,

March, 2008

Session Facilitator, Public Policy Issues, American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2008


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Professional Activities (continued) Session Facilitator, Research on Adolescents, American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2007

Session Chair, Sociology and the Promotion of Health, Pacific Sociological Association, Hollywood, California, April, 2006

Session Facilitator, Issues in Education, American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2006

Consultant, Departmental Resources Group, American Sociological Association, 2005-2007.

Survey Director, Health and Living Study, Mailed Survey to 466 Residents of the Bear River Health District, U.S.D.A.: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Project 841, 2004-2005.

Session Chair, Sociology of Health Behavior and Wellness, Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, April, 2004

Session Organizer and Chair, Sociology of Health, Pacific Soc. Association, Pasadena, CA, April 2003.

Member, Departmental Resources Group (National Teaching Consulting Network), American Sociological Association Teaching Services Program, 2001-2008.

Session Organizer and Chair, Sociology of Health, Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, California, April, 2000.

Session Organizer and Chair, Sociology of Public Health, Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, April, 1998

Chair, Nominations Committee, Section on Undergraduate Education, American Sociological Association, 1995-1996.

Session Organizer and Chair, Teaching Demonstrations, Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, Washington, March, 1996.

Workshop Co-Leader, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting (by invitation of William Gamson, President of the American Sociological Association), Los Angeles, California, August, 1994.

National Chair, Section on Undergraduate Education, American Sociological Association, 1994-1995.

Session Organizer and Chair, Teaching Sociology, Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, California, April, 1994.

Program Organizer, Undergraduate Education Sessions, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, August, 1994.

Workshop Leader, Teaching Techniques Workshop, Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, Oregon, April, 1993.


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Professional Activities (continued)

Review Team Member, Academic Program Review of Department of Sociology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, September 9-10, l993.

Member, Teaching Resources Group (National Teaching Consulting Network), American Sociological Association Teaching Services Program, 1992 to 1996.

Participant, Teaching Resources Group Training Workshop, American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August, 1992.

Consultant, Theory Textbook, Prentice-Hall College Division, 1992.

Survey Director, Statewide Survey on Citizen Priorities for Utah. Random-digit telephone survey of 603 adults in Utah. U.S.D.A.: Agricultural Experiment Station, 1991.

Consultant, Medical Sociology, Prentice-Hall College Division, l990.

Discussant, Teaching Session, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August, l989.

Advisory Board, Teaching Resources Group, American Sociological Association, 1986 to 1988.

Consultant, Bureau of Chronic Diseases, Utah State Department of Health, 1986-1988.

Survey Director, Follow-up Statewide Survey on Prevalence of Selected Chronic Diseases in Utah. Random-digit telephone survey of 4,500 households in Utah. Utah State Department of Health, 1987.

Invited Participant, National Conference on Teaching (sponsored and paid for by the Johnson Foundation), Wingspread Conference Center, Racine, Wisconsin, June, 1985.

Member, Teaching Resources Group (National Teaching Consulting Network), American Sociological Association Teaching Service Program, 1984 to 1988.

Session Organizer and Chair, Medical Sociology, Pacific Sociological Association, San Jose, California, April, 1983.

Workshop Co-Leader, American Sociological Association National Workshop on Teaching, Los Angeles, California, March 25-27, 1982.

Chair, Teaching Awards Subcommittee, Pacific Sociological Association, 1982. Awards Committee, Pacific Sociological Association, 1981-84.

Member, Panel of Experts, Club 1000 Project Outlook, Center for Futures Research, University of Southern California, 1981-1985.

Consultant, University Committee on Faculty Development, Northwest Community College, Powell, Wyoming, September 30 to October 6, 1981.


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Professional Activities (continued) Survey Director, Statewide Survey on Prevalence of Selected Chronic Diseases in Utah. Random-digit telephone survey of 4,400 households in Utah. Utah State Department of Health, 1981.

Workshop Leader, Two-day Departmental Workshop on Teaching, Department of Sociology, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas, April, 1981.

Consultant and Workshop Co-Leader, North Texas Federated Graduate Program Workshop on Teaching for Three Universities, February 12-15, 1981.

Workshop Leader, Teacher Development Workshop for Lewis and Clark College and the Idaho Sociological Society, Lewiston, Idaho, October, 1980.

Workshop Co-Leader, American Sociological Association National Workshop on Faculty Evaluation, Fort Collins, Colorado, November, 1980.

Workshop Coordinator, American Sociological Association National Workshop on Teaching Techniques, Los Angeles, California, April, 1980.

Survey Director, Telephone Survey on Fiber and Cancer in Utah. Statewide random-digit telephone survey on canning practices in Utah. From this survey some 600 matched controls for a group of cancer patients were identified for further interviews. This survey was done for the University of Utah College of Medicine and the U.S. Public Health Service, 1980. Leader, Faculty Development Seminar, College of Business, Boise State University, March, 1979.

Advisory Board, American Sociological Association Teacher Information Exchange, January, 1979 to 1982.

Workshop Co-Leader, Teacher Development Workshop, University of Hawaii, May, 1979.

Program Chairperson, Utah Sociological Association Spring Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, May, 1978.

Workshop Co-Leader, American Sociological Association National Workshop on Teaching Networks, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July, 1978.

Survey Director, Statewide Survey on Diet and Colon Cancer in Utah. Some 300 colon cancer patients provided by the Utah Cancer Registry and 600 matched controls identified through a random-digit telephone survey of households were interviewed in their homes. The surveys were conducted for the University of Utah College of Medicine and the U.S. Public Health Service, 1978.

Chairperson, Session on Teaching Graduate Sociology, Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, Spokane, Washington, April, 1978.

Survey Director, Social Impacts of Rapid Growth on Community Organizations. Mail survey of 250 organizations in three communities with different patterns of growth. U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration, 1978.

Leader, Teacher Development Workshop, Idaho Sociological Society, October 27, 1978.


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Program Co-Chairperson, West Coast Teacher Development Workshop. Sponsored by the American Sociological Association, March 18-19, 1977, Los Angeles, California.

