James W Shockey
- Associate Professor, Sociology
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-3889
- SOCIAL SCIENCES, Rm. 400
- TUCSON, AZ 85721-0027
- jshockey@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Sociology
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
- The Utilization of Labor: Composition and Consequences of Underemployment in the United States
- M.A. Statistics
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
- Response Error and Labor Force Measurement: A Latent Structure Approach
- M.A. Sociology
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
- Class, Occupation, and Mobility: A Multiple-Model Approach to the Analysis of Social Mobility Tables
- B.A. Sociology
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
- A.A. Liberal Arts
- Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona South (2010 - 2016)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1998 - 2010)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1990 - Ongoing)
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Social Research Methods
SBS 374 (Fall 2024) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Honors Thesis
SOC 498H (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
SOC 599 (Spring 2024) -
Social Research Methods
SBS 374 (Spring 2024) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Spring 2024) -
Social Statistics
SOC 570B (Spring 2024) -
Teaching Practicum
SOC 596C (Spring 2024) -
Honors Thesis
SOC 498H (Fall 2023) -
Intro to Sociology
SOC 101 (Fall 2023) -
Social Research Methods
SBS 374 (Fall 2023) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Social Research Methods
SBS 374 (Spring 2023) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Spring 2023) -
Social Statistics
SOC 570B (Spring 2023) -
Intro to Sociology
SOC 101 (Fall 2022) -
Social Research Methods
SBS 374 (Fall 2022) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Dissertation
SOC 920 (Spring 2022) -
Intro to Sociology
SOC 101 (Spring 2022) -
Social Research Methods
SBS 374 (Spring 2022) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Spring 2022) -
Intro to Sociology
SOC 101 (Fall 2021) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Intro to Sociology
SOC 101 (Spring 2021) -
Math For Applied Science
BASV 314 (Spring 2021) -
Social Research Methods
SBS 374 (Spring 2021) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Spring 2021) -
Intro to Sociology
SOC 101 (Fall 2020) -
Math For Applied Science
BASV 314 (Fall 2020) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Math For Applied Science
BASV 314 (Summer I 2020) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Spring 2020) -
World Population
SOC 189 (Spring 2020) -
Intro to Sociology
SOC 101 (Fall 2019) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Intro to Sociology
SOC 101 (Spring 2019) -
Social Research Methods
SOC 374 (Spring 2019) -
Quantitative Reasoning in Soc
SOC 375 (Fall 2018) -
Social Statistics I
SOC 570A (Fall 2018)
Scholarly Contributions
Presentations
- Shockey, J. W. (2021, August). The Social Correlates of Mask Wearing as a COVID-19 Mitigation Strategy. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Virtual: American Sociological Association.
- Shockey, J. W. (2018, August). Twitter demographics, user behavior and message content: Creating profiles of Twitter users.. Department of Justice as part of Proteus Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM). Tucson, AZ: U.S. Department of Justice.More infoMy presentation was one segment of a larger presentation to DOJ representatives, including the team working on the Proteus contract with the UA and Ephibian. The presentation included results from a study of 3.8 million tweets, examining the demographics of those sending the tweets, as well as the frequency, day/time pattern, and content of those tweets. The overall intent was to develop a collection of 50 "typical" user profiles of those using Twitter.
- Shockey, J. W. (2016, April). Economic Development and Branch Programming. Annual Meetings, National Association of Branch Campus Administrators. Wilmington, DE: National Association of Branch Campus Administrators.
