Education

• Ph.D., McMaster University, 1986
• M.A., McMaster University, 1981
• B.A., McMaster University, 1980

Areas of Teaching expertise:

• Social Psychology
• Deviant Behavior
• Advanced Deviance
• Qualitative Methods
• Professional Seminar

Research Interests:

• Medical Sociology
• Research Methods
• Women and Mental Illness

Selected Publications:

• The Handbook of Symbolic Interactionism, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira (co-edited with Larry T. Reynolds (2003).
• "Methods of Symbolic Interactionism." Pp. 213-53 In The Handbook of Symbolic Interactionism, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press (with Joseph Verschaeve).
• "Deviance." Pp. 695-720 In The Handbook of Symbolic Interactionism. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
• "Road Rage: An Exploratory Analysis." Michigan Sociological Review Vol. 13 (1999): 65 - 79.
• Book review of "Qualitative Research Methods" by Kenneth Stoddart. In Teaching Sociology, 1998.
• Herman, Nancy J. and Larry T. Reynolds. "Goffman and Garfinkel on Dramaturgy, Ethnomethodology and Everyday Life." Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory 2nd Edition. Ed. Berch Berberolgu. Dix Hills, New York: General Hall, 1998. Chapter 8.