Alan Turley


Post-Secondary Education

University of Texas Austin
Doctor of Philosophy
Sociology

University of Texas Austin
Bachelor of Arts
Sociology

University of Texas Austin
Master of Arts
Sociology


Professional Publications

Books

            2013

                        Turley, Alan. 2013. Urban Culture: Exploring Cities and Cultures, 2nd                                              Edition Prentice Hall: North Saddle River, NJ

            2004

                        Turley, Alan. 2004. Urban Culture: Exploring Cities and Cultures

                                    Prentice Hall: North Saddle River, NJ

           2001

                        Turley, Alan. August 2001. Music and the City: An Analysis of the Musician as                                   Urban Artist and Laborer.  The International Journal of Urban Labor                                 and Leisure July/August 2001 special edition.

            2000

                        Turley, Alan. 2000. Music in the City: A History of Austin Music Duckling                                        Publishing: Austin, TX. Publication August 2000.

 

Editorials

            1996

                        Turley, Alan (editor). 1996. Readings for Introduction to Sociology” Thompson                              Learning Publishers: New York, NY.

 

Publications and Presentations

Turley, Alan; Thornton, Tim; Azzolino, Sue, and Craig Johnson. 2004. “Effect on Recidivism in Monroe County, NY for Inmates in the Chemical Treatment Program” Journal of OffenderTherapy and Criminology: Spring 2004 edition

Turley, Alan and Tim Thornton. 2004. African American Music Experience in World War II

      Chapter in Red, White, Blue and Black: African Americans in World War II

      (Michael Edwards, Editor) Kansas State Press: Manhatten, KS

 

Turley, Alan. 2004. Urban Culture: Exploring Cities and Cultures

      Prentice Hall: North Saddle River, NJ

 

Turley, Alan. 2003. “Female Gangs and Patterns of Female Delinquency in Texas”

      Journal of Gang Research: Summer 2003 pp. 1-12

 

Turley, Alan. 2001. " Max Weber and the Sociology of Music."  Sociological Forum

Volume 16, No. 4 December 2001 edition

 

Turley, Alan. August 2001. " Music and the City: An Analysis of the Musician as Urban Artist and Laborer."  The International Journal of Urban Labor and Leisure  July/August 2001 special edition.

 

Turley, Alan. 2000. Music in the City: A History of Austin Music Duckling Publishing: Austin, TX. Publication August 2000

 

Turley, Alan. September 2000. Book Review of 8-Ball Chicks by Gini Sikes in Social Science Quarterly  September 2000 Edition.

 

Turley, Alan. 1997. “Community Service and the University: Models of the Past” UT Links: Community Service and Outreach Spring 1997  Urban Issues Program at The University of Texas: Austin, TX.

 

Turley, Alan (editor). 1996. Readingsfor Introduction to Sociology Thompson Learning Publishers: New York, NY

 

Turley, Alan. 1996. Chapter/Expert Opinion “Sunbelt Migration and the Effect on

Austin Music” Social Science Interactive Text with CD ROM

      Cortex Communications: Austin, TX.

 

Turley, Alan. 1995. "The Ecological and Social Determinants of the Production and Standardization of Jazz in New Orleans,  c. 1900."  Journal of the International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music Publication in June 1995 edition

 

Convention Presentation at the Symbolic Interactionist Sociological Societyin Little Rock, AR

March 2010;  “Making a Scene: The Urban Culture of Music in Austin Texas”  by Alan Turley

 

Convention Presentation at the American Sociological Societyin Anaheim, CA

August 2001;  “The Urban Underclass: A Look at Work and Spatial Mismatch Across Ethnic Groups”  by Jamie Wolf and Alan Turley

 

Convention Presentation at the Eastern Sociological Societyin Philadelphia, PA

March 2001;  "Female Gangs and Patterns of Female Delinquency” by Alan Turley

 

Convention Presentation at the Annual Southwestern Social Science Associationin

      Dallas, TX . March 1995;  "Max Weber, Rationalization, and the Sociology of Music"  by Alan Turley

 

Convention Presentation at the Annual Southwestern Social Science Associationin

      New Orleans, LA. March 1993;  "The Ecological and Social Determinants of the

Production of Jazz in New Orleans,  c. 1900"  by Alan Turley and W. Parker Frisbie


Teaching Experience

Sociology Instructor                                                                           Aug 2006 to

Concordia University

11400 Concordia University Drive

Austin, Texas 78726

(512) 313-3000 

·         Taught sections of Intro to Sociology and Criminology.

 

 

Sociology Instructor                                                 Jan. 1995 to Aug 1999 and Aug 2006 to

Austin Community College

Northridge Campus - 11928 Stonehollow

Austin, Texas 78758

(512) 832-4770 

·         Taught sections of Intro to Sociology and Criminology at five campuses.

 

 

 

Sociology Instructor                                                                             August 2006 to May 2008

Universityof Mary-Hardin Baylor

900 College Street

Belton, Texas76513

Phone (254) 295-8642 

·         Taught sections of Intro to Sociology, Marriage/Family, Sociology of Music and Population/Demnography.

 

 

School Counselor & District Testing Coordinator,                             August 2004 to August 2006

NancyNey Charter School

1195 W. San Antonio Street

New Braunfels, Tx 78130

Phone (830) 627-2960           

  • Counsel students, make student schedules, handle discipline/crisis intervention, counsel At Risk Youth, counsel victims of crime and sex offenses, as well as offenders, work with teachers-administrators-school board members. Administrative/Registrar duties.
  • Special Education Administrator.  Managed Spec Ed meetings and paperwork; counseled Spec Ed students.
  • District Test Coordinator and Administrator.   Analyze and asses statistical data on school performance.
  • Distance Learning Director.  Offered new courses on-line and interactive media for the first time.
  • Temporary Teaching Certification Director.  One of only four programs in the state approved for granting the temporary teaching certificate.
  • Courses taught: Sociology, Psychology and Math

 

 

Assistant Professor                                                                       August 1999 to August 2002 SUNY-Brockport College

350 New Campus Drive, Department of Sociology              

Brockport, NY 14420

Phone (716) 395-5659

  • Courses taught: Quantitative Research Methods, Statistics, Gender Roles, Urban Sociology, Race and Ethnicity/African American Studies, Sociology of Music, Social Problems, Deviance, and Introduction to Sociology.   All courses taught at Undergarduate and Graduate level; member Graduate Faculty.
  • Administrative functions were College Computer and Technology Taskforce, Elementary and Middle School Education Task Force Member and Alpha Kappa Delta Advisor.



Published: September 06, 2024