Survey Director, Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer. Cancer patients identified by the Utah Cancer Registry and matched controls identified through a random-digit telephone survey of households were interviewed in their homes. The surveys were conducted for the University of Utah College of Medicine and the U.S. Public Health Service, 1977.

President, Utah Sociological Society, 1977-1978.

Course Co-Director, "Improving Curriculum Planning and Instruction in Sociology and Related Disciplines," Chautauqua-Type Short Course on Teaching. Sponsored by The National Science Foundation and The American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Portland, Oregon, November 1977 and March 1978 (Recommended by the American Sociological Association).

Consultant, Project to Develop a Consumer's Guide to Utah Nursing Homes, Quality of Rural Life Grant, January to June, 1977.

Chairperson, Research Methods Session, Western Social Science Association Meeting, Tempe, Arizona, May, 1976.

Survey Director, Epidemiology of Cervical Cancer. Cancer patients identified by the Utah Cancer Registry and matched controls identified through a random-digit telephone survey of households were interviewed in their homes. The surveys were conducted for the University of Utah College of Medicine and the U.S. Public Health Service, 1976.

Discussant, Rural Development Session, Rural Sociological Society, New York City, August, 1976.

Chairperson, Innovative Teaching Session, Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, San Diego, California, March, 1976.

Co-Chairperson, Topic Session on Teaching, Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, San Diego, California, March, 1976.

Workshop Co-Presenter, Four Community Development Workshops (Panguitch, Delta, Salina and Richfield), May 11-12, 1976. In these workshops findings of local relevance from a survey conducted in the Fall of 1975 were presented to community leaders.

Workshop Co-Presenter, Three Community Development Workshops (Vernal, Roosevelt, Moab), June, 1976. In these workshops findings of local relevance from a survey conducted in the Fall of 1975 were presented to community leaders.

Survey Co-Director, Better Communities For Utah. Two-stage mail survey of 1200 adults in eight Utah communities, U.S.D.A.: Agricultural Experiment Station, 1975.

Chairperson, Community Studies Session, Western Social Science Association Meeting, Denver, Colorado, May, 1975.


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Discussant, Urban Studies Section, Western Regional Science Association Meeting, Long Beach, California, February, 1974.

Survey Director, Land Use Planning Follow-up Survey, Environment and Man Program, 1974. Telephone survey of 1,261 respondents following the defeat of the Utah Land Use Act in a voter referendum.

Chairperson, West Coast Task Force on Teaching, National Project on Undergraduate Sociology (sponsored by the American Sociological Association), January, 1974 to August, 1977.

Session Chairperson, Family Sociology Session, Rocky Mountain Social Science Association Meeting, Laramie, Wyoming, April, 1973.

Survey Co-Director, Statewide Survey on Land Use Planning in Utah. Personal interview survey of 1,643 adults using two-stage area probability sampling. The Rockefeller Foundation, 1973.

Consultant, Research and Data Processing, Salt Lake Family Court Division, November, 1971 to June, 1973.

Consultant, Hypertension Compliance Project, University of Utah College of Medicine, September, 1972 to August, 1973.

Consultant, Quality of Care in Coronary Care Units, Intermountain Regional Medical Program, January, 1972 to June, 1973.

Chairperson, Behavioral Questionnaire Subcommittee, National Hypertension Community Detection and Follow-up Program, National Heart and Lung Institute, January-July, 1972.

Member, Behavioral Aspects Subcommittee, National Hypertension Community Detection and Follow-up Program, National Heart and Lung Institute, September, 1971 to July, 1972.

Advisory Committee on Evaluation, Utah Medex Program, 1971-1972.

Advisory Board, Health Information Testing Center, Intermountain Regional Medical Program, 1971-1972.

Publications, Presentations and Reports

Reed Geertsen. 2012. “Contextual Complication in Medical Epidemiology.” International Journal of Social Health and Information Management. Forthcoming.

Reed Geertsen. “Recent Effects of Modernization on Hutterite Life.” Paper presented at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2012.

Reed Geertsen. “Rituals and the Promotion of Social Equality,” Paper presented at the National Social Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 2012.


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Publications, Presentations and Reports (continued)

Reed Geertsen. 2011. “Qualitative Gaps in Medical Epidemiology and Medical Practice.” International Handbook of Academic Research and Teaching, Vol. 20: 316-324.

Reed Geertsen, “The Impact of Relative Deprivation on Hutterite Communities in the 21

st Century.” Paper

presented at the National Social Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 2011.

Reed Geertsen, “Sociological Insights into the Oneida Community.” Paper presented at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2011.

Reed Geertsen. 2010. “Contrasts Between Critical and Reflective Thinking.” TRAILS: A Refereed Online Publication of the American Sociological Association. (Http://trails.asanet.org/Pages/ Resource.aspx?ResourceID=11990).

Reed Geertsen. 2010. “Instructions for Critical vs. Reflective Thinking Exercise.” TRAILS: Refereed Online Publication of the American Sociological Association. Http://trails.(Http://trails.asanet.org/Pages/ Resource.aspx?ResourceID=11991).

Reed Geertsen, “Qualitative Gaps in Medical Epidemiology and Medical Practice.” Paper presented at the Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference, Cedarville, Ohio, June, 2010.

Reed Geertsen, “The Comparative Mortality Risks of Some Lifestyle Changes,” Paper presented at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2010.

Reed Geertsen and Jobecka Thompson. 2009. “Health Behavior, Medical Experience and Use of Alternative Medicine,” International Handbook of Academic Research and Teaching, Vol. 8: 176-184.

Reed Geertsen, “Recent Developments in the Lifestyle-Cancer Connection,” Paper presented at the National Social Science Association, San Francisco, California, October, 2009

Reed Geertsen, “Strategies for Developing Higher-Level Thinking Skills,” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, Boston, Mass., August, 2008

Reed Geertsen, “Activity Limitation and Unhealthy Lifestyle Practices.” Paper presented at the

Southwestern Social Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March, 2008. Reed Geertsen, “Pathways to Expanded Social Networks, Friendship Ties, and Social Capital.” Paper presented at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada,

February, 2008.

