Joel C. Snell

JOEL CHARLES SNELL

Prof. Snell has been a consultant, writer, teacher and now Emeritus from Kirkwood College.

He is one of the most published academics in the junior and community college level. He was born in Omaha Nebraska, July 15, 1943. Snell has a Masters from the University of Nebraska Omaha. He is married and they have two grown sons. His early experience was research assistant, social analysts, technical writer, manuscript reviewer, editor and professor. Snell has hundreds of publications and is listed in the Who's Who including (Marquis). He was a member in the Arlington Institute (a Washington DC "think tank"). John Petersen is the president of the Arlington Institute, premiere futurist and former advisor to V.P. Al Gore. Original Members include: David Gergen, U.S. News, Morton Kondrake, New Republic, T. George Harris, Psychology Today,Neil Creighton, Chicago Tribune, Paul Bracken, Yale University, Eliot Cohen, John Hopkins University, (late) William Colby, Director of the CIA Admiral E. R. Zumwalt, Chief of the U.S. Navy, Marvin Konis, University of Chicago. He was invited to the Oxford Round Table but did not attend. Iowa Governor's Award / Recognition by the Iowa House of Represenatives. He is the editor of www.socialvibes.net with over 24,000 entries. His new website www.56thst.com will be apolitical.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology - Omaha University/ Omicron Delta Kappa Sr. Men's Honorary 1966
Masters of Arts in Sociology - University of Nebraska Omaha 1970
Masters Equivalent - South Dakota State University 1976

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant and Interviewer
Research Interviewer, Transcentury Corporation
Research Assistant, Department of Labor
Research Assistant, Nebraska Psychiatric Institute

Teaching and Counseling Experience
Teaching Assistant in Sociology, Omaha University
Head of Career Information Center, Dana College
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Dana College
Professor (Associate and Full) of Sociology, Kirkwood College
Vocational Counselor, United States Department of Labor
Head of Faculty Forums, Kirkwood Community College

Manuscript Reviewer
Editorial Board
Education (oldest education journal in United States)

Book and Manuscript Reviewer
Psychology and Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal and Education)

Book Reviewer
The annals of American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
Lutheran Quarterly/Book Review Digest
Sociology: Reviews of New Books
Race, Gender and Class
Cambridge Press(PENDING) Psychology & Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal/NEA Journal of Higher Education
Southeastern Political Review
Psychology: Journal of Human Behavior/Harvard University Press

PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC WRITER
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
University of Nebraska-Omaha Criminal Justice Department
Brock Martin

Technical Writer
Sociologist for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Criminal Justice Department
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Vice President of Dell Research

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Social Problems
  • Concepts in Social Sciences
  • General Sociology
  • Sociological Theory & Methods
  • World Populations
  • Modern American Community
  • Readings in Sociology
  • Medical Sociology
  • Criminology
  • Deviant Behavior–Social Psychology
  • Social Demography
  • Minority Relations
  • Family in Transition
  • Liberal Arts Orientation
  • Sociology of Leisure
  • GSS Sociology (Medical)
  • Urban Sociology
  • Political Sociology
  • Social Gerontology
  • Seminar in Sociology
  • Sociology of Aging
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Introduction to Sociology (Quantitative)
  • Sociology (Medical for Allied Health Sciences)
  • The Nation's Health – Introduction to Sociology (Medical)
  • Open Learning Lab Sociology – Revised to Guided Self Study Sociology
  • PUBLICATIONS

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    The American Sociologist Harper's Magazine
    The Futurist Journal of Criminal Justice
    Future Edition Foreign Psychology
    Looksmart Quality Network News
    College Student Journal Diversity Research
    Wall Street Journal Future Probe
    Sociological Abstracts Peace Research
    College Student Survey Urban Education
    Lutheran Quarterly Grain of Sand
    Omaha World Herald Las Vegas Sun
    National Observer Kirkwood Faculty Forum
    Endless Summer Quarterly The Omaha Metro
    Cedar Rapids Gazette Psychology Today
    Iliff Review Book Review Digest
    UU. Good News M. Love Newsletter
    Des Moines Register Legal Assistant Today
    Community College Week The Linn Newsletter
    Southeast Political Review Good Day Sunshine
    UNO Alum Healthbeat Magazine
    The Bangkok Post California Saga
    Focus Sioux City Journal
    NEA Advocate Ohio University Online
    Slashdot Digital
    Gazette Online Perception of Motor Skills
    International Journal of Management Iowa City Press Citizen
    The Christian Sociology: Reviews of New Books
    Chronicle of Higher Education NEA Higher Education Journal
    Unitarian-Universalist World Midwest Sociological Convention
    Popular Culture Association Directory of Mimeograph Publications
    American Society of Criminology Journal of Instructional Psychology
    Midwest Criminal Justice AssociationThe DailyMail
    Journal of Instructional PsychologyUNO Alum
    Southern Journal of Educational Research
    American Institute of Decisional Sciences
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
    Directory of Teaching Innovations in Sociology
    Nebraska Sociology and Psychology Symposium
    American Academy of Criminal Justice Science
    The Journal of Paralegal Education and Practice
    Community College Social Science Convention
    American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
    Midwest Decision Science Institute and Conference
    Directory of Mimeographic Publications
    Journal of Paralegal Practice and Education
    Open Access Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine
    Journal of Clinical & Community Medicine
    Open Learning Lab Sociology – Revised to Guided Self Study Sociology

