Resume 2006
Dr. William F. Wagner, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology and Corrections
AH 113
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Phone (507) 389-1561
Email: william.wagner@mnsu.edu
Bill Wagner has a Ph.D. in Sociology from Washington State University, Pullman
Washington, and is currently on sabbatical after completing two terms as Interim Dean of
the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato. As
Interim Dean for the past two years Dr. Wagner has been responsible for the development
of an MSW program that will admit its first students in the fall of 2008, the solidification
of an inter disciplinary program in Non Profit Leadership, the on-going process of
transforming our failed Gerontology Program/Center on Aging into a viable program and
the advancement of a process leading to an applied doctorate. His leadership is
characterized by his experience in and commitment to cultural diversity and faculty
development. He held positions, among others, as Dean of the College of Non
Traditional Studies, The University of Albuquerque; Chair of the Department of
Sociology and Corrections, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Chair Center for
Faculty Development, Minnesota State University, Mankato and Research Analyst,
Center for Criminal Justice Studies, The University of Albuquerque. He has extensive
experience in program planning and development in higher education and in
collaboration with corporate and government partners. His expertise in the area of social
policy and evaluation research has been applied in criminal justice evaluation research
and most recently as an evaluator of a $260,000 Federal Suicide Prevention Project
funded by Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration. Dr. Wagner
completed one of the first pieces of research on “Electronic Monitoring” under a grant
from the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also contributed in the area of suicide
prevention, parenting, juvenile delinquency, racial profiling, rural issues and the farm
crisis. A chapter of his book, Parenting Without Controlling has been published by
Allyn and Bacon Pub in Applying Sociology ed. William Du Bois and R. Dean Wright.
Dr. Wagner received a $25,000 grant to initiate the Center for Applied Social Science in
the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and has been instrumental in planning to
move the Center to the university level. He has been active in faculty development in the
area of diversity training and in writing workshops. Dr. Wagner has taught in the area of
Juvenile Delinquency, Program Planning and Administration, Program Evaluation,
Statistics and Research Methods. His current scholarship is in the area of parenting,
juvenile delinquency and postmodern ethics.
College and Universities Attended:
9/59-12/59: St.Thomas University .....transferred
1/60-6/60: Loyola University of Chicago.....transferred
9/61-6/62: Loras College Dubuque Iowa.....transferred
9/63-6/64: The College of St. Joseph on the Rio Grande, Albuquerque
BA Sociology, minor in Latin, English Lit and Philosophy
9/64-5-69: Washington State University, Pullman
MA Sociology
9/76-6/78: Washington State University, Pullman
Ph.D. Sociology; Special Areas: Social Policy and Evaluation Research
and Deviance.
Most Recent Administrative Position
8/1/2004 –6/30/2006
Interim Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Minnesota State
University, Mankato
Responsible for departmental budgets, the budget of the Dean’s Office,
(total of $11,500,000) 12 departments, 19 undergraduate programs, 13 graduate
programs, 114 faculty members, about 2400 students. Dynamic position with
heavy decision making responsibilities.
Major Accomplishments:
1. Led development of MSW program to open in fall 2008.
2. Led strategic planning process for staffing considerations.
3. Provided leadership for College.
4. Contributed to maintenance and growth of 25 member College Alumni Board.
5. Worked with Director of Development to raise $441,000 for the College.
6. Served on Graduate, General Education, Faculty Development committees
and on Academic Affairs Council.
7. Worked with departments to hire search committees’ top” candidate in 22 out
of 23 searches.
8. Contributed to Higher Learning Commission’s ten-year accreditation
evaluation.
9. Led College in developing assessment of student learning.
10. Actively participated in successful Pre Doctoral Fellow Program that resulted
in two “grow-your-own” faculty from under represented groups.
11. Led in development of plan for Applied Doctorate in School Psychology
(expected start data fall 2008 or fall 2009)
12. Led in process of revision for Gerontology/Center on Aging Program. (In
process)
13. Provided leadership for interdisciplinary program in Non-Profit Leadership
for which we received Minnesota State Colleges and University’s Innovation
in Curriculum Award.
