Dr. Tom Kando, Professor of Sociology
California State University, Sacramento
Department of Sociology
College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies

Fall  2007

Contact Information

Classes

Papers and Publications

Research Projects

Awards, Experience, and Honors

A Slightly Embellished Autobiography (1.5 MB PDF file)

I SPENT MY LIFE PRACTICING POLITICALLY INCORRECT SOCIOLOGY (2.5 MB PDF file)

Searching for Christine

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Fall 2007 Classes

Sociology 1 -- Principles of Sociology

Sociology 156 -- Delinquency
 

Papers and Publications

Books:
Readings in Criminology [Kendall-Hunt] [1995]
Leisure and Popular Culture in Transition [C.V. Mosby] [1980; 1975]
Sexual Behavior and Family Life [Elsevier] [1978]
Social Interaction [C.V. Mosby] [1977]
Sex Change: The Achievement of Gender Identity among Feminized Transsexuals [Charles Thomas] [1973]

Articles & Miscellaneous Publications:
Over 25 refereed scholarly articles in journals such as Journal of Marriage and the Family, the Sociological Quarterly, Pacific Sociological Review, Journal of Popular Culture, National Forum and the International Journal on World Peace. [1971-Present]

Fifteen refereed book reviews in journals such as Contemporary Sociology, Teaching Psychology, Sociology and Social Research, Social Forces and The International Journal on World Peace [1975-Present]

Over 80 articles in newspapers and magazines: Los Angeles Examiner, Newsday, Human Events, the Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Union, Human Behavior, Wall Street Journal, Gold River Scene, etc. [1966-Present]

Created and published Sacramento Forum, Wrote 14 lead articles. [1983-1985] Published findings of four funded research projects. [1970-1984]

Sample of  articles written since 1991:
1. "L.A. Debate: Police are also Victims," Wall Street Journal (March 19, 1991)
2. "Clintonomics," Int'l Journal on World Peace (Summer 1993)
3. "Eastern Europe: Prospects for Progress," Int'l Journal on World Peace (June 1994)
4. "Interstellar Travel," Gold River Scene (Spring 1995)
5. "Postmodernism: Old Wine in New Bottles?" Int'l Journal on World Peace (Sept. 1996).                                              
6. "The Family in global Transition," Int'l Journal on World Peace (March 1997) 
7. "Higher Education in California: Myths and Reality," Gold River Review (Winter 1998).
8. "Violent Crime Past, Present and Future: Implications for Society and Emergency Medicine," with Dr. John Richards, Emergency Medicine News (Vol. XXII, June 2000)                                 
9. "The Influence of the Family on the Formation of Selfhood," in Character and Identity: The Sociological Foundation of Literary and Historical Perspectives (Morton Kaplan, ed.) [St.Paul, Minn. PWPA Press] [2000].
10. ”Hungary: The First Post-Communist Decade: Demographic and Public Health Trends,” Budapest University of Social and Economic Sciences Quarterly (Summer 2001)
11. ”How to Foster and to Avoid Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing,” in Anatomy of Genocide, A. Kimenyi and O.L. Scott (eds.), Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.                                                                                                             
12. "September 11:  America and the World," Int'l Journal on World Peace (Aug. 2002)                                                
13. Contributor to:  Beyond the Pale: Answers to the Questions we're not Supposed to Ask, Mary Massaro (ed.), Diogenes Publishing, California (2003).                                                       

Editorships:
Associate Editor to major professional journals, including Contemporary Sociology and Pacific Sociological Review [1972-Present]

Reviewer for many publishers [Scott, Foresman; Mosby, Wadsworth, Roxbury, Mayfield, Peacock, etc.], NSF, Canadian Government, and various professional journals [1975-Present]

Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Sacramento Forum [1983-1986]

Editor, Leisure Today [1978]

Research Projects/Interests

Hobbies:
Attended Amsterdam Conservatory, played music semi-professionally, published photographs, run marathons, including Boston.

Areas of Concentration:
Social Psychology; Leisure, Recreation & Culture,  Marriage & Family Life; Criminology; French

Awards, Experience, and Honors

Who is Who in the West, Who is Who in the Social Sciences, etc. [1975-Present]

Merit Awards: 1960, 1967, 1985, 1996-7 [PSSI], 1997-2001 (FMI)
Associated Students' Teacher of the year award, spring 1997.

International Experience:
Lived in 4 countries [France, Holland, Hungary, U.S.]. Extensive visits to 30 countries - including all of Western and Eastern Europe and the former USSR, Australia, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.