Sharon Squires PhD

Biographical Information

As of August 2004 Dr. Squires is the new visual sociologist and faculty in the CSUDH sociology department. She is working on the development of a new visual sociology lab in addition to developing her research on African American males. From 2001 to 2004 Dr Squires was the Teacher Scholar in Residence, and faculty in the sociology/anthropology department at Truman State University in Kirksville Missouri . In this capacity she taught sociology courses and also served as the McNair program advisor, student mentor, and campus diversity consultant. From 1998 to 2000 she was adjunct faculty and the director of the MU Interprofessional Initiative, (MUII) at the University of Missouri-Columbia The MUII is an organization designed to foster interdisciplinary education at the University, as well as develop Community/University partnerships. Sharon is originally from Barbados, West Indies and has lived in this country for over 25 years. She received her BA from Georgia State University , with a major Anthropology and a minor in Sociology. In 1993, she received her masters from the Sociology Department at the University of Missouri – Columbia. Her thesis focused on African American Male attributions and perceptions of reality. She completed her PhD in Rural Sociology, May 1999. Her dissertation topic was, Wealth, Race and Reality in an All-Black Missouri Town: Kinloch Missouri. Her research and teaching interest are in the areas of black studies, race relations, social psychology and community development. She has taught several courses in Sociology, Black Studies, Human Development and Family Studies and Rural Sociology. She has also served as the 2000 principal of The Fun City, Summer Youth Academy , where she supervised 8 teachers and approximately 80 children. She worked as a social worker in Columbia , Missouri and Atlanta Georgia for several years where she worked with children and adults with developmental disabilities.

Publications:
Examining Differences between First Generation and Continuing Generation Students at a Public Liberal Arts University . (MKN) Missouri , Kansas . Nebraska , Promoting Educational Opportunities Journal, 2003, v1. Co author John Ishiyama , Truman State University.