Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice
Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice
211 Oswald Tower
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-2527
Fax: 814-863-7216
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Barry Lee
Professor of Sociology and Demography
517 Oswald Tower |
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Washington, 1980
M.A., Sociology, University of Washington, 1976
B.S., Sociology, University of California, Riverside, 1973
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Professor Lee specializes in urban sociology, social demography, and race/ethnicity. His current work focuses on concentrated homelessness; public-homeless interactions; spatial aspects of ethnic diversity; trends in multi-group segregation; gentrification and racial transition; pro-integration neighborhoods; effects of local attachment on residential mobility; and community identity management.
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Offices: Chair, Community and Urban Sociology Section, American Sociological Association (2002-04); Sociological Research Association (elected 2003)
Executive Committee, Eastern Sociological Society (2003-2006)
Advisory Committee of Professional Associations, U.S. Census Bureau (1999-2005)
Editorial Boards: Contexts (2003-05), American Sociological Review (1999-2001, 1988-90), Sociological Quarterly (1991-93), Social Science Quarterly (1984-2003)
Grants: Brookings Institution (2002-04, PI), National Science Foundation (1993-99, co-PI), American Sociological Association/MOST (1994-96, PI), National Science Foundation (1987-90, PI), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1985-86, PI)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"Revisiting the Contact Hypothesis: The Case of Public Exposure to Homelessness." 2004. American Sociological Review 68:40-63 (with C.R. Farrell and B.G. Link).
"Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime? Homelessness, Panhandling, and the Public." 2003. Urban Affairs Review 39:299-324 (with C.R. Farrell).
"Taking Neighborhoods Seriously." 2001. Pp. 31-40 in A. Booth and A.C. Crouter (eds.), Does It Take a Village? Community Effects on Children, Adolescents, and Families, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
"Neighborhood Networks of Black and White Americans." 1999. Pp. 119-46 in B. Wellman (ed.), Networks in the Global Village: Life in Contemporary Communities, Boulder, CO: Westview (with K.E. Campbell).
"Common Ground? Urban Neighborhoods as Survey Respondents See Them." 1997. Social Science Quarterly 78:922-36 (with K.E. Campbell).
"Neighborhood Context and Residential Mobility." 1994. Demography 31:249-70 (with R.S. Oropesa and J.C. Kanan).
"Sources of Personal Neighbor Networks: Social Integration, Need, or Time?" 1992. Social Forces 70:1077-1100 (with K.E. Campbell).
"Public Beliefs About the Causes of Homelessness." 1990. Social Forces 69:253-65 (with S.Hinze Jones and D. Lewis).
"Stability and Change in an Urban Homeless Population." 1989. Demography 26:323-34.
"Urban Sociology." 1988. Pp. 200-23 in E.F. Borgatta and K.S. Cook (eds.), The Future of Sociology, Beverly Hills: Sage.
"Neighborhood Revitalization and Racial Change: The Case of Washington, DC." 1985. Demography 22:581-602 (with D. Spain and D.J. Umberson).
"Testing the Decline-of-Community Thesis: Neighborhood Organizations in Seattle, 1929 and 1979." 1984. American Journal of Sociology 89:1161-88 (with R.S. Oropesa, B.J. Metch, and A.M. Guest).