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Daniel Hawkins, Ph.D.

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Dr. Daniel Nathan Hawkins

  • Sociology & Anthropology, Professor

email:
dhawkins@unomaha.edu
office:
EAB  110E
office phone:
402.554.4935
department phone:
402.554.2626
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area of focus:
  • Family Sociology, Sociology of Sport, Quantitative Methods

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Biography

Dan Hawkins is Professor of Sociology and Director of Online Development at the University of Nebraska Omaha. He was Chair of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at UNO from 2017 to 2022. Before coming to UNO in 2006, he earned a BS in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MA and PhD in Sociology from Penn State.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Hawkins has taught a number of courses that contribute to the department's undergraduate and graduate degrees in Sociology, including Social Statistics, Social Problems, Sociology of Families, Sport & Society, Senior Thesis, American Family Problems, Sociology of Fatherhood, Sociological Inquiry & Research Design and Sociological Statistics. He recently taught an Honors seminar on Race & Politics in American Sports and developed an undergraduate course called Sociology on Film.

Research Interests

Dr. Hawkins' main research interests are in family sociology and the sociology of sport. His work on marital quality, parent-child relationships, and fatherhood appears in Social Forces, the Journal of Marriage and Family, the American Sociological Review, and the Journal of Family Issues. His articles on the intersections among sport, politics, inequality, and media are published in The Sociological Quarterly, the Journal of Sports Management and Commercialization, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Social Problems, and the Journal of Sport & Social Issues. Dr. Hawkins' current research projects examine the relationship between sport participation and racial attitudes; the effect of college coaching salaries on student-athlete graduation rates; and the introduction of medical humanities into a physician assistant program's curriculum. He has other work with colleagues examining gender, racial, and educational inequalities published in Armed Forces & Society, the International Journal of Medical Students, and the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies.

Service Summary

Dr. Hawkins has had many service interests and commitments at the university and beyond. At UNO, he recently served on the Division of Continuing Studies' Faculty Academic Planning Committee, the College of Arts & Sciences Reappointment, Promotion, & Tenure Committee, and the Chairs & Directors Professional Development Steering Committee. Currently, he is a Title IX Advisor and a member of the Campus Career Council. In the Omaha community, he is a member of the Omaha Public Schools Citizen Advisory Committee and a non-partisan election observer for Civic Nebraska.

Education

Ph D, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Sociology, 2006

MA, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Sociology, 2002

BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, Anthroplogy, 2000

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