Ph.D: University at Stony Brook, 1995

Courses Offered:

Parenting, Poverty and Social Policy (SOC 37)
Political Sociology (SOC 135)
Contemporary Social Theory (SOC 191)
Contemporary Society (SOC 004)
Fall Spring What's an Education For? (SOC 14)

Research Interests

public policy, social movements and advocacy, social problems, social constructionist theory, civic engagement, poverty, homelessness

Recent Publications

“Al Gore’s Medium is His Message.” June 5, 2007 Commondreams.org
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0605-29.htm

“The Badlands of South Dakota.” March 7, 2006 Commondreams.org
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0307-31.htm

“Looking for the Woolworth’s Lunch Counter of 2006.” February 4, 2006 Commondreams.org
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0204-24.htm

“Why Thousands May Die.” September 1, 2005 Commondreams.org
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0901-31.htm

“But Is It Playing in Peoria? The Downing Street Memo and Our Hometown Papers.” June 29, 2005. Commondreams.org. and Afterdowningstreet.org
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0629-23.htm
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/584

Bogard, Cynthia J. 2003. "Addressing the Whys of Social Constructionism:  'Explaining' Social Problems." Pp. 209-235 in Challenges and Choices: Constructionist Perspectives on Social Problems, edited by James A. Holstein and Gale Miller.  New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Bogard, Cynthia J. 2003. Seasons Such as These: How Homelessness Took Shape in America. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Personal Data

I now serve as the first Director of Hofstra’s Center for Civic Engagement, a new university-based institute designed to strengthen democratic values by encouraging students to actively participate as knowledgeable citizens in their campus, local, state, national and global communities.

Since 2005 I have also become one of six members of the Rose Series editorial collective. The Rose Series is a social policy-focused book series sponsored by the American Sociological Association and published by Russell Sage.

I am currently working on a book for undergraduate course use about issue framing and its consequences on politics, policy and social life.