S&A - Maxine S. Thompson

Maxine S. Thompson

RANK: Associate Professor

POSITION RESPONSIBILITY:

! Teaching, Research and Service EDUCATION: ! Ph.D. - Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (1982)

! M.A. - Sociology, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee (1971)

! B.A. - Sociology, cum laude, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee (1969)

POSITIONS HELD: ! Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, North Carolina State University (1987- present)

! Visiting Assistant Professor (on leave), Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University (1985 -1987)

! Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Florida (1982 -1987)

! Instructor, Sociology and Anthropology Department, Memphis State University (1973 -1975)

! Instructor, Social Science Department, LeMoyne Owen College (1971 -1973)

RESEARCH INTERESTS: ! Mental Health: Caregivers of Person with Severe Persistent Mental Illness

! Social Inequality: Race and Gender

! Social Psychology: Coping, Self-esteem, self-efficacy

PROJECTS, GRANTS, CONTRACTS (LAST 10 YEARS): ! Thompson, Maxine. 1988. Biomedical Research Support Grant Chronic Stressors, Coping Strategies and Health Outcomes: A Study of Female Heads of Households in Rural North Carolina.

! Thompson, Maxine. 1987. Doing Well in the Face of Hardship: Children in Female Headed Households.
Faculty Research and Professional Development Award, North Carolina State University.

TEACHING AND GRADUATE ACTIVITIES: ! Undergraduate

! Soc 301 Human Behavior

! Soc 204 Marriage and Family

! Graduate

! Soc 625 Social Psychological Processes in Health and Illness

! Soc 621 Seminar in Social Psychology

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED ) (LAST 10 YEARS) ! Thompson, Maxine Seaborn, and Verna Keith. Forthcoming. The Black the Berry: Gender, Skin Tone, Self Esteem and Self Efficacy. In and Out of Our Right Minds, edited by Diane Brown and Verna Keith. Oxford Press.

! Thompson, Maxine Seaborn, Doris Entwisle, and Karl Alexander. 1992. The Influence of Family Composition on Children=s Conformity to the Student Role. American Educational Research Journal 29 (2):405-24.

! Thompson, Maxine Seaborn, and Wilma Peeples-Wilkins. 1992. The Impact of Formal, Informal and Societal Support Network on the Psychological Well-being of Black Adolescent Mothers. Social Work 37 (4):322-29.

! Thompson, Maxine Seaborn, and Margaret Ensminger. 1989. Psychological Well-Being Among Mothers with School Age Children: Evolving Family Structures. Social Forces 67(3): 715-30.

! Thompson, Maxine Seaborn, Karl L. Alexander, and Doris Entwisle. 1987. Household Composition, Parental Expectations and School Achievement. Social Forces 67 (2):424-51.

SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

CHASS Committees

! Committee on Professional Experience (1997-1998)

Departmental Committees

! Graduate Recruitment and Admissions Committee

! Graduate Committee

! Status of Part-time Teaching Staff

Professional Associations

! American Sociological Association (ASA)

! Association of Black Sociologists (ABS)

! Southern Sociological Society (SSS)

! Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)

! North Carolina Sociological Association (NCSA)

Offices in Professional Associations

! Publications Committee (SSS)

! Chair Publications Committee (ABS=98)

Editorial Boards

! Contemporary Sociology

! American Sociological Review