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Russell Schutt, PhD

  • Chair, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts Professor of Sociology
  • Telephone: 617.287.6253
  • Fax: 617.287.6288
  • Office Location: Wheatley Hall,04,00013

Areas of Expertise

Research Methods, Sociology of Organizations, Homelessness and Mental Health Services, Sociology of Law

Degrees

PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Schapira, Lidia and Russell K. Schutt. (Forthcoming). “Training Community Health Workers about Cancer Clinical Trials.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.

  • Chambliss, Daniel F. and Russell K. Schutt. 2012. Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation, 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

  • Check, Joseph and Russell K. Schutt. 2012. Investigating the Educational World: The Process and Practice of Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

  • Nestor, Paul G. and Russell K. Schutt. 2012. Research Methods in Psychology: Investigating Human Behavior. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

  • Schutt, Russell K. 2012. Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research, 7th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

  • Schutt, Russell K. 2012. “Quantitative Methods.” Pp. 55-72 in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology, edited by George Ritzer. Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing.

  • Schutt, Russell K. 2011. Homelessness, Housing and Mental Illness, with Stephen M. Goldfinger. Contributions by Larry J. Seidman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

  • Schutt, Russell K., Lidia Schapira, Jennifer Maniatis, Jessica Santiccioli, Silas Henlon, JudyAnn Bigby. 2010. “Community Health Workers’ Support for Cancer Clinical Trials: Description and Explanation.” Journal of Community Health 35:417-422.

  • 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.

Additional Information

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Current 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.