David A. Kinney, Ph.D

Sociology

Anspach Hall 131
(989) 774-1488
kinne1da@cmich.edu
 
 

Education

Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1990
M.A., Bowling Green State University, 1984
B.A., Bowling Green State University, 1982
 
 

Teaching Expertise

Research Methods
Sociology of Education
Sociology of Adolescence
Capstone Experience in Youth Studies
 

Research Interests

Childhood and Adolescent Socialization
Education
Youth Culture
Identity
Race and Ethnicity

Current projects
 
Kinney is currently working on four research projects:  (1)  an ethnographic study with colleagues at the University of Michigan and University of Maryland of how families manage their everyday lives (e.g., parents' careers, children's school and after-school activities) in an increasingly fast-paced society; (2)  a quantitative and qualitative study of young adults' transition to college and "binge" drinking; (3) applied research with students and teachers at a successful alternative school; and (4) a qualitative study of the nature and impact of adolescents' peer culture and school social stratification systems of cliques and crowds on teenagers' identity formation and change over time in diverse Midwestern high schools. 

Selected Publications

Kinney, David A  2007. "Peer Groups and Peer Culture." Pp. 307-317 In The Praeger Handbook of American High Schools, Volume 2.  Kathryn M. Borman, Spencer E. Cahill, and Bridget A. Cotner, (Eds.). London: Praeger.

Kinney, David A. & Katherine Brown Rosier (Series Co-editors). 2005.  Sociological Studies of Children and Youth.  Volume 11.  Oxford, England:  JAI:  An Official Imprint of Elsevier.

Rosier, Katherine Brown & David A. Kinney.   2005.  "Historical and Contemporary Pressures on Children’s Freedom."  Pp.     1-20 in Kinney, David A. & Katherine Brown Rosier (Series Co-editors). Sociological Studies of Children and Youth.  Volume 11.  Oxford, England:  JAI:  An Official Imprint of Elsevier.

Co-author (with Janet Dunn and Sandra Hofferth) of "Parental Ideologies and Children's After-School Activities."  American Behavioral Scientist, 46 (10) 1359-1386, 2003.

First author (with Katherine Brown Rosier and Brent D. Harger) of "The Educational Institution."  Pp. 575-599 in Larry T. Reynolds and Nancy J. Herman (Editors). Handbook of Symbolic Interactionism.   New York:  AltaMira Press:  A Division of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2003.

"From 'Headbangers' to 'Hippies:  Delineating Adolescents' Active Attempts to Form an Alternative Peer Culture." The Role of Peer Group Stability and Change in Adolescent Social Identity:  New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.  No. 84  Eds. J. McLellan and M. J. Pugh.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass, 1999.  21 - 36.

Series Editor, David A. Kinney. Sociological Studies of Children and Youth.   JAI: An Official Imprint of Elsevier (Oxford, England). 1999 - 2004.  Series Co-Editor with Katherine Brown Rosier 2005 - present.

"From 'Nerds' to 'Normals':  The Recovery of Identity among Adolescents from Middle School to High School." Sociology of Education 66 (January 1993) : 21-40.
 
 

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