American Sociological Association:

Selecting a Consultant:

On this page you will find a full list of consultants for the Department Resources Group (DRG). DRG consultants have many different institutional affiliations and substantive interests but all share a common concern for the advancement of the discipline, as well as the enhancement of departmental programs and curriculum. Regular training keeps consultants current on issues in higher education, literature on teaching sociology and best practices in organizational consulting. DRG Consultants work with both undergraduate and graduate programs, stand-alone sociology departments, interdisciplinary departments and joint programs.

Current DRG consultants are listed in the table below, along with each consultant's institutional affiliation, program type, CV, and statement of consulting approach. Their availability is also listed. To contact a DRG consultant, click on the "email" corresponding to their name.

All DRG Consultants
Consultant	Institution	Program Type	Statement of Consulting Approach (pdf)	CV (pdf)	Consultant Availability	Contact consultant
Rebecca G. Adams	University of North Carolina-Greensboro	MA/MS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
David P. Aday	College of William and Mary	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Maxine Atkinson	North Carolina State University-Raleigh	PhD	SCA	CV	3-6 months advance notice	Email
Jeanne Ballantine	Wright State University	MA/MS	SCA	CV	After March 2012	Email
J. Michael Brooks	South University	MA/MS	SCA	CV	3-6 months advance notice	Email
Thomas Calhoun	Jackson State University	MA/MS	SCA	CV	After January 2012	Email
Jeffrey Chin	Le Moyne College	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Anne Boyle Cross	Metropolitan State University	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Susan J. Ferguson	Grinnell College	BA/BS	SCA	CV	3-6 months advance notice required	Email
Jan Marie Fritz	University of Cincinnati	PHD	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Nancy A. Greenwood	Indiana University-Kokomo	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
C. Lee Harrington	Miami University	PHD	SCA	CV	After January 2012	Email
Jay Howard	Butler University	BA/BS	SCA	CV	3-6 months advanced notice required	Email
Carol A. Jenkins	Glendale Community College	Associates	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Edward L. Kain	Southwestern University	BA/BS	SCA	CV	6 months to 1 year advance notice required	Email
Meg Wilkes Karraker	University of St. Thomas	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Laura Kramer	Montclair State University	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Betsy Lucal	Indiana University-South Bend	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Tracy Ore	Saint Cloud State University	BA/BS	SCA	CV	3-6 months advance notice required	Email
Diane Pike	Augsburg College	BA/BS	SCA	CV	3-6 Months advance notice required	Email
Kathleen Piker-King	Mount Union College	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Keith A. Roberts	Hanover College	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Katherine R. Rowell	Sinclair Community College	Associates	SCA	CV	Available	Email
James Sherohman	St.Cloud State	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
William L. Smith	Georgia Southern University	MA/MS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Kerry Strand	Hood College	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Heather Sullivan-Catlin	State University of New York-Postdam	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Stephen Sweet	Ithaca College	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Thomas Van Valey	Western Michigan University	PHD	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Yvonne Vissing	Salem State	BA/BS	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Theodore C. Wagenaar	Miami University-Ohio	PHD	SCA	CV	Available	Email
Sarah Willie-LeBreton	Swarthmore College	BA/BS	SCA	CV	After May 2012	Email
John Zipp	University of Akron	PHD	SCA	CV	3-6 months advance notice required	Email

Key for consultant availability

* While you can contact a consultant at anytime to discuss details even schedule a site visit, dates for actual site visits will have to be discussed with the consultant. The column "Consultant availability" lists what each consultants availability is for site visits. The chart below explains the listings you will see in the "Consultant availability" column.


If consultant availability is listed as:
Available	Consultants schedule is fleixible for scheduling site visits
3-6 months advanced notice required	Consultant may need to schedule the site visit 3-6 months after initial contact
6-12 months advanced notice required	Consultant may need to schedule the site visit 6-12 months after initial contact
After ( a certain date)	This consultant can only perform onsite visits after this date

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Fees and Expenses

When DRG consultants make site visits their travel expenses are covered by the college or university they visit and they also receive an honorarium to compensate for pre-visit preparation, the time involved with their travel and the actual site visit, as well as time spent writing the final report (if required). Thus,a program review might require 2.5 to 3.5 days of a consultant's time, including a half day of preparation and document review, at least one full day for the site visit,and at least one day for report development. As a guideline, we suggest an honorarium of at least $500 per day, depending on the details of the report that is needed and the typical amount paid to external reviewers and other consultants on campus.

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Still have questions?

For additional assistance, contact:

Margaret Weigers Vitullo, PhD
Director, ASA Academic and Professional Affairs
mvitullo@asanet.org

Also see: DRG Site Visits, and DRG Mentors Program,

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