Reed Geertsen, Young-Taek Kim, and Linda Hodges. 2007. “Mortality Risk Factors and Expectations for Survival Among Young-Old and Old-Old Americans.” National Social Science Journal. Vol. 28: 63-74.

Reed Geertsen. 2007. A Lifestyle Risk Profile of the Bear River Health District Using the Alameda County Prospective Health Risk Assessment. Publication No. RG 10-07. Department of Sociology. Utah State University. Logan, Utah.


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Reed Geertsen and Devin Lucas. 2007. A Rational Choice Approach to Preventing Heart Disease. Publication No. 10-06. Department of Sociology. Utah State University. Logan, Utah.

Reed Geertsen. 2007. “Health Consciousness and the Use of Nontraditional Medical Treatments.” Paper presented at the National Social Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 2007.

Reed Geertsen. “Problem-based Assessment.” Invited paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, March, 2007.

Reed Geertsen. “Lifestyle Practices and Perceptions of Cancer.” Paper presented at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las, Vegas, Nevada, February, 2007.

Reed Geertsen. 2006. “A Balanced Strategy For Developing Excellence in Teaching.” Pp. 231-238 in Jerome Rabow, et al. (Eds.) Excellent Teaching in the Excellent University. Bethesda, MD: Academica Press.

Devin Lucas and Reed Geertsen. “Health Beliefs and Heart Disease. “ Paper presented at the Utah Health Services Research Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. February, 2006.

Reed Geertsen. “Perceptions of Disease and Disease Risks in a Healthy Population.” Paper presented at the National Social Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 2006.

Reed Geertsen. “Lifestyle Risks in a Rural Population: Comparisons with Alameda County’s Health Practices Study.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, Hollywood, California, April, 2006. Reed Geertsen. “Is It Complementary or Alternative Medicine: Some Evidence From a Population Survey.” Paper presented at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2006.

Reed Geertsen. 2005. “Critical and Reflective Thinking.” In Marilyn Krogh (ed.). Preparing Graduate Students to Teach. 4

th Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen. 2005. “Unhealthy Lifestyles in a Rural Population.” American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Journal, Vol. 8: 31-42.

Reed Geertsen, JoBecka Thompson, Devin Lucas. “Uses of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Rural Utah.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, Oregon, April, 2005.

Andrew Dick, Reed Geertsen, Randall Jones. 2004. “Self-Reported Recidivism in Teen Courts,” Journal for Juvenile Justice and Detention Services, Vol. 18: 33-49.

Andrew Dick, Dan Pence, Randall Jones, Reed Geertsen. 2004. “The Need for Theory in Assessing Peer Courts,” American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 47: 1448-1461.

Reed Geertsen. 2004. “Land of Plenty, Eating Healthy, and Why Risk Your Life? The Pfizer Journal, Vol. 7: 14-15, 19, 31-33.


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Reed Geertsen. “Contrasts Between Critical and Reflective Thinking.” Invited Paper at the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, August, 2004.

Reed Geertsen. "The Role of Sociology in Health Promotion." Invited paper presented at a Special

Thematic Session on The Impacts of Medical Sociology on Health and Health Care at the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, April, 2004.

Reed Geertsen. "Connecting Multiple Communities Through Critical Thinking." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, August, 2004.

Nick Eastmond, Erin Brewer, and Reed Geertsen. 2003. “Ethically Speaking: A Framework for Judging and Acting Ethically.” TechTrends, Vol. 47: 7-10.

Reed Geertsen. 2003. “Assessing Health Risks in the Twenty-first Century,” National Social Science Journal, Vol. 19: 23-32.

Randall M. Jones, Andrew J. Dick, Reed Geertsen, Jerry L. Cook, and Diane D Coyl. 2003. “Ego Identity Status as an Indicator of Peer Court Efficacy,” Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Vol. 54: 47-59.

Erin Brewer, Nick Eastmond, and Reed Geertsen. 2003. "Considerations for Assessing Ethical Issues." Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, Vol. 28: 67-76.

Reed Geertsen. 2003. "Rethinking Thinking About Higher-Level Thinking," Teaching Sociology, Vol. 31 (January), pp. 1-18.

Reed Geertsen. 2003. "Sense and Nonsense in Health Promotion." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, Pasadena, California, April, 2003.

Reed Geertsen. 2003. "The Contextual Dimension of Critical Thinking." Paper at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2003.

Reed Geertsen. 2002. "The Social Context of Health Promotion." In Cedric Garland (ed.) 2002 Epidemiology Research Review. San Diego, CA: UCSD Family and Preventive Medicine and the Naval Health Research Center.

Reed Geertsen and Robert Briggs. 2002. Discrepancies in Perceived Health and Risky Health Behaviors. Publication No. RG10-06. Department of Sociology. Utah State University. Logan, Utah.

Reed Geertsen. "Web Technology and the Personal Assessment of Health Risks." Paper presented at the National Social Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 2002.

Reed Geertsen. "Effective Use of Textbooks." Invited paper presented at the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2002.

Reed Geertsen. 2001. "Risk Analysis and Health in the 21st Century." Social Science Perspectives Journal, Vol. 21:77-83.


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Reed Geertsen and Mickelle F. Williams. Acceptance of Public Immunization Services. Publication No. RG10-05. Department of Sociology. Utah State University. Logan. 2001.

Reed Geertsen, "Dialectical Problems in Health Care." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, March, 2001.

Reed Geertsen, "Risk Capitation and Managed Care," Paper presented to the Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Society, Utah State University Chapter, January 25, 2001.

Reed Geertsen, "Immunization Risks and Medical Care." Paper presented at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, San Diego, California, January, 2001.

Brandon Taylor and Reed Geertsen. Risky Behaviors and Self-Reported Health. Publication No. RG10-04. Department of Sociology. Utah State University, Logan, 2000.

Reed Geertsen and Mickelle Williams. Acceptance of Public Health Medical Services. Publication No. RG10-03. Department of Sociology. Utah State University, Logan, 2000.

Reed Geertsen, "The Social Context of Health: Possible Misinterpretations by Public Agencies." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, California, March, 2000.

