Karl T. Pfeiffer

Education History

• Ph.D., Sociology, South Dakota State University, 1993
• M.Ed., Special Education, University of Alaska Southeast, 2010
  
• M.A., Sociology, Loyola University of Chicago, 1981
  
• B.A., Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago, 1978

Research

• Social Problems and Deviance
• Sociology of Education and Special Education
  
• Formal Organizations
  
• Applied Sociology and Program Evaluation
  

Teaching Responsibilites

• Social Problems and Solutions (SOC A201)
• Sociology of Deviant Behavior (SOC A343)
• Sociology of Religion (SOC A347)
• Formal Organizations (SOC A407)
  
• Sociology Capstone (SOC A488)

Professional and Departmental Service

• Faculty Advisor
  
• Sociology Department Program Assessment Coordinator
• CAS Faculty Promotion and Tenure Evaluation Committee Member
• Volunteer with local non-profit social welfare organizations and public schools.
  

Publications

• Pfeiffer, Margaret A. and Karl T. Pfeiffer. 2011. “School Picture Day and Self-Concept: A Smile Is Worth The Trouble.” Teaching Exceptional Children Vol. 43(3):50-54. (View).

• Pfeiffer, Karl T. 2011. “Revisiting Functional Behavior Assessment.” Education & Treatment of Children.  (Under review.)

• “Sociological Solutions to Problems in Education: A Special Needs Charter School Proposal for Anchorage, Alaska,” by Karl Pfeiffer. 2011. Journal of Applied Social Science. (Under review.)

• Pfeiffer, Karl. 2010. "A Brief History of the Sociology Capstone Course & Example Syllabus." Syllabus published in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Originally published 2007 in Capstone Course in Sociology, edited by T. C. Wagenaar. Washington DC:  American Sociological Association. (http://trails.asanet.org) (View.)

• "Community Services, Issues and Service Gaps for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Who Exhibit Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors," by Karen Ward, Jordan Trigler, and Karl Pfeiffer.  2001.  Mental Retardation:Vol. 39, No. 1:11-19.

• “A Critical Consideration of the Introduction of Community-Service Learning Projects to Courses in the Sociology of Social Problems.” 2000. The Great Plains Sociologist: Vol. 12, No. 1:22-36.