Department
School of Humanities and Sciences, Behavioral Sciences
Research, Professional and Creative Activity
Publications:
Current publication project (book):
Steverson, Leonard A. (Anticipated publication, September 2019). Addiction Reimagined: Challenging Ideas on an Enduring Social Problems under contract with Vernon Press.
Books:
Steverson, Leonard A. 2018. Madness Reimagined: Envisioning a Better System of Mental Health in America. Madrid: Vernon Press. Website: https://www.vernonpress.com/book/384
Steverson, Leonard A. and J. Melvin. 2018. Debating Social Problems. New York: Routledge. Website: https://www.routledge.com/Debating-Social-Problems/Steverson-Melvin/p/book/9781138309616
Steverson, Leonard A. and C. Ballard. 2010/2006. Giants of Sociology: A Little Guide to the Big Names in Sociological Theory. New York: Pearson Custom Publishing.
Steverson, Leonard A. 2008. Policing in America: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Chapters in edited volumes (abbreviated list):
Steverson, Leonard A. 2017. “Society as Patient: The Development of a Psychoanalytic Sociology”. In Scott Graybow (Ed.), Progressive Psychoanalysis: Essays as a Social Justice Movement. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Steverson, Leonard A. 2014. “Counseling, Treatment, and Culture in Prison: One Size Fits All?” In Scott Bowman (Ed.) Racism in the U.S. Prison System, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Steverson, Leonard A. 2011. “Shaming Penalties”. In William J. Chambliss (Ed.), Corrections. Key Issues in Crime and Punishment series. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Book reviews (abbreviated list):
Steverson, Leonard A. 2016. Review of “Identity and Capitalism”, Marie Moran. Capital and Class. Vol. 40, Issue 2.
Steverson, Leonard A. 2016. Review of “Signal Crimes: Social Reactions to Crime, Disorder, and Control”, Martin Innes, 2014. Symbolic Interaction. Vol. 32, Issue 3.
Steverson, Leonard A. 2016. Review of “Classical Methodological Nationalism”, Massimo Pendenza (Ed.) 2014. International Sociology Review of Books. Vol. 31, Issue 2.
Steverson, Leonard A. 2010. Review of “Shared Obliviousness in Family Systems”, Rosenblatt, P.C., 2009 Journal of Family Theory and Review. Vol. 2, Issue 1.
Professional Profile
Ph.D. Human Services (Marriage and Family), Capella University; M.S. Sociology, Valdosta State University; B.S. Sociology Georgia Southern University
Teaching and Related Service
Courses currently taught:
- Contemporary Social Problems
- Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory
- Social Movements
- Public Sociology
- Research Methods
Previously taught at:
South Georgia College (Associate Professor Emeritus of sociology); University of North Florida
Areas of research:
The sociology of mental health and addiction; public sociology
Professional associations:
American Sociological Association; Society for the Study of Social Problems; Southern Sociological Society