Reed Geertsen, "Multidimensional Theoretical Analysis. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August, 2000.

Reed Geertsen. Public Health Assessments in Nonmetropolitan Utah. Publication No. SOC-RG13. Department of Sociology. Utah State University, Logan, 1999.

Michael Brenchley and Reed Geertsen. Public Willingness to Use Risk-Reduction Services at a Local Health Department. Publication No. RG10-01. Department of Sociology. Utah State University, Logan, 1999.

Brittney H. Smith and Reed Geertsen. Perceptions of Community Health in Northern Utah. Publication No. RG10-02. Department of Sociology. Utah State University, Logan, 1999.

Reed Geertsen, "Using Sociology To Target Local Health Risk-Reduction Programs." Paper presented at the National Society for Applied Sociology, Dallas, Texas, October 29, 1999.

Reed Geertsen, "The Tunnel Vision of Everyday Experience." Paper presented at the National Social Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 1999.

Reed Geertsen and Darren Hendrickson, "Willingness to Protect the Environment." American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Perspective Journal, Vol. 1 (1998), pp. 334-354.

Reed Geertsen, "Revolutionary Changes in Medicine: Implications for Sociology." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August, 1998.

Reed Geertsen, "Restructuring for Change." Paper presented at the National Social Science Association National Meeting, San Diego, California, April, 1998.


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Reed Geertsen, et al. "Using Lay Perceptions of Public Health to Target Local Populations." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, April, 1998.

Reed Geertsen, "Group Structures and Health Behavior." Chapter 13, Pp. 267-288 in David S. Gochman (ed.), Handbook of Health Behavior Research. New York: Plenum Press, 1997.

Reed Geertsen, "A Longitudinal Analysis of Support for Community Enhancement," National Social Science Journal, Vol 10 (1997), pp. 1-12.

Reed Geertsen, "Social Issues in Health Care." Paper presented at the National Social Science Association, Reno, Nevada, August, 1997.

Reed Geertsen, "A Containment Strategy." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, California. April, 1997.

Darren Hendrickson and Reed Geertsen, "Social Position, Generational Change, and Support for Environmental Protection." Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, Canada, August, 1997.

Reed Geertsen, "The Multidimensional Nature of Sociology." Pp. 52-59 in Dean S. Dorn (ed.) Voices From the Classroom. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association, 1996.

Reed Geertsen, "The Sociological Perspective: Some Dimensions and Applications." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, New York City, New York, August, 1996.

Reed Geertsen, "A Strategy for Making Research Data More Interesting." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, Washington, April, 1996.

Reed Geertsen, "The Future of the Doctor-Patient Relationship." Presentation to the Pre-Medical Honor Society, Utah State University, February 6, 1996.

Reed Geertsen, "Communication in Asymmetrical Relationships." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1995.

Reed Geertsen and Chalon Keller, "Changes in Rural Attitudes on Financing Local Schools." Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society, Washington, D.C., August, 1995.

Reed Geertsen, "A Strategy for Conducting a Departmental Program Review," Paper presented to the Teaching Resources National Consulting Group of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1995.

Reed Geertsen and Nancy Greenwood, "Effective Course Design." Invited workshop to be presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting (by invitation of William Gamson, President, American Sociological Association), Los Angeles, California, August, 1994.

Reed Geertsen, "A Modular Approach to Research Methods." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, California, April, 1994.


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Reed Geertsen, "A Sociological Interpretation of the Current Immunization Crisis." Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April, 1994.

Reed Geertsen, "Social Attachment and Environmental Concern." National Social Science Journal (Spring, 1994), pp. 1-11.

Reed Geertsen, "Simulating the Blind Spot of Everyday Experience." Teaching Sociology 21 (October, 1993), pp. 392-396.

Reed Geertsen, "Re-energizing the Faculty: Tips for Success in the Classroom." Presentation at the Teaching Resources Group National Training Session, American Sociological Association, Miami, Florida, August, 1993.

Patricia MacCorquodale, Reed Geertsen, and Herman George, Jr., "External Program Review for the Department of Sociology." Report submitted to the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, October, 1993.

Reed Geertsen, "Content Analysis and the Use of Secondary Data." In Edward L. Kain and robin Neas (eds.), Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "Medical Care Utilization Among Farm Families." Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, August, 1993 (with Zhao Wu).

Reed Geertsen, "Public Views on Current Health Care Problems in Utah." Plenary session presentation at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, April, 1993 (with B. Hirschi).

Reed Geertsen, "The Rural Demographics of Cancer." Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Corpus Cristi, Texas, April, 1993 (with C. Keller and G. Shah).

Reed Geertsen, "Teaching Techniques for Sociology." Invited workshop presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, April, 1993.

Reed Geertsen, "The Health Care Crisis." Presentation to the Premed Honor Society, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, May, 1993.

Reed Geertsen, et al., Citizen Priorities for Utah--1992. Utah State University, 1992. Reed Geertsen, "Community Attachment, Social Ties and Concern for the Environment." Social Science Perspectives Journal 1 (October, 1992), pp. 163-172.

Reed Geertsen, "Community Attachment Revisited: A Comparison of Utah and Iowa Studies." Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, University Park, Pennsylvania, August, 1992 (with S. Eliason and D. Rogers).


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Reed Geertsen, "Citizen Perceptions of Issues and Priorities for the 1990s: A Comparison of Utah and Pennsylvania." Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, University Park, Pennsylvania, August, l992 (with F. Willits, D. Rogers, H. Berry).

Reed Geertsen, "The U.S. Health Care System." Presentation to Pakistan Government Officials, Summer Institute in Population Studies, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, July, 1992.

Reed Geertsen, "Technology Course Structure." Report submitted to the Office of the Provost, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, May, 1992.

Reed Geertsen, "Rapid Growth and Local Organizations." Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April, l992.

Reed Geertsen, "Identifying and Developing A Teaching Style." Presentation at Faculty Workshop on Teaching, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, September 17, 1991.

