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Charles F. Hohm, Ph.D. Dean, College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences; Professor, Sociology
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chohm@csudh.edu

 

 

Books and Monographs
 

Refereed Publications
 

Reviews

  • Demerath, Nicholas J., Birth Control and Foreign Policy: The Alternatives to Family Planning, reviewed for Contemporary Sociology; September 1977; 6 (5), 584-585.

  • McDonald, Peter F., Marriage in Australia, reviewed for Contemporary Sociology; October, 1976; 5 (5), 620.

  • Bahr, Howard, et. al. (Eds.), Population, Resources and the Future: Non Malthusian Perspectives, reviewed for Population Review, Vol. 16, No. 1 and No. 2, June-¬December, 1972, pp. 121-122.
 

Other Publications

  • “On Assessment” California Sociological Association Newsletter, 11 (2), June, 2000.

  • “What Do We Mean by ‘Assessment’?” American Sociological Association’s Footnotes, 28 (4), April, 2000.

  • "Seventeen Months after the Big One: Where Are They Now?” (with A. Plotkin). The Daily Aztec (San Diego State University student newspaper), October 14, 1993.

  • "Academic Tenure: What Is It and Why Is It Needed? (with H. Shore)" California Sociological Association Newsletter, 3 (2), May, 1993.

  • "Contracts and Tenure," American Sociological Association's Footnotes, 20 (10), March, 1993.

  • "Academic Tenure: What Is It and Why Is It Needed?" SDSU Report, February, 1993.

  • "University Administrators in the Classroom: It's Not a Joke," The Daily Aztec (San Diego State University student newspaper), November 5, 1992.

  • "Some Reflections on Sociology's Future in California," California Sociological Association NewsLetter, 1 (3), September, 1991. Reprinted in American Sociological Association's Footnotes, 20 (2), February, 1992.
 

Selected Presentations

  • April, 2007 Presidential Presentation: Sociology in the Academy: How the Discipline is Viewed by Deans. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. Oakland, CA.

  • April, 2007 Thirty-Four Years of Viewing Sociology in the California State University System:A Dean’s Perspective on the Views of Non-Sociologists. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. Oakland, CA.

  • April, 2006 Pursuit of Curricular Excellence in Sociology: A Dean’s View. Presented at the The annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. Hollywood, CA.

  • October, 2005 The Creation of an Applied Research Center at CSUDH. Presented at the Developing the Communiversity Session at the Annual Meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitian Universities (CUMU), Torrance, CA

  • August, 2005 Some Thoughts on “How to Talk to the President, Provost and Dean” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Philadelphia, PA.

  • March, 2005 How Many Faculty Does it Take to Change a University? Presented at the Institutionalization and Sustainability Breakout Session at SCALE/QED/FOCUS Educational Partnership Conference: An NSF Framework for Improving Math and Science Learning Environments. Torrance, CA (with E. Krinsky & T. Millar).

  • April, 2004 An Analysis of PSA Awards and Books from Author Meets Critics Sessions. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

  • November, 2003 Memories of Hal Charnofsky (a presentation at the Hal Charnofsky Memorial Session). Presented at the annual meeting of the California Sociological Association. Berkeley, CA.

  • October, 2002 Social Research on the Borderlands: An Agenda for the 21st Century. Presented at the annual meeting of the California Sociological Association. Riverside, CA (with O. Newman).

  • March, 2001 Citizenship Application Among Refugees and Immigrants: The San Diego Case. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA (with N. Kalamir, M. 0’Dowd, & L. Wallace).

  • March, 2001 Producing an Educational Video: The Case of Community Service Learning. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA (with P. Sargent & C. Martori).

  • October, 2000 Correlates of Citizenship Application Among Refugees and Immigrants: The San Diego Case. Presented at the annual meeting of the California Sociological Association, Riverside, CA (with N. Kalamir, M. 0’Dowd, & L. Wallace).

  • March, 2000 An Evaluation of Student Perceptions about the Value of General Education: GE Goals, Objectives, and Learning Outcomes at San Diego State University. Presented at the March 16-17, 2000 CSU Conference on Assessing General Education Learning Outcomes, Los Angeles, CA (with C. Venable).

  • February, 2000 Freshman Success at SDSU: Practice and Research in a Learning Communities Program. Presented at the Sixth CSU Symposium on University Teaching: A Multidisciplinary Conference, CSU San Marcos, San Marcos, CA (with A. Johns and G Lamke), February 26, 2000

  • April, 1998 A Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of an Alternative Refugee Resettlement Program: The San Diego Case. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA (with P. Sargent).

  • April, 1998 Influences of Academic Programs on Student Success and Retention. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA (with K. Richardson).

  • January, 1998 The Freshman Success Program at San Diego State University: An Evaluation of a Multi Faceted Model. Presented at the annual meeting of The Freshman Year Experience West Conference, San Diego, CA (with J. Castro, J. Gerber, and K. Richardson).

