Biography

Tim Curry is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Ohio State University.  He has taught introductory sociology for more than 20 years at Ohio State University, from large classes of 300 students to honors classes of 25 students.  He currently serves as the department's chair of Instructional Development.  In addition to teaching introductory sociology, Dr. Curry, who earned his doctorate from the University of Washington, also teaches  the Sociology of Sport and Men in Society.  He has published more than 25 professional articles on the subjects of social psychology, sport and society, and visual sociology, as well as three textbooks, Sociology for the Twenty-First Century, Sports: A Social Perspective, and Introducing Visual Sociology.  Dr. Curry is a member of the American Sociological Association, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, the Society for the Study of Social Problems, The Midwestern Sociological Society, among other association memberships. He is a past-president of two sociological associations: The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and the International Visual Sociology Association.  Dr. Curry's current research focuses on mass communication and men's health, and masculinity and the environment.  


Curriculum Vitae

Links to Some Sociology Websites


North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
http://playlab.uconn.edu/nasss.html

American Sociological Association
 http://www.asanet.org

Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
http:www.soci.niu.edu/~sssi/

International Visual Sociology Association
http://www.sjmc.journ.umn.edu/faculty/schwartz/ivsa/index.html

Sociology for the Twenty-First Century text page
http://www.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/curry2/