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John Reynolds
Contact Information:
| Office: | 211 Pepper Center |
| Phone: | 644-8825/644-6416 |
| Fax: | 644-2304 |
| Email: | john.reynolds@fsu.edu |
Areas of Specialization:
Research:
- My research areas include the sociology of education, aging and the life course, and social psychology. My research examines the psychological resources and social arrangements that shape the schooling and work trajectories of young adults. The unifying theme of this work is the premise that the payoffs to effort and the ability to achieve one's goals are moderated by both psychological makeup and social structural constraints. More recently my interests have shifted toward school policies and practices as more specific institutional constraints on teeneagers' and young adults' ambitions and attainments.
Teaching:
- Graduate:
- Sociology of Education
- Social Structure and Personality
- Quantitative Analytic Techniques (Limited Dependent Variables)
- Undergraduate:
- Social Inequality
- Social Problems
- Social Statistics
Education and Recent Professional Experience:
- Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1997
- At Florida State University since 1997: Assistant Professor to Professor
- Current director of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy
Selected Publications:
- Reynolds, John and Chardie Baird. 2010. "Is There a Downside to Shooting for the Stars? Unrealized Educational Expectations and Symptoms of Depression." American Sociological Review 75(1): 151-172.
- Baird, Chardie, Stephanie Burge, and John Reynolds. 2008. "Absurdly Ambitious? Teenagers' Expectations for the Future and Realities of Social Structure." Sociology Compass 2: 944-962.
- Reynolds, John, Stephanie Burge, Cheryl Robbins, Emily Boyd, Brandy Harris. 2007. "Mastery and the Fulfillment of Occupational Expectations." Social Psychology Quarterly 70: 366-383.
- Reynolds, John and R. Jay Turner. 2008. "Major Life Events, Their Personal Meaning, Resolution, and Mental Health Significance." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 49: 223-237.
- Reynolds, John, Michael Stewart, Lacey Sischo, and Ryan MacDonald. 2006. "Have Adolescents Become Too Ambitious? High School Seniors' Educational and Occupational Plans, 1976 to 2000." Social Problems 53: 186-206.
Honors and Awards:
- Department of Sociology Teaching Award, 2000
- SGSU Award for Support of the Graduate Program, 2001
- University Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2001
- SGSU Award for Graduate Student Mentoring, 2008
- University Graduate Teaching Award, 2009
- Award for Best Publication, Sociology of Mental Health Section of the ASA, 2010
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