Royce A. Singleton, Jr.
Professor of Sociology
Personal Information
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA 01610-2395
(508) 793-3474
rsinglet@holycross.edu
EDUCATION
B.S., Psychology, Oklahoma State University, 1966 (Phi Kappa Phi)
M.S., Sociology, Oklahoma State University, 1968
Ph.D., Sociology, Indiana University, 1973 (Mathematics minor)
POSITIONS
Assistant Professor to Professor, Holy Cross, September 1977 to present
Director, Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Holy Cross, July 1986
to June 1989
Chair, Sociology, Holy Cross, July 1980 to June 1984, July 1994 to
June 1995, July 2000 to June 2002
Lecturer to Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside,
July 1972 to June 1977
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Methodology
Social Psychology
Small Groups
COURSE PREPARATIONS
Social Psychology (graduate and undergraduate, UCR; HC)
Small Groups (undergraduate, UCR; HC)
Seminar in Attitude Change (graduate, UCR)
Research Methods (graduate and undergraduate, UCR; HC)
Statistics (undergraduate, UCR; HC)
Experimental Design (graduate, UCR)
Race and Ethnic Relations (IU; UCR; HC)
Introductory Sociology (OSU)
The Varieties of Social Science (honors course, HC)
The Civil Rights Movement (honors course, HC)
Social Foundations of the Self (First Year Program, HC)
Self-Appraisal (First Year Program, HC)
Sport and Society (HC)
PUBLICATIONS (see Research and Teaching
Interests)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, American Sociological Association
Member, ASA Section on Undergraduate Education
Participant, American Sociological Association Projects on Teaching
Undergraduate Sociology, Los Angeles Workshop, March 17-18, 1977.
Consultant/Project Director, readership survey for the Catholic Free
Press, official newspaper of the Worcester Diocese, Worcester, MA,
January to May, 1983
Editorial consultant, Sociology and Social Research, Sociological
Focus, Sociological Quarterly, Social Science Research, and Teaching Sociology
Associate Editor, Teaching Sociology, January 1989 to December
1992
Collaborating Investigator, Worcester Area Project on Aging, National
Institutes of Health Academic Research Enhancement Award,
June 1989 to June 1991
Consultant/Project Director, Worcester Senior Center Survey, Fall 1993
Member, American Sociological Association Task Force on Participation,
1994-1995
Project evaluator, Summer Science Teacher Professional Development Workshop, 2005-2006
Project evaluator, Holy Cross Executive Leadership Workshop, 2006
Consultant, Holy Cross Alumni Interest Survey, 2006
COLLEGE SERVICE
Admissions Committee, 1978-80
Ad Hoc Committee on the SAC Questionnaire, 1978-80
Ad Hoc Committee on the Teaching Evaluation Form, 1980-88
Board of Trustees Finance Committee, 1981-83
Professional Standards Committee, 1981, 1987-1990
Committee on Tenure and Promotion, 1981-83, 1985-87
Director of Interdisciplinary Studies Program, 1986-89
Hewlett-Mellon Committee, 1986-89
Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Resources and Educational Quality, 1988-89
Faculty Compensation Committee, 1990-92
Ad Hoc Committee on Retirement Investment Options, 1991-1993
African American Studies Committee, 1995-99
Athletic Council, 1995-98
Committee on Athletic Administration of the Trustees’ Steering Committee
on Athletics, 1996
Committee on Interdisciplinary and Special Studies; chair, Subcommittee
on Special Programs, 1996-98
NCAA Athletics Certification Steering Committee, 1996-97
Chair, Steering Committee on Reaccreditation, 1998-2000
Participant, Lilly Seminar on “Life in the Academy and Our Search for Meaning,” Holy Cross, June 4-7, 2002
Academic Affairs Council, 2003-2005; Vice Chair, 2004-2005 Curriculum Review Committee on Honors Programs, 2003-2005
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Trustee, Board of Management, Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester,
1983-86
Consultant/Project Director, Worcester Senior Center Survey, Fall 1993
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