14. Developed College Committee on Cultural Diversity.
15. Encouraged and initiated many social events for the College.
16. Oversaw many accreditation and program review visits including 10-year
HLC accreditation visit for college..
17. Worked with department chairs to provide shared governance for the College.
18. Contributed to conflict resolution related to personnel issues.
19. Evaluated, and provided direction on Professional Development Plans for
College faculty.
20. Provided recommendation on tenure and promotion for over 25 faculty
members.
21. Developed ten-year strategic plan for college including vision and core values
to fit with mission, environmental scan, threats, opportunities, goals and
action initiatives.
Sabbatical 7/1/2006-8/18/2007
Project: Complete book on juvenile struggles.
To include: Genealogy of the concept of juvenile delinquency; theoretical
notions that have emerged out of this conceptualization; critique of
concept and theoretical understandings; presentation of alternative
conceptualization; new theoretical possibilities; the promise of alternative
understanding.
Most Recent Faculty Position:
1998-2004 Chair and Professor, Department of Sociology and Corrections
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Major Accomplishments:
1. Led strategic planning process out of which Applied Sociology option
emerged.
2. Directed five-year Program Review.
3. Chaired many search committees, personnel and curriculum committees.
4. Contributed to critique and revision of curriculum.
5. Received $15,000 grant to put Non-Profit Leadership Certificate Program online.
6. Received $25,000 grant to create Center for Applied Social Science, (Grant
was resubmitted along with evaluation and was refunded for second year at
$25,000).
7. With department faculty developed department assessment process, reports
and response.
8. Contributed to advising assessment.
9. Received Advisor Recognition Award.
10. Received Student Senate “Teacher of the Year Award.”
11. Received Most Appreciated Teacher Award.
12. Developed and taught (with others) many interdisciplinary courses on such
topics as “peace,” “the city,” “technology,” “parenting,” “education,” and
“crime and punishment.”
Other Administrative positions:
1982-1984 Dean, College of Non Traditional Studies
The University of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, N.M.
Major Accomplishments:
1. Chief Administrative Officer College of Non-Traditional Studies (Founder)
2. Directed federally funded Title II programs to develop meaningful
education/training for working adults.
3. Directed program to assess and assign college credit for learning in noncollege settings. Advised working adults on educational goals. Responsible
for obtaining grant, program development, implementation and
administration.
4. Director of Weekend College, Evening Division and satellite Evening and
“Noon Program” as Sandia Scientific Laboratories and Air Force Base.
5. Designed innovative adult degree program to fit the needs of Los Alamos
Scientific Laboratories, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Other Positions:
1985-1998 Associate/Professor, Department of Sociology and Corrections,
Minnesota State University, Mankato
1969-1985 Assistant/Associate Professor of Sociology, Division of Social
Science, The University of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1970-1985 Research Analyst/Program Evaluator Center for Criminal Justice
Studies, The University of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Experience in Faculty Development:
1. Chair: Center for Faculty Development, Mankato State University 1990-1996.
State-wide Bush Team representative for MSU. Organized and presented
faculty development events and programs including a three-day conference on
“active learning.”
2. Developed and presented (entire staff Mankato State) T.R.A.P.S. a cultural
diversity training workshop.
3. Staff member of The Valley Writing Workshop; writing across the curriculum
workshop. (17 year involvement)
4. Cultural Diversity Trainer with Bremer Cultural Diversity Training.
5. Developed and presented “Creative Thinking Traveling Good Medicine
Show” Creative/critical thinking workshop.
Scholarship:
“Parenting Without controlling: Caring for the Relationship” in
Applying Sociology, ed. William Du Bois and R. Dean Wright.
Allyn and Bacon Pub. 2001
“Community/School Suicide Prevention: Building a Safety Net.
Yellow Ribbon assisting them in their real life struggles.”
American Association of Suiciodology, Miami Florida, May 2004
“Postmodernism for Sociologists,” Sociologists of Minnesota,
Red Wing Conference, October 2004.
“Using Postmodernist Methods for Modernist Goals: Applied
Sociology,” Western Social Science Association Conference,
Albuquerque, New Mexico. April 2002.
