Division of Social Science Faculty
| Stephen P. Budney | John L. Howie | Eric S. Primm | |
Stephen P. Budney
Associate Professor of History
Office: Wickham Hall 111
Telephone: 606.218.5009
E-mail: sbudney@pc.edu
Classes taught
America Enters the Modern Age, 1865-1900
American Foreign Relations, 1781-Present
American History Surveys
Americans United and Divided, 1781-1865
Colonial and Revolutionary America, 1600-1781
Historiography and Methodology
Imperial China
Modern China, 1644-Present
World Civilization Surveys
Education
Bachelor of Arts in History
University of Maine
Master of Arts in History
University of Maine
Doctor of Science in History
University of Mississippi
Awards
President’s Pin for Academic Achievement, University of Maine
Gilder-Lehrner Fellowship to Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Columbia University
Personal
Dr. Budney was born in Hartford, Conn., but considers Brooklyn to be his home town. He is the author of William Jay, Abolitionist and Anticolonialist, and has also written articles on subjects ranging from naval history to Asian cinema. He enjoys working on cars and motorcycles, motorsports, Muay Thai and travel. He has two Greyhounds and has been active in animal rescue for several years, working with American Brittany Rescue and the Greyhound Placement Service.
John L. Howie
Associate Professor of Psychology
Office: Wickham Hall 104
Telephone: 606.218.5006
E-mail: jhowie@pc.edu
Eric S. Primm
Associate Professor of Sociology
Office: Wickham Hall 112
Telephone: 606.218.5041
E-mail: eprimm@pc.edu
Classes taught
Addictive Behavior
Cultural Geography
Deviance in U.S. Society
Drug Policy Analysis
Drugs and Society
Introduction to Social Statistics
Introduction to Sociology
Race and Ethnicity
Research Methods
Sex, Gender and Society
Social Stratification
Sociology of Sport
Sociology of the Family
Education
Ph.D. in Sociology
University of Colorado at Boulder
B.S. in Sociology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Scholarly Interests (teaching and research)
Class Culture
Deviance
Drugs and Drug Policy
History and Politics of Gun Control
Popular Culture
Race, Class and Gender Stratification
Recent Publications (peer reviewed)
Primm, Eric, Robert M. Regoli, and John D. Hewitt. Forthcoming. 2009 “Race, Fear,
and Firearms: The Roles of Demographics and Guilt Assuagement in the Creation
of a Political Partition.” Journal of African American Studies 13:63-73.
Primm, Eric, Robert M. Regoli, and John D. Hewitt. 2008. “Where Are We and How
Did We Get Here? Assessing Race, Performance, and Position in Topps Football
Card Placement.” Journal of African American Studies 12:73-84.
Coffey, Shannon M., Eric Primm, and Robert M. Regoli. 2007. “Rap and Hip-Hop in
Academia: Demographics and Their Influence on Pedagogy.” Free Inquiry in
Creative Sociology 35:3-11.
Primm, Eric, Summer Dubois, and Robert Regoli. 2007. “An Exercise in Subtleties and
the Transmission of Racism: An Analysis of Sports Illustrated Covers.” Journal of
African American Studies 11:239-250.
Primm, Eric, Summer DuBois, and Robert M. Regoli. 2007. “Every Picture Tells a
Story: Racial Representation on Sports Illustrated Covers.” Journal of American
Culture 30:222-231.
Regoli, Robert M., Eric Primm, and John D. Hewitt. 2007. “Men and Boys and the
Price of their Toys: Race and the Value of Football Cards.” The Social Science
Journal 44:563-571.
Regoli, Robert M., Eric Primm, and John D. Hewitt. 2007. “Tackled in the Red Zone:
The Impact of Race on Football Card Values.” Electronic Journal of Sociology
8:28-51.
Regoli, Robert M., Eric Primm, and John D. Hewitt. 2007. “Where O’ Where did my
Baseball Cards Go? Race, Performance, and Placement in the Topps Era,
1956-1980.” The Social Science Journal 44:742-750.
Primm, Eric, Robert M. Regoli, and John D. Hewitt. 2006. “Does Membership have its
Rewards? The Effects of Race and Hall of Fame Membership on Football Card
Values.” Sociological Spectrum 26:369-385.