JON H. HUER

University of Maryland University College

PSC 3 Box 3721

APO AP 96266

jhuer@ad.umuc.edu/jonhuer@hotmail.com

Curriculum Vita of JON H. HUER

ADDRESS: University of Maryland University College

PSC 3 Box 3721

APO AP 96266

TELEPHONE: (office) overseas 82-31-661-6786

(home) overseas 82-31-668-6156

(cell) overseas 82-19-269-6157

MARITAL STATUS: Married

CITIZENSHIP: United States

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

June 1975 (SOCIOLOGY)

M.A. University of California, Los Angeles

March 1972 (SOCIOLOGY)

B.A. California State University, Los Angeles

March 1971 (SOCIOLOGY)

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:

Information Technology and Society; Distance Education; American culture and institutions, esp. of education; military sociology; structure of science and social science; economy and society; religion and society; organizational rationality; American society in the 21st century; post-industrial society; family relations; race and ethnic relations...

DUTY AS CHAIRMAN: (1996-2002)

Faculty evaluation through class visits. Consultation with faculty on teaching improvement. Assessment of faculty teaching assignments. Textbook decisions for all Sociology-Anthropology-Criminology courses. Preparation of Course Guidelines. Publication of term Newsletters.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

Professor of Sociology

University of Maryland, Asian Division 2000-to present

Department Chairman: Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology

University of Maryland, Asian Division, 1996-2002

Lecturer: University of Maryland, Asian Division

August 1994-2000

House Parent: Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina

January 1994 to June 1994

Associate Professor: University of North Carolina, Wilmington

June 1989 to June 1993

Assistant Professor: University of North Carolina, Wilmington

August 1986 to May 1989

Lecturer: University of Wisconsin Centers

September 1984 to June 1986

Assistant Professor: University of Alabama, Birmingham

June 1977 to May 1984

Assistant Professor: Indiana-Purdue University, Indianapolis

August 1973 to May 1977

PUBLICATIONS:

(Published Books. Most titles are available on <Amazon.com> or <Barnesandnoble.com>)

Huer, Jon 2007 THE GREEN PALMERS. PublishAmerica. Frederick. Maryland.

Huer, Jon 2005 THE POST-HUMAN SOCIETY. PublishAmerica. Frederick. Maryland.

Huer, Jon 1991 THE WAGES OF SIN: America's Dilemma of Profit Against Humanity. Praeger Books (Greenwood Press), New York.

Huer, Jon 1991 TENURE FOR SOCRATES: A Study in the Betrayal of the American Professor. Bergin & Garvey (Greenwood Press). New York.

Huer, Jon 1990 THE GREAT ART HOAX: Essays in the Comedy and Insanity of Collectible Art. University of Wisconsin Press. Madison, Wisconsin.

Huer, Jon 1990 THE FALLACIES OF SOCIAL SCIENCE: A Critique of the Natural Science Model of Social Analysis . Peter Lang, Publishers, New York.

Huer, Jon 1989 MARCHING ORDERS: The Role of the Military in South Korea's "Economic Miracle." Greenwood Press, Westport, CT.

Huer, Jon 1987 ART, BEAUTY, AND PORNOGRAPHY: A Journey Through American Culture. Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY

Huer, Jon 1979 IDEOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHARACTER: Toward a Theory of History and Human Development. University Press of America, Washington, DC.

Huer, Jon 1977 THE DEAD END: The Psychology and Survival of the American Creed. Kendall-Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa.

(Work in Progress) FOOL’S PARADISE. (final stage of editing, as of March 2005)

(Book manuscripts not published, some under active submission):

Huer, Jon 1999 THE GREAT SATAN: An American Celebration.

Huer, Jon 2001 THE HORIZONTAL SOCIETY: The Strange, Wonderful, and Great Social Changes in America, 2000-.

Huer, Jon 1997 BLACK APOCALYPSE: Perspectives on Black Integration in White America.

Huer, Jon DARWIN'S PROGRESS (fiction, cautionary tale).

Huer, Jon THE GREEN PALMERS (fiction, cautionary tale).

Huer, Jon LETTERS FROM UTOPIA (utopian fiction).

Huer, Jon THE PROFESSIONAL CLASS (social criticism on professionals in American society)

(applied research publications)

"Careers in Sociology." booklet for the Department of Sociology

at Indiana-Purdue University, designed to be used in student career advising.(pp. 35), 1975.

“Error on the Highway." analysis of the impact of 55-mph limit

on Interstates, written for the U.S. Department of Transoportation,

resulting in lifting of the limit. (pp. 66) 1982

"Sociology Looks to the 90's." analysis of trends and future perspectives for sociology, commissioned under a special grant. (pp.48)

(chapter in a book) "On Art and Entertainment," in Ray Browne, ed., REJUVENATING THE HUMANITIES. The Center for the Study of Popular Culture, Bowling Green University, OH. (pp. 41-7)

(published articles)

"What is Art?" NORTHERN LIGHTS. v. 5 (Spring), 1985. University of Wisconsin Center Art Journal. 12-14.

"Professional Callings and Called Professions: Ideology, Rhetoric, and Legitimation." HUMANITY AND SOCIETY. v. 4, no. 4 (December), 1980. 297-320.

"Society and the Organism: Science and Human Behavior Reconsidered." WESTERN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW. v. 10, no. 1, 1979. 50-8.

"Time and Space as the Origin of Rationality." QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF IDEOLOGY. v. II, no. 2 (Summer), 1978. 24-9.