Reed Geertsen, "Social Epidemiology and the Causes of Death." Presentation to Pakistan Government Officials, Summer Institute in Population Studies, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, July 22, 1991.

Reed Geertsen, "Identifying Trends in Morbidity Data." Presentation to Pakistan Government Officials, Summer Institute in Population Studies, Utah State University, Logan, UT, July 23, 1991.

Reed Geertsen, "Community Network Theory and Conflict Among Organizations." Paper presented at the American Academy for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Pacific Division, Logan, Utah, June, 1991.

Reed Geertsen, Contemporary Sociological Theory. Unpublished Theory Textbook, 1990.

Ralph Brown, Reed Geertsen, Richard Krannich, "Community Satisfaction and Social Integration in a Boomtown: A Longitudinal Analysis." Rural Sociology 54 (Winter, l989), pp. 568-586.

Reed Geertsen, "Curriculum Trends and Innovations." Presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August, 1989.

Reed Geertsen, "Community Satisfaction and Social Ties in a Boom Town." Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April 8, l989 (with R. Brown and R. Krannich).

Reed Geertsen, "Social Group Characteristics and Health Behavior." Pp. 131-148 in David S. Gochman (ed.), Health Behavior. New York: Plenum Press, l988.

Reed Geertsen, "Strategies for Improving Teaching." Presentation at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, l988.

Reed Geertsen, Readings in Contemporary Social Theory. Unpublished Theory Textbook, 1987.


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Reed Geertsen, "Procedures for Estimating Chronic Diseases in Utah." Report submitted to the Bureau of Chronic Diseases, Utah State Department of Health, Summer, 1987.

Reed Geertsen, "Examining Quality of Life Among Diabetics Using Random-digit Survey Procedures." Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Chronic Illness Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, April, 1986.

Reed Geertsen, "Getting a Good Response in a Medical Mail Survey." Invited presentation at the Tenth Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Health, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 1-2, 1986.

Reed Geertsen, "Vertical Community Ties and Interorganizational Conflict." Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, August, 1986 (with Gary Madsen).

Reed Geertsen, "Simulation, Theory Construction and Research." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April, 1986.

Reed Geertsen, "Topical Development Group: Demonstrating the Concepts Approach to Teaching." Invited teaching demonstration at National Conference on Teaching, Wingspread Conference Center, Racine, Wisconsin, June, 1985. Sponsored by the Johnson Foundation and the American Sociological Association. Expenses paid by the Johnson Foundation.

Reed Geertsen, "Problems and Participant's Agendas in Instructional Consultations." Session presented at National Conference on Teaching. Wingspread Conference Center, Racine, Wisconsin, June, 1985. Sponsored by the Johnson Foundation and the American Sociological Association. Expenses paid by the Johnson Foundation.

Reed Geertsen, "Social Stress and Illness." Presentation to the Premed Honor Society, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, Spring, 1985.

Reed Geertsen, "Strategies for Faculty Evaluation." Presentation at the American Sociological Association Workshop on Teaching, Denver, Colorado, May, 1983.

Reed Geertsen, "Disease Prevalence Estimation." Report submitted to the Bureau of Chronic Diseases, Utah State Department of Health, Summer, 1983.

Don Albrecht and Reed Geertsen, "Population Growth in Rural Communities: Residents' Perceptions of Its Consequences." Community Development Journal 13 (1982), pp. 75-90.

Reed Geertsen, "Defining the Sociological Perspective." Presentation at the Utah Sociological Society Meeting, Ogden, Utah, November, 1982.

Reed Geertsen, et al., Using Films in Sociology Courses: Guidelines and Reviews. Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association, Teaching Resources Center, 1981.

Reed Geertsen, "Approaches to Teaching Sociology." Invited presentation to the Graduate Program in Sociology, Denton, Texas, February 11, 1981. Expenses paid by Texas Women's University.


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Reed Geertsen, "Teaching Techniques Which Facilitate Sequential Learning." Invited presentation at Faculty Workshop on Excellence in Teaching, Denton, Texas, February 12, 1981. Expenses paid by Texas Women's University, North Texas State University and East Texas State University.

Reed Geertsen, "Simulations for Teaching Sociology." Presentation at Workshop on Teaching, University of Texas at El Paso, April 1981. Expenses Paid by University of Texas at El Paso.

Reed Geertsen, "Discussion Techniques to Generate Analytic and Critical Thinking." Presentation at Workshop of Teaching, University of Texas at El Paso, April, 1981. Expenses paid by University of Texas at El Paso.

Reed Geertsen, "Teacher Development Through National Workshops." Broadcast over KUSU Radio, November 7, 1981.

Reed Geertsen, et al., Simulation and Gaming and the Teaching of Sociology. Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association, Teaching Resources Center, 1980.

Reed Geertsen, "Establishing a Departmental Visitation Program: Schedule and Objectives." Problem clinic conducted at the American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Group Training Workshop, Memphis, Tennessee, December 4, 1980. Expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "Faculty and Student Evaluation." Problem clinic conducted at the American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Group Training Workshop, Memphis, Tennessee, December 4, 1980. Expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "Social Impacts on Organizations Due to Energy Resource Development." Pp.399-419 in Utah Energy Development: Socio-economic Issues. Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Consortium for Energy Research and Education, January, 1980.

Reed Geertsen, "Evaluation of Textbooks." Presentation at the American Sociological Association Conference on Faculty and Student Evaluation, Ft. Collins, Colorado, November 21, 1980. Expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "Implementing Evaluation Programs." Presentation at the American Sociological Association Conference on Faculty and Student Evaluation, Ft. Collins, Colorado, November 22, 1980. Expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "Home Food Preservation and Colon Cancer." Report submitted to the University of Utah College of Medicine, Summer, 1980.

Reed Geertsen, "Planning a Teaching Workshop." Presentation at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, April, 1980.

Reed Geertsen, Editor-in-Chief, et al., Eighty-One Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts. Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association, 1979. An article describing this publication was published in American Sociological Association Footnotes, p. 4, May, 1979.


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Reed Geertsen, "The Scientific Method." Pp. 81-82 in Eighty-One Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association, 1979.

