David L Strickland, Jr., MA, MS

  • Adjunct Professor of Sociology
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Education

  • MA, Sociology
    Georgia Southern University (GA)
  • MS, First-Year Studies
    Kennesaw State University (GA) 

About Me

I am retired (early retirement) from the position of Full Professor of Sociology at East Georgia State College where I worked for over 27 years and served as sociology faculty, Director of First-Year Experience, and Director of Institutional Research. In that capacity, I developed and taught sociology courses in face-to-face, hybrid, and asynchronous online venues. Over the past year, I have also served as adjunct faculty of sociology for the University of New Mexico, Richard Bland College of William and Mary, Widener University, and Wilkes Community College.

I hold a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from Georgia Southern University as well as a Master of Science degree in First-Year Studies (terminal degree in the discipline) from Kennesaw State University. I have additional master's level course work in education from Kent State University and Fairleigh Dickenson University as well as doctoral-level training in higher education administration from Georgia Southern University. 

Publications

  • Strickland, D. L. (2018). Effects of class size on selected program outcomes for a first-year seminar. Masters of Science in First-Year Studies. 9. https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/msfys_etd/9
  • Strickland, D.L. & Strickland, C.J. (2018). Community College Success. 1st edition. BVT Publishing, LLC: CA
  • Strickland, D.L. & Strickland, C.J. (2016). College Success:  A Concise Practical Guide (7th Ed.).  BVT Publishing, LLC: CA ISBN: 9781627519311
  • Strickland, D. L. & Strickland, C. J. (2013). My sociology: The challenge of transforming classroom culture from a focus on grades to a focus on learning, The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology: Vol. 5: Iss. 2, Article 4.  Available at: http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/jpps/vol5/iss2/4

Awards

  • 2018-19 University System of Georgia Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Research Fellow 
  • 2015 Distinguished Faculty of the Year, East Georgia State College, Social Science.
  • 2013 Research Fellow, Teaching & Learning Center, East GA State College, Swainsboro, GA
  • Fellow, University System of Georgia Faculty Development Institute (FDI) 1998-99