Education University of Wisconsin, B.A. Political Science Northern Illinois University, M.A. Sociology Rutgers, ABD. Sociology UCLA, MFA, Film Production Teaching Northern Illinois University Department of Sociology Rutgers University Department of Sociology UCLA Department of Theater, Film and Television UCLA Extension Writer’s Program Academic papers and publications "From Newton to Einstein: A Re-examination of the Structure of Modern Scientific Theory," Heuristics "Rebellion, Revolution and Class Structure: A Study of the African Coup d'Etat," Heuristics "Population Movements and the Origins of War," delivered at the annual Midwest Sociological Society meeting "Dropping out as a Societal Phenomenon," a nation wide statistical study of high school dropouts prepared for the US Department of Education as part of a project funded through the School of Education, Rutgers "Prolegomenon to any Future Analysis of Crime" delivered at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Sociological Association "The Social Origins of the Juvenile Court," delivered at the annual Midwest Sociological Society meeting "Class Structure, Legal Change and the Demand for Urban Discipline: The Origins of the Modern Police Force," delivered at the annual Midwest Sociological Society  meeting "Capitalism as Interloper: Some Themes in the Social Origins of Capitalist Ideology," delivered at the annual Wisconsin Sociological Association meeting "The Social Origins of the Sociology of Knowledge," delivered at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society "Popular Culture and the Intellectual Fragmentation of the American University," delivered at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Sociological Association “The History of Hollywood Storytelling from the Advent of Sound to the Rise of the Conglomerates”