A. Javier Trevino

Chair, Professor of Sociology

Office: Knapton 303
Office Hours: MWF 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Phone: (508) 286-3656
Fax: (508) 286-3640
Email: jtrevino@wheatonma.edu

Degrees

Ph.D., Boston College
M.A., Northern Arizona University
B.A., University of North Texas

Main Interests

Social Theory; Sociology of Law; Deviance and Social Control; Criminology; Fieldwork Research.

Research Interests

I'm currently writing a book on the emotional self in risk relationships.

Teaching Interests

I teach courses in Sociological Theory, Sociology of Law, Criminology, Deviance and Social Control, Latino Communities.

Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances

BOOKS:

Talcott Parsons on Law and the Legal System (editor). Newcastle, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2008).
Classic Writings in Law and Society: Contemporary Comments and Criticisms (editor). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers (2007).
George C. Homans: History, Theory, and Method (editor). Foreword by Charles Tilly. Boulder, Col: Paradigm Publishers (2006).
Understanding Crime: A Multidisciplinary Approach (edited with Susan Guarino-Ghezzi). Foreword by Albert K. Cohen. Cincinnati, Ohio: Anderson Publishing/Lexis Nexis (2005).
Goffman's Legacy (editor). Foreword by Charles Lemert. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield (2003).
Talcott Parsons Today: His Theory and Legacy in Contemporary Sociology (editor). Foreword by Neil J. Smelser. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield (2001).
The Sociology of Law: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives. New York: St. Martin's Press (1996). Reprint edition with a New Introduction. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers (2008).
The Sociology of Law: A Bibliography of Theoretical Literature. Rochester, Vt: Schenkman Books, Inc. (1994). Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, Second edition (1998), Third edition (2003), Fourth edition (2008).

ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, REVIEW ESSAYS, ETC.

"What's So Critical About Critical Race Theory? (with Michelle A. Harris and Derron Wallace) in Contemporary Justice Review Vol. 11, No. 1, Pp. 7-10 (2008).

"Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.," "C. Wright Mills," "Talcott Parsons," "Roscoe Pound," "Nicholas S. Timasheff," in Encyclopedia of Law and Society: American and Global Perspectives edited by David S. Clark. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications (2007).

"Introduction: The Sentiments and Activities of George C. Homans," Pp. 1-42 in George C. Homans: History, Theory, and Method edited by A. Javier Trevino. Boulder, Col.: Paradigm Publishers (2006).

"Functional imperatives/prerequisites (AGIL)," Pp. 293-295 in International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology edited by Jens Beckert and Milan Zafirovski. London: Routledge (2006).

"Introduction," Pp. xxi-xxxiii in General Theory of Law and State by Hans Kelsen New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers (2005).

"Parsons's Action-System Requisite Model and Weber's Elective Affinity: A Convergence of Convenience," in Journal of Classical Sociology Vol. 5, No. 3, Pp. 319-348, 2005.

"Sociological Perspectives on Crime" Pp. 23-54 in Understanding Crime: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Cincinnati, Ohio: LexisNexis/Anderson Publishing, 2005.

"Introduction: A Multidisciplined Approach to Crime" (with Susan-Guarino-Ghezzi), Pp. 1-21 in Understanding Crime: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Cincinnati, Ohio: LexisNexis/Anderson Publishing, 2005.

"Cesare Beccaria," Pp. 97-98; "Jeremy Bentham," Pp. 100-102; "Prohibition," 1315-1318 in Encyclopedia of Criminology edited by Richard A. Wright and J. Mitchell Miller. New York: Routledge, 2005.

"The Influence of C. Wright Mills on Students for a Democratic Society," Pp. 95-115; "The Hispanic Writings of C. Wright Mills," Pp. 185-218 in C. Wright Mills: Three Volumes edited by Stanley Aronowitz. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications (2004).