Reed Geertsen, "Group Structure and Formal Communication." Pp. 48-50 in Eighty-One Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association, 1979.

Jack Hickman, Bruce Bylund, and Reed Geertsen, "Communication and Message Distortion." Pp. 15-16 in Eighty-One Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association, 1979.

Reed Geertsen, "Forming a State Association." Presentation to the Hawaii Workshop on Teaching Sociology, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 23, 1979. Expenses paid by University of Hawaii.

Reed Geertsen, "Current Trends in the Discipline." Presentation to the Hawaii Workshop on Teaching Sociology, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 24, 1979. Expenses paid by University of Hawaii.

Reed Geertsen, "Classroom Techniques That Work." Presentation to the Hawaii Workshop on Teaching Sociology, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 24, 1979. Expenses paid by University of Hawaii.

Reed Geertsen, "Distortion of Communication in a Linear Transmission Network." Presentation at the North American Simulation Association Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, October, 1979.

Reed Geertsen, "Problems of Rural Communities with Different Patterns of Growth." Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April, 1979 (with D. Albrecht).

Reed Geertsen, "Daily Student Feedback as an Assessment Strategy for Improving a Research Methods Course." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, April 6, 1979

Reed Geertsen, "The Concept Game." Presentation at the National Plenary Conference on Teaching Undergraduate Sociology, Pittsburgh, PA, February, 1979. Expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "Developing Questioning Techniques for Class Discussion." Invited presentation at the afternoon session of the Idaho Sociological Society, Boise, Idaho, October 27, l978. Expenses paid by Idaho Sociological Society.

Reed Geertsen, "Teaching Demonstration." Invited demonstration presented at the evening session of the Idaho Sociological Society, Boise, Idaho, October 27, l978. Expenses paid by Idaho Sociological Society.

Reed Geertsen, "Making the Textbook a More Effective Tool for Learning." Presentation at the American Sociological Association Workshop for Faculty Development, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 24, 1978.


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Reed Geertsen, "A Systematic Approach to Course Planning." Presentation at the American Sociological Association Workshop for Faculty Development, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 25, 1978. Expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "Planning for an Elective Undergraduate Course." Presentation at the American Sociological Association Workshop for Faculty Development, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 26, 1978. All expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "Devices for Teaching Basic Concepts in Introductory Sociology." Presentation to Sociology Faculty, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, March 29, 1978. Expenses paid by University of Lethbridge.

Reed Geertsen, "Procedures for Making the Textbook an Effective Tool for Learning." Presentation to Sociology Faculty, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, March 29, 1978. Expenses paid by University of Lethbridge.

Stan Albrecht and Reed Geertsen, "Land Use Planning: Attitudes and Behavior of Elected Officials and Their Constituents." Social Science Quarterly 59 (June, 1978), pp. 20-36.

Reed Geertsen, "Selecting a Textbook That Students Will Read." Presentation at the American Sociological Association National Workshop on Training Graduate Students to Teach, Sacramento, California, February 24, 1978. Expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "Diet and Colon Cancer Sampling Procedures." Report submitted to the University of Utah College of Medicine, Summer, 1978.

Reed Geertsen, "Effective Use of Examples." Presentation at the American Sociological Association National Workshop on Training Graduate Students to Teach, Sacramento, California, February 24, 1978. Expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "Procedures for Selecting and Using Textbooks." Presentation at the American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Group Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, January, 1978. Expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "The Textbook: An Acids Test." Teaching Sociology 5 (October, 1977), pp. 101-120.

Reed Geertsen and Calvin Hibner, "The Changing Profile of Farmers and Farm Activities in Utah." Utah Science, March, 1977, pp. 19-23.

Reed Geertsen, et al., "Local Perceptions of Community Life in Rural Utah." Utah Science, June, 1977, pp. 46-52.

Reed Geertsen, "The Teaching of Sociological Concepts." Presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August, 1977.

Reed Geertsen, "Community Size and Public Attitudes Toward Land Use Control." Paper presented at the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Hilo, Hawaii, June 1977.


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Reed Geertsen, "Teaching Sociological Concepts Through Natural Science Demonstrations." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA., April, 1977.

Reed Geertsen, "Devices for Teaching Core Concepts in Sociology." Presentation at the American Sociological Association's Southern California Workshop on Teaching Sociology, Los Angeles, California, March 18, 1977. Expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen, "Procedures for Selecting and Using Textbooks." Presentation at the American Sociological Association's Southern California Workshop on Teaching Sociology, Los Angeles, California, March 19, 1977. Expenses paid by American Sociological Association.

Reed Geertsen and Robert Gray, "Familistic Orientation and Inclination Toward Adopting the Sick Role." Pp. 302-309 in Handbook of Scales and Indices of Health Behavior, edited by Leo G. Reader, et al., Goodyear Publishing Company, 1976.

Reed Geertsen, "Attitudes, Behavior and Patterns of Influence Between Elected Officials and Their Constituents." Paper presented at the National Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, New York City, August, 1976 (with S. Albrecht).

Reed Geertsen, et al., "The Subjective Aspect of Coronary Care." Nursing Research 25 (May-June, 1976), pp. 211-215.

Stan Albrecht and Reed Geertsen, "Another Roadblock to Meaningful Environmental Reform: Public Rejection of a State Land Use Act." Humboldt Journal of Social Relations 10 (Spring, 1976), pp. 98-109.

Reed Geertsen, "A Classroom Activity Visually Demonstrating Principles of Distortion in Communication." Presentation at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, March, 1976.

Reed Geertsen, "A Proposed Psychosocial Model of Community Use of Medical Services." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August, 1976.

Reed Geertsen, et al., Better Communities for Utah: Panguitch. Logan, Utah: Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1975.

Reed Geertsen, et al., Better Communities for Utah: Delta. Logan, Utah: Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1975.

Reed Geertsen, et al., Better Communities for Utah: Richfield. Logan, Utah: Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1975.

Reed Geertsen, et al., Better Communities for Utah: Salina. Logan, Utah: Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1975.

Reed Geertsen, et al., Better Communities for Utah: Moab. Logan, Utah: Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1975.