  • July, 1997 The Evaluation of the San Diego Wilson Fish Project. Presented at the Office of Refugee Resettlement's Technical Assistance Meeting, Long Beach, CA.

  • October, 1996 The Effects of Infant Simulators on Adolescents' Attitudes Toward Pregnancy: A Preliminary Investigation. Presented at the annual meeting of the California Sociological Association, San Diego, CA.

  • October, 1996 A Content Analysis of Personal Advertisements Placed by Male and Female Homosexuals in Major West Coast and Midwest Metropolitan Cities. Presented at the annual meeting of the California Sociological Association, San Diego, CA (with R. Powell).

  • March, 1996 Globablizing the Curriculum in Social Problems with Attention to Local Problems. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, WA.

  • March, 1996 Survey Results of Sociology Graduates. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, WA (with K.A. Smith, J.L. Wood, and M.G. Sannwald).

  • April, 1995 The Age Dependency Ratio: Is It An Accurate Measure of Dependency? Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA (with M. McMahon).

  • April, 1994 Crisis at San Diego State University: Faculty Perspective. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA (with A. B. Cottrell and J.L. Wood).

  • August, 1993 The Citadel Under Siege: Factors Responsible for the Attack on Tenure. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Miami, FL.

  • April, 1993 An Attack on Tenure: San Diego State University. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological association, Portland, OR (with J.L. Wood).

  • April, 1989 Child Abuse & Neglect in the Indochinese Refugee Community: The San Diego Case.Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association, Albuquerque, NM (with K. Ima).

  • April, 1986 Differential Response to Rent Control: The San Diego Case. Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association, Reno, NV.

  • October, 1985 Determinants of Housing Structure Preference: The San Diego case. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Housing Educators, Ames, IA (with R. Null).

  • April, 1985 Housing Needs and Aspirations. Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association, Fort Worth, TX (with R. Null).

  • April, 1985 Social Security and Fertility: A Reappraisal. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Albuquerque, NM (with F. Galloway, C. Hanson, & D. Biner).

  • April, 1984 Home Ownership As a Value Among College Students. Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association, San Diego, CA.

  • April, 1984 Theoretical and Policy Implications of Rent Control: A View From the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective. Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association, San Diego, CA.

  • April, 1984 An Analysis of Factors Affecting Residential Income Property Ownership Patterns. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, WA.

  • April, 1983 Housing Aspirations and Fertility: Some Considerations. Presented at the annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Pittsburgh, PA.

  • April, 1983 Rent Control: A Landlord Perspective. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Jose, CA.

  • April, 1982 Gender and Attitudes Toward Elective Abortion. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA (with A. Lowe).

  • April, 1976 The City Directory as a Data Source for the Analysis of Residential Mobility: The San Diego Case. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA (with R. Hale).

  • April, 1976 On the Importance of Social Security as a Factor Affecting Fertility. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacfic Sociological Association, San Diego, CA.

  • April, 1975 Family Allowance Programs and Fertility Levels: An International View. Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Seattle, WA.

  • June, 1972 Reality and Perception of Air Pollution. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Eugene, OR.
 

Conferences and Professional Meetings (Organized and Chaired)

  • April, 2007 Organized and presided over the panel session, “Presidential Session: Sociology’s Status in the Academy: Perspectives of Administrators Who Are Sociologists.” At the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. Oakland. CA

  • April, 2004 Organized and presided over the session, “Meet the Author, Charles Powers; Making sense of Sociological Theory: A Practical Introduction.” At the annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

  • October, 2002 Organized and presided over the session, “Social Research on the Borderlands.” At the annual meeting of the California Sociological Association. Riverside, CA.

  • October, 2001 Organized and presided over the session, “California’s Social Problems,” at the Annual meeting of the California Sociological Association, Sacramento, CA.

  • March, 2001 Organized the session, “Producing an Educational Video: The Case of Community Service Learing,” at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.

  • March, 2001 Organized and presided over the session, “Immigration and Border Issues,” at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.

  • December, 2000 Was co-organizer (with C Martori and P. Sargent) of an event called “The Road to Community Service Learning” which was held at the Little Theatre, SDSU on the evening of December 1, 2000. The event consisted of a talk by Dr. Dick Cone of USC, the screening of our video “The Road to Commuity Service Learning” and a panel discussion.

  • October, 2000 Organized the session, “Immigration and Border Issues,” at the annual meeting of the California Sociologial Association, Riverside, CA.

  • October, 2000 Organized and presided over the panel, “Producing an Educational Video: The Case of Community Service Learning,” at the annual meeting of the California Sociological Association, Riverside, CA.

  • March, 2000 Organized the panel, “Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes in Sociology,” at the 2000 annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA.

  • March, 2000 Organized and presided over the panel, “The Role of Sociology in the University: An Administrative View,” at the 2000 annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA.

  • March,2000 Organized and presided over the Presidential Session, “Transforming Asia/Asian American Studies: Pacfic Rim Research in the 21st Century,” at the 2000 annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA.

  • October, 1999 Organized and presided over the session, “Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes in Sociology,” at the 1999 annual meeting of the California Sociological Association, Berkeley, CA.

  • October, 1999 Organized and presided over the roundtable session (with R. Serpe), “Local Organizing for the CSA,” at the 1999 annual meeting of the California Sociological Association, Berkeley, CA.

  • April, 1999 Organized and presided over the session, “Immigration, Social Differences, New Connections: The Case of Latinos,” at the 1999 annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, OR.

  • April, 1999 Organized and presided over the session, “Immigration, Social Differences, New Connections: The Case of Chinese and East Indian Immigrants,” at the 1999 annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, OR.

  • April, 1999 Oganized and presided over the session, Immigration, Social Differences, New Connections: The Case of Turkish, South African, and North American Immigrants," at the 1999 annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, OR.

  • October, 1998 Organized and presided over the session, "Sociology of the Mexico U.S. Border," at the 1998 annual meeting of the California Sociological Association, Riverside, CA.

  • October, 1998 Organized and presided over the session, "California's Social Problems," at the 1998 annual meeting of the California Sociological Association, Riverside, CA.

  • November, 1997 Organized and presided over the session, "Sociology of Baja California," at the 1997 annual meeting of the California Sociological Association, Sacramento, CA.

  • April, 1997 Organized and presided over the session, "Population," at the 1997 annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA.

  • March, 1996 Co Presidor (with R. Wolf) of the "Panel: Meet the Publishers: Getting Started in Publishing and Finding a Publisher for Your Book," at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, WA.

  • March, 1996 Organized and presided over the session, "Demography," at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, WA.

  • March, 1996 Organized and presided over the session, "Teaching Social Problems From A Global Perspective," at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, WA.

  • October, 1995 Organized and presided over the symposium, "The Underclass, Welfare, and Joblessness: The Impact of Information Technology," at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the California Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.

  • April, 1995 Organized and presided over the roundtable "How to Teach Demography," at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.

  • October, 1993 Organized and presided over the session, "Contracts and Tenure: Issues in California Higher Education," at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the California Sociological Association, Berkeley, CA.

  • October, 1991 As President, coordinated the 1991 Annual Meeting of the California Sociological Association, Oakland, CA.

  • October, 1991 Organized the program for the 1991 Annual Meeting of the California Sociological Association, Oakland, CA.

  • October, 1991 Presided over the General Meeting, “Recruitment and Retention of Minority Students in the Profession,” at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the California Sociological Association, Oakland, CA.

  • October, 1991 Presided over "The Fiscal Crisis in California and Its Impact on Sociology: A Panel Discussion," at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the California Sociological Association, Oakland, CA.

  • January, 1991 Moderator of Research Session III: Family Interventions in Child Maltreatment, San Diego Conference on Responding to Child Maltreatment.

  • January, 1991 Moderator of Research Session IV: Minority and Cross Cultural Research in Child Maltreatment, San Diego Conference on Responding to Child Maltreatment.

  • January, 1991 Co organizer (with J. Landsverk) of Research Sessions of the San Diego Conference on Responding to Child Maltreatment.

  • October, 1990 Organized and chaired the First General Meeting of the California Sociological Association, Carson, CA.

  • August, 1990 Organized and chaired the Child Abuse and Neglect roundtable discussion at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C.

  • December, 1988 Co organizer and co chair of National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect: Policy Issues for the 1990's (funded by California Lottery Funds), San Diego, CA (with F. Deutsch).

  • April, 1985 Organized and chaired the Housing and the Built Environment session at the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association, Fort Worth, TX.

  • April, 1985 Organized and chaired the Housing and the Built Environment session at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Albuquerque, NM.

  • April, 1983 Organized and chaired the Sociology of Housing session at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Jose, CA.

  • August, 1982 Organized and chaired a roundtable discussion entitled Rent Control and Declining Return in Income Property Investment: Implications and Social Policy Considerations for Landlords and Public Officials at the annual meeting of the American Association of Housing Educators, Knoxville, TN.
 

Film and Video Presentations

  • October, 2001 Screened “The Road to Community Service Learning” and led a discussion on community service learning at the annual meeting of the California Sociological Association (with P. Sargent), Sacramento, CA.

  • March, 2001 Screened “The Road to Community Service Learning” and led a discussion on community service learning at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association (with P. Sargent), San Francisco, CA.

  • December, 2000 Screened “The Road to Community Service Learning” at a Community Service Learing Symposium (with P. Sargent and C. Martori), Dec. 1, 2000, SDSU, San Diego, CA.