"Remembering George Washington on the Rio Grande," Pp. 35-47 in Storytelling Sociology: Narrative as Social Inquiry edited by Ronald J. Berger and Richard Quinney. Boulder, Col.: Lynne Rienner Publishers (2005).

"Introduction: Erving Goffman and the Interaction Order" Pp. 1-49 in Goffman's Legacy edited by A. Javier Trevino. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield (2003).

"Sociological Theory at the Crossroads" in Contemporary Sociology Vol. 32, No. 3, Pp. 282-288, May 2003.

"Introduction" Pp. ix-xxxix in An Introduction to the Sociology of Law by Nicholas S. Timasheff. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers (2001).

"The Sociology of Law in Global Perspective" in The American Sociologist Vol. 32. No. 2, Pp. 5-9, Summer 2001.

"Introduction: The Theory and Legacy of Talcott Parsons," Pp. xv-lviii in Talcott Parsons Today: His Theory and Legacy in Contemporary Sociology edited by A. Javier Trevino. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield (2001).

"Introduction," Pp. ix-xxi, in The Social Reality of Crime by Richard Quinney. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers (2001).

"Truth and Environmental Justice in the Woburn Toxic Waste Case," in Contemporary Justice Review Vol. 3, Issue 3, Pp. 335-343 (2000).

"On Durkheim's Religion and Simmel's Religiosity," reprinted in The Living Legacy of Marx, Durkheim & Weber: Applications and Analyses of Classical Sociological Theory by Modern Social Scientists Vol. II, Pp. 471-485. Edited by Richard Altschuler. New York: Gordian Knot Books (2000).

"Sharing Democracy's Community," in Society Vol. 37, No. 5, Pp. 78-84 (2000).

"Criminal Justice Contra Racial Justice," in Contemporary Justice Review Vol. 2, Issue 3, Pp. 327-347 (1999).

"Baseball, Nationalism, and the Two Laredos," in Qualitative Sociology Vol. 22, No. 3, Pp. 269-274 (1999).

"Images of Justice in Nineteenth Century Anglo-American Literature: An Archetypal Analysis of Two Great Books," in Contemporary Justice Review Vol. 1, Nos. 2-3, Pp. 277-295 (1998).

"The Influence of C. Wright Mills on Students for a Democratic Society: An Interview with Bob Ross," (with Robert J.S. Ross) in Humanity and Society Vol. 22, No. 3, Pp. 260-277 (1998).

"Toward a General Theoretical-Methodological Framework for the Sociology of Law: Another Look at the Eastern European Pioneers," in Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance Vol. 1., Pp. 155-202. Jeffery T. Ulmer (ed.). Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press. (1998)

"Nine Law and Society / Sociology of Law Textbooks and Readers for the 1990s: A Comparative Review," in Teaching Sociology Vol. 26, No. 4, Pp. 354-380, (1998).

"On Durkheim's Religion and Simmel's Religiosity," in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Vol. 37, No. 1, Pp. 191-196 (1998).

"Teaching College Students in Postmodern Society, or Whatever? " in SSSP Newsletter Vol. 29, No.1, Pp. 30-33 (1998).

"The Hispanic Writings of C. Wright Mills: A Study in Social Psychology," in The American Sociologist Vol. 28, No. 3, Pp. 29-56 (1997).

"Mills, Mass Society, and Media Markets," in Sociological Imagination Vol. 34, Nos. 2-3, Pp. 155-180 (1997).

"Introduction," Pp. vii - xlix, in Social Control Through Law by Roscoe Pound. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers (1997).

"What Happened to the New Sociology?," in Sociological Imagination Vol. 33, Nos. 3-4, Pp. 177-190 (1996).

"The Place of a General Theory of Law in Social Problems Inquiry: A Marxist-Oriented Approach," in Perspectives on Social Problems Vol. 8, Pp. 199-248. James A. Holstein and Gale Miller (eds.). Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press (1996).

"The Politics of Culture: A Reply to Murray Wax," in Sociological Imagination Vol. 32, No. 2, