Russell Schutt
Office: Wheatley, 4th floor, Rm 24
Telephone: 617-287-6253
Email: russell.schutt@umb.edu
Research
Relationship between individuals and the social environment, with a particular focus on people with housing, medical and/or legal problems, on the organizations that respond to their needs, and on the role of preferences and social processes in influencing their functioning and orientations.
Teaching
Research methods and statistics, complex organizations, sociology of law, foundations of applied sociology
Representative Publications
Schutt, Russell K. 2009. Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research, 6th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE/Pine Forge Press.
Schutt, Russell K., Elizabeth Riley Cruz, Mary Lou Woodford. 2008. “Client Satisfaction in a Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: The Influence of Ethnicity and Language, Health, Resources and Barriers.” Women & Health 48:283-302.
Schutt, Russell K., Larry J. Seidman, Brina Caplan, Anna Martsinkiv, and Stephen M. Goldfinger. 2007. “The Role of Neurocognition and Social Context in Predicting Community Functioning among Formerly Homeless Seriously Mentally Ill Persons.” Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33:1388-1396.
Schutt, Russell K., Robert E. Rosenheck, Walter E. Penk, Charles E. Drebing, and Catherine Leda Seibyl. 2005. “The Social Environment of Transitional Work and Residence Programs: Influences on Health and Functioning.” Evaluation and Program Planning, 28:291-300.
Schutt, Russell K. and Gerald R. Garrett. 1992. Responding to the Homeless: Policy and Practice. New York: Plenum.
Schutt, Russell K. 1986. Organization in a Changing Environment: Unionization of Welfare Employees. Albany: SUNY Press.