Professor of Sociology




Grinnell College
1210 Park St.
Grinnell, IA 50112
(641) 269-3135
fax (641) 269-4985
hunter@grinnell.edu

• B.A. Sociology, Brown University, 1971
• Ph.D., Sociology, Princeton University, 1978

• The Intersection of Psychological and Sociological Social Psychology
• The Organizational Analysis of Non-profit Organizations
• Deviance and Criminology
• The Effectiveness of Justifications, Excuses, and Apologies, Especially in Mitigating or Exacerbating the Perceived Seriousness of Acts of Sexual and Racial Harassment

• During my sabbatical in 1996-1997, I co-directed, with Kent McClelland, an ethnographic study of a local human-services agency, Mid-Iowa Community Action (MICA). This study is funded under an "Early Head Start" Health and Human Services grant for 1995-1997. We are interested in MICA's success in transforming itself into a "learning organization" despite the difficult environment for non-profit social service agencies.
• Coordinator of Grinnell College's MOST Program [American Sociological Society's Minority Opportunities through School Transformation ], 1994-96
• Grinnell Faculty Representative, ACM Committee on Minority Concerns, 1992-97
• Member, Board of Directors, Stewart Public Library, 1991-97
• Member, Board of Directors, Mid-Iowa Community Action, 1984-90

• Under Revision: Hunter, Christopher. 1995. "Observing Harassment: The Effects of Apologies, Excuses, and Justifications on Perceptions of the Seriousness of Misbehaviors."
• Hunter, Christopher. 1992. "Aligning Actions: Types and Social Distribution." Reprinted in Harvey Farberman et al., eds. Social Psychological Foundations: Readings From the Interactionist Perspective (JAI Press).
• McClelland, Kent and Christopher Hunter. 1992. "The Perceived Seriousness of Racial Harassment." Social Problems 39:92-107.
• Hunter, Christopher and Kent McClelland. 1991. "Honoring Accounts for Sexual Harassment: A Factorial Survey Analysis." Sex Roles 24:725-752.