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Reed Geertsen, et al., Better Communities for Utah: Duchesne. Logan, Utah: Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1975.

Reed Geertsen, et al., Better Communities for Utah: Roosevelt. Logan, Utah: Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1975.

Reed Geertsen, et al., Better Communities for Utah: Vernal. Logan, Utah: Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1975.

Reed Geertsen, "The Personal Context of Community Satisfaction." Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August, 1975.

Reed Geertsen, "Issue Distortion in the Defeat of a State Land Use Act." Paper presented to the National Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August, 1975.

Reed Geertsen, "Problems, Priorities and Environmental Concern: The Case of State Legislators." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Victoria, Canada, April, 1975 (with S. Albrecht).

Reed Geertsen, et al., "A Re-Examination of Suchman's Views on Social Factors in Health Care Utilization." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 16 (June, 1975), pp. 225-239.

Reed Geertsen, "The Sociocultural Dimension of Community Satisfaction." Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, May, 1975.

Reed Geertsen, "Environmental Protection from the Citizen's Point of View." Paper presented at the Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, February, 1975.

Reed Geertsen and Bruce Bylund, "Land Use and Related Environmental Issues in Utah." Cornell Journal of Social Relations 10 (Spring, 1974), pp. 98-119.

Reed Geertsen and Bruce Bylund, "A Public Poll on Land Use Planning." Utah Science 35 (September, 1974), pp. 93-98.

Bruce Bylund and Reed Geertsen, Public Views on Land Use Planning in Utah. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1974.

Reed Geertsen, "The Personal Context of Community Satisfaction." Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August, 1974.

Reed Geertsen, "Sources of Variation in Attitudes Toward Land Use Regulations and Planning." Paper presented at Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August, 1974 (with B. Bylund).

Reed Geertsen, "Adoption of the Sick Role and Patient Compliance." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, August, l974 (with R. Gray).


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Reed Geertsen, "Improving the Performance of Students in Sociology Who Are Doing Below Average Work." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Jose, California, March, 1974.

Reed Geertsen, "Psychological and Sociological Aspects of War." Television presentation with Stan Taylor, Carl Cheney, and Wendell Anderson. Broadcast over KUED, Channel 7, April 16, 1974.

Reed Geertsen, et al., "Patient Non-Compliance Within the Context of Seeking Medical Care for Arthritis." Journal of Chronic Diseases, 26 (December, 1973), pp. 689-698.

Robert M. Gray, Josephine M. Kasteler and Reed Geertsen, "Public Attitudes Toward Air Pollution as a Motivational Factor for Taking Action." Annals of Regional Science 7 (December, 1973), pp. 106-114.

Reed Geertsen, et al., "Patient Perceptions of Coronary Care." Pp. 31-37 in Intermountain Regional Medical Program, A Data System for Evaluation of Coronary Care. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, Summer, 1973.

Reed Geertsen, "Public Attitude Toward Air Pollution as a Motivational Factor in Taking Action." Paper presented at the Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, February, 1973 (with J. Kasteler).

Reed Geertsen, "Family Factors in Patient Non-Compliance." Paper presented at the Rocky Mountain Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Laramie, Wyoming, April, 1973.

Reed Geertsen, "Social Stress and the Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis." Paper presented at the Southwest Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March, 1972 (with R. Gray).

Reed Geertsen, et al., "Status Crystallization and Social Participation: An Elaboration of Research." Sociological Focus 2 (Spring, 1971), pp. 11-26.

Marie Sellars, Reed Geertsen, Robert Gray, "Religion, Alienation and Immunization Participation." Rocky Mountain Social Science Journal 8 (April, 1971), pp. 119-126.

Reed Geertsen, "A Quick Method Based on Chi-Square for Determining the Significance of Differences in 2 x 2 Contingency Problems." Paper presented at the Rocky Mountain Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Fort Collins, Colorado, May, 1971.

Reed Geertsen, "Patient Compliance: A Social Psychological Perspective." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, April, 1971.

Josephine Kasteler, Reed Geertsen, Robert Gray and John Ward, "Social Psychological Factors in Compliance With Treatment Programs in Arthritis," Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 47, Part II (Fall, 1970), pp. 101-107.

Reed Geertsen and Robert Gray, "Familistic Orientations and Inclination Toward Adopting the Sick Role." Journal of Marriage and the Family 32 (November, 1970), pp. 638-646.


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Reed Geertsen, "Religion, Alienation and Immunization Participation." Paper presented at the Rocky Mountain Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May, 1970 (with M. Sellars and R. Gray).

Reed Geertsen, "Cultural Pluralism and Resistance to Assimilation Among the Hutterites." Paper presented at the National Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, April, 1970.

Reed Geertsen and Robert Gray, "Status Achievement and Self-Esteem." Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 47 (Spring, 1970), pp. 114-122.

Reed Geertsen, "Religion and Illness Behavior: Mormons, Protestants and Catholics." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, April, 1970.

Reed Geertsen, "Prevalence of Probable Psychiatric Impairment in Rural-Agricultural and Urban Communities." Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August, 1969.

Reed Geertsen, "The Hutterites: A Case Study of Resistance to Assimilation and Social Change." Paper presented at the Rocky Mt. Soc. Science Assoc. Annual Meeting, Lubbock, Texas, May, 1969.

Reed Geertsen, "Familistic Orientations and Inclination Toward Adopting the Sick Role." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, Seattle, April, 1969 (with R. Gray).

Funded Research Grants and Contracts

Project Leader, "Interdependencies, Health Risks and Social Change." U.S.D.A.: Agricultural Experiment Station Research Project, July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2007, $163,932.

Principle Investigator, "Public Health Assessments in Nonmetropolitan Utah." Augmentation Grant from Bear River Health Department, March 1, 1997 to December 31, 1998, $9,400.

Project Leader, "Interdependencies and Social Change." U.S.D.A.: Agricultural Experiment Station Research Project, July 1, 1996 to June 30, 2001, $130,000.

