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Kenneth D. Colburn Jr. is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Butler University's Department of Sociology and Criminology.

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Kenneth D. Colburn Jr. is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Butler University's Department of Sociology and Criminology.

Present	Professor of Sociology, Butler University ‐ Department of Sociology & Criminology
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Sociology

Social Theory, Deviance, and Urban Studies and Culture

Senior Editor, Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, 2010-present
Board of Directors, Indiana Juvenile Justice Task Force, Inc., 2010-present
Executive Secretary, Indiana Academy of Social Science, 2007-2010; Editor of ENDNOTES, IASS Newsletter
Director, Sociology & Anthropology, Indiana Academy of Social Science, 2009 - 2010
Member, Butler Institutional Review Board, 2005-present

Department of Sociology & Criminology

Sociology & Criminology Department
Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46208
317-940-9767

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Articles (13)

Soup, Justice and Workplace Democracy: The Columbia Conserve Company, 1917-1943

Journal for the Liberal Arts and Sciences (2012)

Kenneth Colburn

Assessing Community Progress on the Blueprint to End Homelessness

Sociology (2011)

Kevin Whiteacre, Kenneth Colburn, Cristie Cole, Deanna Hazel, et al.

In 2002, the Indianapolis Housing Task Force published the Blueprint to End Homelessness, an ambitious 10-year strategy to end homelessness ...

Honoring (Recollecting) Our Memory of Peter McHugh as Social Theorist

Human Studies (2010)

Kenneth D. Colburn and M. C. Moore

The recent death of Peter McHugh becomes an occasion for the remembrance and recollection of the distinctive form of reflexive ...

Gender and the Divorce Experience

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage (2008)

Kenneth D. Colburn, Phylis Lin and Mary Moore

The object of this study is to examine the extent to which males and females are converging in their divorce ...

“Policing the Police,” Review of Are Cops Racist?, by H ...

American Outlook (2003)

Kenneth D. Colburn

Law enforcement officers are an ever-present target for criticism. There are exceptions, of course: praise was widespread and heartfelt throughout ...

Welfare and Homelessness in Indianapolis: Populations at Risk and Barriers ...

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS (2001)

Leslie Lenkowski, David A. Reingold, Wendy Chun-Hoon, Katherine B. Novak, et al.

Who are the homeless in Indianapolis? How has welfare reform affected Indianapolis families who rely on public support? What barriers ...

A Critical Encounter with Fred Dallmayr: Introduction

Human Studies (1991)

Kenneth D. Colburn

The article presents memories of the author when he chaired a book review panel on sociologist Fred Dallmayr's book "Critical ...

Public Opinion Reform in China

Footnotes of the American Sociological Association (1989)

David S. Mason and Ken Colburn

As the People's Republic of China shifts toward a more market-oriented economic system, it has also begun exploring another Western ...

Desire and Discourse in Foucault: The Sign of the Fig ...

Human Studies (1987)

Kenneth D. Colburn

The article focuses on philosopher Michel Foucault's views for assessing the meaning and significance of the fig leaf placed on ...

Critical Theory and the Hermeneutical Circle

Sociological Inquiry (1986)

Kenneth D. Colburn

This paper examines the debate between Gadamer and Habermas concerning the relationship between hermeneutics and critical theory. Formulating the hermeneutical ...

Honor, Ritual and Violence in Ice Hockey

The Canadian Journal of Sociology (1985)

Kenneth Colburn

This paper examines the symbolic or expressive dimension to illegal assaults among players in ice hockey. Based upon the author's ...

The Clinical Sociologist as Family Therapist: Utilizing the Strategic Communication ...

Clinical Sociology Review (1984)

Gary M. Voelkl and Kenneth Colburn

This article acquaints the clinical sociologist with the sociodynamic model underlying the family therapy approach associated with the "Palo Alto" ...

Integrity House: The Addict as a Total Institution

Kenneth D. Colburn

The Integrity House approach to rehabilitation is an apolitical, myth-oriented method reinforcing the pseudo psychological notion that addiction is exclusively ...

Service-learning paradigms : intercommunity, interdisciplinary and international

Kenneth D. Colburn and Rona Newmark

Note: full-text not available due to publisher restrictions. Link takes you to an external site where you can purchase the ...

Contribution to Book

Private Vouchers in Indianapolis: The Golden Rule Program

Private Vouchers (1995)

Kenneth D. Colburn, Michael Heise and Joseph F. Lamberti

Note: full-text not available due to publisher restrictions. Link takes you to an external site where you can purchase the book ...

Contribution to Book

Art, Analysis and the Problem of Virtue

Friends, Enemies, and Strangers (1979)

Kenneth D. Colburn

Contribution to Book

Theorizing Marriage as the Problem of Intimacy

Friends, Enemies, and Strangers (1979)

Kenneth D. Colburn

Homelessness and Doubling-Up: Research on the Poverty Population in Indianapolis

Annual Meeting of the North Central Sociological Association (2001)

Katherine B. Novak and Kenneth Colburn

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North Central Sociological Association, Louisville, KY.