  • November, 2000 Screened “The Road to Community Service Learning” at the Fifth Annual CSU Symposium on Community Service Learning (with P. Sargent and C. Martori), Nov.9, 2000, CSU Fresno, Fresno, CA.
 

Invited Lectures & Panel Presentations

  • October, 2006 Working Together: Education and Business, with Dr. Linda Spink, presented to The 12th Annual South Bay Economic Forecast Conference. October 18th. Carson CA.

  • April, 1993 The Hutterian Brethren: Evidence of a Fertility Decline in an American Isolate, presented to the Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences, Arkansas State University.

  • May, 1987 Social Security and Fertility in LDC's, presented to the Intensive Health Management Training Group, International Population Center, San Diego State University.

  • March, 1987 Trends in Homeownership Rates: Racial, Economic, and Age Based Differentials, presented to TLATOANI (Senior Pioneers Involved in Lifetime Learning), San Diego State University.
 

Grants Awarded

  • Principal Investigator: Sociology in the Academy: Its Current and Prospective Position. Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline: American Sociological Association. Washington D.C. September 2006 ($1,000).

  • Co-Principal Investigator: International Travel Grant from SDSU Office of International Programs: La Paz Project. December 2003 ($12,500) (with Ojeda, Choi, Gerber, Carrilio, & Mathiesen).

  • Principal Investigator: General Education Assessment Workshop with Drs. Mary Allen and Richard Noel: SDSU (CSU Sponsored). February 2, 2001 ($1,544).

  • Principal Investigator: Assessment Workshop with Dr. Lion Gardiner: SDSU (CSU Sponsored), December 3-4, 2000 ($4,000).

  • Co Principal Producer: 15 Minute Video on Community Service Learning in the CSU (with P. Sargent and C. Martori), September 1999 ($42,000 from CSU).

  • Principal Investigator: Assessment Workshop with Dr. Mary Senter: SDSU (CSU Sponsored), March 11 12,1999 ($2,943).

  • Principal Investigator: Discipline Specific Assessment Workshop: Sociology (CSU Sponsored), April, 1999 ($18,364)

  • Principal Investigator: Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes in the Whartor/IRHE Executive Education Program (CSU sponsored), October, 1998 ($10,000)

  • Principal Investigator: Development of N.I.C.H.D. Research Proposal on Immigration, USIA SDSU COLEF UC Trilateral Affiliation Grant (Faculty Exchange Visits), June, 1998 ($3,000).

  • Principal Investigator: Evaluation of the Wilson Fish Alternative Refugee Resettlement Project, U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Washington, D.C., June 1995 June 1997 ($50,000)

  • Principal Investigator: Population: Opposing Viewpoints, San Diego State University College of Arts and Letters micro grant, June, 1994 ($500)

  • Principal Investigator: A Secondary Analysis of the 1989 California Department of Social Services Survey on Emergency Response and Family Maintenance Programs, June Burnett Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, San Diego, CA, July 1, 1991 June 31, 1992 ($3,500)

  • Principal Investigator: Utilization of Evidentiary Videotapes for the Study of Child Sexual Abuse, College of Arts and Letters Mini Grant, May 1990, ($500)

  • Co Principal Investigator (with Dr. Helen Warren Ross): Indian Child Welfare Act: Awareness Training for Human Services Professionals, Office of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., July, 1989December, 1990 ($70,278)

  • Co Principal Investigator (with Dr. Francine Deutsch): Research in Child Abuse and Child Protection, Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, CA, Sept., 1989 June, 1990 ($34,394)

  • Principal Investigator: Programmed Conversion of Case File Materials into a Research Oriented Format: Use of Agency Files to Study Child Abuse Among Asians and Pacific Islanders, California State University Research Grant, Spring 1989, ($1,680)

  • Co Principal Investigator (with Dr. Helen Warren Ross): Child Abuse and Neglect: A Local Indian Community Definition, June Burnett Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, San Diego, CA, June 1, 1988 May 30,1989 ($1,700)

  • Co Principal Investigator (with Dr. Francine Deutsch): Research in Child Abuse and Child Protection, Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, CA, Sept., 1988 June, 1989 ($34,394)

  • Co Investigator (Co Principal Investigators, Dr. David Chadwick and Dr. Allan Litrownik): Child Abuse Interdisciplinary Training Project of San Diego, National Resource Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Office of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., October, 1987 October, 1990 ($450,000)

  • Co Investigator (Principal Investigator, Dr. David Chadwick): Child Abuse and Neglect, Interdisciplinary Training, National Resource Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Office of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., March, 1987 ($10,000)

  • Co Principal Investigator (with Jay Stauss): Research in Child Abuse and Child Protection, Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, CA, Sept., 1987 June, 1988 ($34,394)