Project Leader, "Interdependencies Among Communities, Agriculture and Social Change in Nonmetropolitan Utah." U.S.D.A.: Agricultural Experiment Station Research Project, July, 1992 to June, 1996, $109,863.

Consultant and Subcontractor, Disease Prevalence Estimation Follow-up. Bureau of Chronic Diseases, Utah State Department of Health, 1986-87, $16,000.

Consultant and Subcontractor, Disease Prevalence Estimation. Bureau of Chronic Diseases, Utah State Department of Health, 1981-82, $12,000.


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Funded Research Grants and Contracts (continued)

Principal Investigator, "Home Food Preservation, Food Fiber, and Colon Cancer." Subcontract through U.S.U. Foundation with University of Utah College of Medicine and HEW, Public Health Service, June, 1979 to December, 1980, $17,500.

Principal Investigator, "Epidemiology of Cervical Cancer in an Area of Low Incidence." Subcontract through U.S.U. Foundation with University of Utah College of Medicine and HEW, Public Health Service, July, 1976 to December, 1978, $12,000.

Co-Principal Investigator, "Special Impacts of Energy Development." Utah Consortium for Energy Research, U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration, September, 1977 to August, 1978, $24,305. (Collaborative grant with Utah State University, University of Utah and Brigham Young University.)

Principal Investigator, "An Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer." Subcontract through U.S.U. Foundation with University of Utah College of Medicine, March 1, 1977 to December, 1978, $8,000.

Principal Investigator, "Environmental Factors: Diet and Colon Cancer in a Low Risk Population." Subcontract with University of Utah College of Medicine and HEW, Public Health Service, March 1, 1977 to December 1978, $74,500.

Co-Investigator, "Assessing Rural Community Viability and Associated Factors Under Varying Conditions of Regional Population Change." U.S.D.A.: Agricultural Experiment Station Research Project, 1974-1977, $96,000.

Principal Investigator, "Telephone Survey of Statewide Panel." Environment and Man Program, $2,000, 1974.

Co-Investigator with Y. Kim and B. Bylund, "Development of a Statewide Survey Mechanism." Rockefeller Foundation, 1973 to 1974, $21,000.

Awards and Honors

Madison’s Who’s Who in America, 2009

Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2006. (Students on the National Dean's List are given the opportunity to nominate the teacher who has been most influential during their academic career–third time nominee.)

Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2005. (Students on the National Dean's List are given the opportunity to nominate the teacher who has been most influential during their academic career–second time nominee.)

Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2002. (Students on the National Dean's List are given the opportunity to nominate the teacher who has been most influential during their academic career–first time nominee.)


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Awards and Honors (continued)

2001 Recipient of the American Sociological Association's Hans O. Mauksch Award for Outstanding Contributions of the Teaching of Sociology. (This is a prestigious national award given to one person annually who has made distinguished contributions to the discipline.)

Social Science Teacher of the Year, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Utah State University, 2000.

Teacher of the Year, Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 2000.

National Chair, Section on Undergraduate Education, American Sociological Association, 1994-1995.

Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, Pacific Sociological Association, 1994.

Social Science Teacher of the Year, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Utah State University, 1994.



Adviser of the Year, Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1990.

Adviser of the Year, Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1989.


Invited Presentations, National Conference on Teaching, Wingspread Conference Center, Racine, Wisconsin, June, 1985 (Sponsored by and all expenses paid by the Johnson Foundation).


Nominated by the American Sociological Association to Teach Chautauqua-Type Short Courses on Teaching. The courses were sponsored and paid for by National Science Foundation and American

Academy for the Advancement of Science. They were held in Portland, Oregon, November 1977 and in Santa Anna, California, March 1978.

President, Utah Sociological Society, 1977-1978.

Ph.D. Exams Passed With Distinction, 1970.

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, University of Utah, 1965.

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Utah, 1965.


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University Committees

College of HASS Breadth Committee, University General Education, 2009 to present.

Member, Institutional Review Board, Office of the Vice President for Research, Utah State University, 2004-2007.

Member, Faculty Senate, Utah State University, 2001-2003.

Member, Graduate Executive Committee, Department of Sociology, 1996 to present.

Social Science Chair, University Scholars Program, Entering Freshman Scholarship Competition, 1995 to 1996.

Chair, Graduate Theory Committee, Department of Sociology, 1990 to present.

Member, Graduate Executive Committee, Department of Sociology, 1990-1993.

Member, Honors Committee, Department of Sociology, 1991 to 1994.

Chair, University Technology Committee. Ad Hoc subcommittee established by the Provost's Office to examine the technology course structure at Utah State University, 1992.

Member, University Curriculum Subcommittee of the Educational Policies Committee, 1988 to 1992.

Member, Educational Policies Committee, Utah State University, 1988 to 1990. Chair, College Curriculum Committee, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Utah State University, 1988 to 1992.

Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1984-1992.

Member, Departmental Executive Committee, Department of Sociology, 1984-1992.

Member, University Athletic Advisory Committee, Utah State University, 1989-1992.

Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Sociology, Utah State University, 1984 to 1992.

Faculty Adviser, Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society, 1986-1992. Acting Chair, General Education Course Review Committee, Utah State University, 1990.

Chair, College Classroom Needs Committee, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Utah State University, 1991.


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Current and Past Professional Affiliations

American Sociological Association

American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences

National Social Science Association

Departmental Resources Group (National Sociology Consulting Network), American Sociological Association

Section on Teaching and Learning, American Sociological Association

Undergraduate Education Section, American Sociological Association

Medical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association

American Association of Applied Sociology

Rural Sociological Society

Pacific Sociological Association

Western Social Science Association

Southwestern Sociological Association

Utah Sociological Society

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Graduate

Soc 101 - Introduction to Sociology Soc 602 - Advanced Social Theory *

Soc 301 - Contemporary Sociological Theory * Soc 646 - Sociology of Health *

Soc 311 - Research Methods Soc 672 - Community Theory & Research

Soc 333 - Medical Sociology * Soc 701 - Issues in Theory

Soc 343 - Social Deviance Soc 702 - Seminar on Theorists

Soc 400 - History of Social Thought

* Courses currently taught on a regular basis.

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