Alan Turley
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