Dr. Robert Carrothers
1995 B.A. Kent State University, Department of Psychology.
1997 M.A. Kent State University, Department of Sociology. Thesis topic: “Quantifying Qualities: Assessment of the Emotional Intelligence of Medical School Applicants”
2004 Ph.D. Kent State University, Department of Sociology. Dissertation topic: “Identity Consequences of Religious Conversion: Applying Identity Theory to Religious Changing”
Carrothers, Robert M. 2007. “Social Typing of Religious Changers: The Impact of Motivation on the Stories of Alternators and Converts". Sociological Spectrum, Vol. 27: 2Carrothers, Robert M., and Denzel E. Benson. 2003. “Symbolic Interactionism in Introductory Textbooks: Coverage and Implications.” Teaching Sociology, 31(2-April, 2003), 162-181.
Gregory, Stanford W., Brian Green, Robert M. Carrothers, Kelly Dagan, and Stephen W. Webster. 2001. “Verifying the primacy of Voice Fundamental Frequency in Social Status Accomodation." Language and Communication, 21, 37-60.
Contributing entry author. World of Sociology Encyclopedia. Gale Group Farmington Hills, MI.
Carrothers, Robert M., Stanford W. Gregory, and Timothy J. Gallagher. 2000. “Measuring Emotional Intelligence in Medical School Applicants.” Academic Medicine, 75(5) 456-463.
Carrothers, Robert M. “Racism, Drug Abuse, Penn and Teller, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster: A Construction of Problems Approach to the Social Problems Course”. North Central Sociological Association/Midwest Sociological Association Conference, April, Chicago, IL.
Carrothers, Robert M. “Identity Consequences of Religious Changing: Alternators, Converts, Motivation and Identity Consequences”. North Central Sociological Association Conference, March, Indianapolis IN.
Carrothers, Robert M. “The Babe, the Billy Goat, and The Rock: Sociological Theory and the ‘Reality’ of the Sports Curse”. North Central Sociological Association Conference, March, Indianapolis IN.
Carrothers, Robert M, and Denzel E. Benson. “In Addition to Mead, Blumer, and Goffman: Better Incorporation of Symbolic Interaction theory into Introduction to Sociology Courses”. Symbolic Interaction and Ethnographic Research: The Intellectual Legacy of Herbert Blumer at the North Central Sociological Association Conference, April, Pittsburgh, PA.
Carrothers, Robert M. “Social Typing of Religious Changers: The Different Stories of Converts and Alternators”. North Central Sociological Association Conference, April, Pittsburgh, PA.
Carrothers, Robert M. “‘I Get Points Just for Showing Up?’: The Use of Attendance Quizzes to Increase Attendance in a Mass Class.” American Sociological Association conference, August, Chicago, IL.
Carrothers, Robert M., and Denzel E. Benson. “Symbolic Interactionism in Introductory Texts: Coverage and Implications.” American Sociological Association conference, August, Anaheim, CA.
Carrothers, Robert M., Stanford W. Gregory Jr., and Timothy J. Gallagher. “Emotional Intelligence and Race in Medical School Applicants.” American Sociological Association conference, August, Washington, DC.
Carrothers, Robert M., “Gender Identity and Identity Theory.” North Central Sociological Association conference, April, Pittsburgh, PA.
Carrothers, Robert M., “The Salience of Religious Identity for Converts:
An Argument for the Salience of a Chosen Identity.” American Sociological Association conference, August, Chicago, IL.
Gregory, Stanford W., Brian Green, Robert M. Carrothers, Kelly Dagan, and Stephen W. Webster, “Analysis of the Effect of Fundamental Frequencies on the Meaning of an Interview, Using Audio and Video Stimuli.” American Sociological Association conference, August, San Francisco, CA.
Carrothers, Robert M., Stanford W. Gregory, and Bonnie Jones. “Quantifying Qualities: The Creation of an Instrument to Measure the Emotional Intelligence of Potential Medical School Students.” Quantitative Sociological Conference, August, Toronto, ON, CA
Gregory, Stanford W., and Stephen W. Webster. “A Nonverbal Signal in Voices of Interview Partners Effectively Predicts Communication Accommodation and Social Status Perception.”, American Sociological Association conference, August, New York City.
Professional Organization Membership
Alpha Kappa Delta- since 1996
Pi Gamma Mu- since 1996
American Sociological Association- since 1997
ASA Social Psychological section- since 1997
ASA Sociology of Religion section- since 1997
ASA Scholarship of Teaching and Learning section- since 2001
International Society for the Study of Self and Identity- since 2002
North Central Sociological Association- since 2005
Skeptic Society- since 2005