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Kent McClelland

Professor of Sociology

mcclel@grinnell.edu
Campus Phone: 
(641) 269-3134
Professor of Sociology
On-Campus Address: 
217A Alumni Recitation Hall, 1210 Park Street
Education / Degrees: 
Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University, 1976
A.B., Sociology, Oberlin College, 1968
Publications: 
TitleURLSynopsis
Purpose, Meaning and Action: Control Systems Theories in Sociologyhttp://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=1403967989McClelland, Kent A. and Thomas J. Fararo, eds. 2006. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (McClelland is co-author of Chapter 1, "Control Systems Thinking in Sociological Theory," and author of Chapter 2, "Understanding Collective Control Processes.")
"Collective Control of Perception: Constructing Order from Conflict"McClelland, Kent. 2004. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 60:65-99.
"Writing in Sociology"McClelland, Kent. 2002. Pp. 640-41 in Making Sense: Constructing Knowledge in the Arts and Sciences, edited by Bob Coleman, Rebecca Brittenham, Scott Campbell and Stephanie Girard. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Primary Academic Interest: 
Perceptual Control Theory
Other Academic Interests: 
Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Social Inequality: Race Class and Gender
Social Welfare Systems
Organizational Research
Gerontology

Scholarly Activities:

  • Noyce Faculty Study Grant, "A Cybernetic Model of Human Behavior" Summer/Fall 1998.
  • Co-Project Director (with Christopher Hunter), "Ethnographic Study of a Human-Services Learning Organization." Funded as a subcontract to the "Early Head Start" grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services to Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc. Awarded $21,102 for the period of October 1, 1996 to September 30, 1997.
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