    Individual Publications

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    1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
    1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
    1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
    2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
    2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
    2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

    CITATIONS

    dailymail.com questia.com
    dailydot.com paleofuture.gizmotos.com
    rt.com theweek.com
    independent.co.uk washingtonpost.com
    americanbiz.online express.co.uk
    metro.co.uk newsvader.com
    gosspetra.com slashdot.com
    ghanstar.com muckrack.com

    BOOKS

    Snell & Wakefield, EVERYDAY SOCIOLOGY, Simon & Schuster
    Snell, CONVERGENCE THEORY: CONFLICT ORGANICISM, Brock–Martin
    Snell, TOP 40, Brock-Martin
    Snell, SELLING WATER BY THE RIVER, Brock-Martin
    Snell, PROFILES: MEN OF SOCIOLOGY, Dell Publishers
    Snell, SUMMER OF LOVE, Brock-Martin
    Snell, BICYCLE RIDER, Brock-Martin
    Snell, SMALL TALK, Brock-Martin
    Snell & Dean FUTURE ALTERNATIVES, Brock-Martin
    Snell, Kowalski & Cangemi, ESSAY ON CHAOS THEORY, McGraw Hill
    Snell, GRIDLOCK ECONOMY, Brock-Martin
    Snell, DIVIDED NATION, Brock-Martin
    Snell, POLITICOS, Brock-Martin
    Snell, THE GANG OF ROSEHILL SCHOOL, Brock-Martin
    Snell, NORMAL NEUROSIS: 50 YEARS LATER, Brock-Martin
    Snell, GRIDLOCK DEMOCRACY, Brock-Martin
    Snell, FREE ASSOCIATION, Brock-Martin
    Snell, NEIGHBORHOODS, Brock-Martin
    Snell, LOOKING BACK, Brock-Martin
    Snell, CITY LINES, Brock-Martin

    RESEARCH INTERESTS

    Artificial Intelligence, Chaos Theory, Undergraduate and Graduate Education, Teaching Strategies, Anomia, Alienation, Number Theory, Meta-Analytic Homogeneity, Meta-Cognitive Analysis, Colorism, Deconstructionism, Meta-Modernism, Social Indicators, Social Ecology, Future Analysis, Globalism, Convergence of Sociology and Psychology, Paired Community Analysis, Online Education, Social Neuroscience, Transexualism

    GRANTS

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nebraska Dept. of Labor, Iowa Dept. of Labor, Criminal Justice Department, University of Nebraska-Omaha

    INSTRUMENTATION

    Snell-Green Professor Index, Snell Educator Effective Index, Merton’s Paradigm and UCR, Snell-Medical Rank, Merton’s Paradigm and the DSM, Meta-cognitive Analysis, Snell-Allen Sex Role Index, Life Cycle Loneliness Curve

    HONORS

    National Honor Society, Omicron Delta Kappa Sr. Men’s Honorary, Who’s Who Fellow (Marquius), Fellow Arlington Institute Washington DC think tank, Dana Spirit Award: All time top teacher(5 chosen) since Dana began, LinkedIn

    COMMUNITY SERVICE

    Read books for the Iowa Commission for the Blind for ten years. Help raise two foster sons from Asia. Sponsored one youngster on a work related situation. Counseled students pro bono Dana College and Kirkwood College.

    ONLINE

    www.socialvibes.net

    www.56thst.com
    LINKEDIN
    ZOOMINFO
    Email: joelsnell@hotmail.com