“Suicide Prevention,” CMHS Coalitions for Prevention Grants
National Meeting, Washington, D.C. 2002
“Effectiveness of Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program,”
International Yellow Ribbon Conference. Denver, Colorado, July
2002.
Racial Profiling Among College Students: Comparison of College
Experience with Police Profiling in Virginia, Minnesota and New
Mexico.” American Criminology Association. San Francisco, Ca.
November 2002
“The Responsibility of Being Progressive in
Corrections,” Keynote address: Minnesota Community
Corrections Association. February 1991.
“T.R.A.P.S.: Cultural Diversity Workshop and
In-Service Training,” 15th Pan African Conference,
February 1991.
“Breaking Down the Barriers” Minnesota College
Personnel Association, April 1991.
“AIDS Policy and Critical Theory”, Presented to Western
Social Science Association, April 1989.
“Theoretical Perspectives on Popular Culture: A Post
Modernist Perspective,” Presented to Sociologists of
Minnesota, October, 1989.
“Understanding ‘Making Hay’: Methodology Appropriate
for Assessment of the content of a ‘Life World’”,
presented March, 1988, Midwest Sociology Society.
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“Conflicts in Farming: A House Divided”, presented
March, 1988, Midwest Sociology Society. Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
“Rural Delinquency and the Farm Crisis: The Emergence
of the Rural Slums” Midwest Sociology Society. Des
Moines, Iowa, March 1986.
“The Politics of Self-Empowerment: Maintaining the
Family Farm” Midwest Sociology Society, Chicago, IL
April 1987.
“Farm Crisis” Rural Crisis Form. Rochester, MN
September 1986.
“What is to be done” Rural Crisis Workshop. Albert
Lea, MN April, 1986.
“Student Retention in Higher Education: A suggested
Research Approach.” Annual Rocky Mountain Educational
Research Association, Tucson, Arizona, November, 1983.
“The New Mexico Prison Riot: An Alternative
Interpretation”. Western Social Science Association
Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 1981 (Session
Chair).
Chaired session on “Methodology in Evaluation Research”
Western Social Science Association Annual Meeting,
Albuquerque, 1980.
“The Impact of Conflict Methodology for Evaluation
Research in the Criminal Justice System”. Paper
presented to the American Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences, Oklahoma City, 1980.
“Corrections and the Directing of Change”. A paper
presented to the New Mexico Correctional Association,
October, 1978.
“Threats to Internal Validity in Police Related
Research” prepared for the presentation at the Pacific
Sociological Associations Meetings, April 1976.
Research
Monographs:
“Electronic Monitoring: A Field Test” under grant
from U.S. Department of Justice, 1984
“An Evaluation of the Santa Fe Group Home: A
Residential Treatment Program for Young Women”, 1979
“Witness/Victim Assistance Project: An impact
Assessment, 1978
“Priority and Repeating Offender Division:
Evaluation”, 1977
“The Evaluation of the Economic Crimes Prosecution
Unit”, 1976
“The Success of Short Term Crises Intervention
programs with Children in Need of Supervision: An
Assessment of Project CHIP”, 1976
“An Analysis of Organizational Change and It’s Impact
upon the Effectiveness of Property Crime Prosecution
in the Albuquerque District Attorney’s Office, 1974
“An Assessment of the Impact of ‘School Police Team’
on Chronic Truants and Juvenile Property Crime
Offenders”, 1975
“The Effects of Alternative Police Patrol Tactics on
Property Crime Rates in Albuquerque, New Mexico”, 1975
“The Effects of PET Training Program on the Quality of
Interaction between Staff and Inmates of a Girls'
Correctional Institution”, 1972
Texts (Self Published)
Training Manual for Correctional Officers, with
Professor Walter Niederberger and Mr. Randal Glover
J.D., July 1983. (Self published for class use.)
Parenting without Controlling: Caring for the Relationships 1998
(Self published for class use.)
Current Community Service:
Board of Directors for Mankato Diversity Kiwanis Club.
Capital Campaign Committee: ReStore Project. Habitat for Humanity