"An Experiment on the Effects of Tragedy on Attitudes Toward the Victim." THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE JOURNAL . University of Alabama, Birmingham. v. 1, no. 1 (Spring), 1978. 8-12.

"The Components of Rationality." THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF IDEOLOGY. v. II, no. 1 (Winter), 1978. 7-13.

"Time and the Technological Transformation: Social Science and the Neglect of History." HUMANITY AND SOCIETY. v. 1, no. 1 (Summer), 1977. 32-55.

(book review)

THINKING SOCIOLOGICALLY, by Zygmunt Bauman, in SOCIAL FORCES. 70:2, December 1991. 527-8.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

1995 "Knowledge for What?" Department of Defense Education Day Conference,Yongsan Garrison, Seoul, Korea. April.

1992 "Racism, No! Economicism, Yes!" Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting, Chattanooga, TN. October.

1992 "The Agonies of Prof. Shelby Steele," Conference on Academic Knowledge and Political Power. University of Maryland, November.

1992 "The Date Made Me Do It!" Mid-south Sociological Association Meeting. Chattanooga, TN. October.

1992 "Political and Economic Correctness." The Popular Culture Association Meeting. Louisville, KY. March.

1990 "Professors and Political Activity: Scholarship or Partisanship?" The Southern Sociological Society Meetings. Louisville, KY. March.

1989 "Facts, Fakes, and Frauds: Truth and Falsity in Art and Social Science." (invited paper) Conference on Writing the Social Text. University of Maryland. November.

1989 "Who Should Get Tenure and Why?" AKD Symposium on Social Science Research. East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. February.

1989 "Art and Democracy." The Southern Sociological Society Meeting. Norfolk, VA. April.

1989 "The Social Consequences of Self-Interest." The Southern Sociological Society Meetings. Norfolk, VA. April.

1988 "Market Wages, Social Wages, and Labor Wages: Toward a Typology of Income Distribution." The Southern Sociological Society Meetings. Nashville, TN. April.

1988 "Individual Rights and Civil Rights: Two Rights in Conflict." The Southern Sociological Society Meetings. Nashville, TN. April.

1988 "Physical vs. Economic Penalty: Crime and Punishment Revisited." The Southern Sociological Society Meetings. Nashville, TN. April.

1987 "Power and Injustice: Toward a Theory of Justice." The Southern Sociological Society Meetings, Atlanta, GA. April.

1986 "Rules of Creativity in Art." The Midwest Sociological Society Meetings. Des Moines, IA. March.

1986 "Art, Beauty and Pornography: Connections and Disconnections." The Midwest Sociological Society Meetings. Des Moines, IA. March.

1985 "When the Father is Unemployed: Adjusting the Parent-Child Relationship." The Future of Parenting Symposium. Chicago, IL. March.

1985 "What is Pornography?" Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. University of Wisconsin-La Cross. WI. April.

1981 "Liberalism: An American Aberration?" The Association of Humanist Sociology Meetings. Cincinnati, OH. October.

1981 "Meet the Author: Jon Huer's THE DEAD END. (invited paper) AKD Chapter Colloquium. Auburn University, Auburn, AL. April.

1981 "Survival of the Social Sciences." (invited paper) The Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association Meetings. Birmingham, AL. February.

1979 "Functions of Social Theory Reconsidered." Mid-South Sociological Association Meetings. Memphis, TN. October.

1979 "The Science of John Q. Public: Comments on Sampling and Survey Research." Mid-South Sociological Association Meetings. Memphis, TN. October.

1979 "Social Science and Everyday Life." AKD Symposium on Social Science Research. Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA. February.

1979 "Mechanical Extension and Social Science." The Southern Sociological Society Meetings. Atlanta, GA. April.

1978 "Victimless Crimes as Pleasure Activities." Mid-South Sociological Association Meetings. Jackson, MS. November.

1978 "Time and Space as the Origins of Rationality." The Southern Sociological Society Meetings. New Orleans, LA. March.

1978 "Dimensions of Human Action: Problems of Biosociology and Positivism." AKD Sociological Research Symposium. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. February.

1977 "The Social Psychology of G.H. Mead." Mid-South Sociological Association Meetings. Monroe, LA. November.

1977 "Rationality as Social Order and Technology." Mid-South Sociological Association Meetings. Monroe, LA. November.

1977 "Social Problems and Social Research: Toward a Typology." AKD Symposium on Social Science Research. Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA. February.

1977 "The Military as a Social Resource: The Issue Revisited." The Third World Conference. University of Nebraska. Omaha, NE. October.

1977 "The Rise of Modern Ideologies and the Third World." The Third World Conference. University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE. October.

1977 "A Study in Patriotism: The American Case." Society for General Systems Research Conference. Loyolla College. Columbia, MD. March.

1976 "Nature and the American Creed." The Cross-Currents Faculty Symposia. Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis, IN. October.

1975 "Some Logical Problems of Empiricism in Social Science." The Third Annual Conference for a Relevant Social Science. Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis, IN. October.

REFERENCES:

Dr. Joseph Arden

Vice President and Director

University of Maryland, Asian Division

Unit 5060 Box 0100

arden@ad.umuc.edu

Dr. Gary Hunt

Area Director, University of Maryland, Korea

Yongsan Education Center

Unit 15556 Box 0614

APO AP 96205-0614

ghunt@ad.umuc.edu

(END OF JON HUER’S VITA; MORE TO BE WRITTEN AS JON HUER'S LIFE GOES ON)