Director, Center for Applied Research and Rural Studies (CARRS)

Anspach Hall 312B
(989) 774-2336
email: sente1ms@cmich.edu

Education

• Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1982
• M.A., University of Michigan, 1973
• B.A., Smith College, 1971

Areas of Teaching expertise

• Introduction to Research Methods
• Social Inequality
• Sociology of Sex and Gender

Research Interests

• Applied Sociology
• Public Opinion

Selected Publications

• Senter, Mary S. and Richard Senter, Jr. "A Comparative Study of Traditional and Nontraditional Students' Identities and Needs." NASPA Journal, 35 (1998): 270 - 280.
• Senter, Mary S. and Richard Senter, Jr. "Student Outcomes and the Adult Learner: The Impact of an Extended Graduate Degree Program on Occupational Success." Continuing Higher Education Review, 61 (1997): 75 - 87.
• Senter, Mary S., John Dinan, Joseph E. Finck and William Miles. "Implementing an Advanced Composition Program with Faculty from Across the Curriculum." Innovative Higher Education, 1992.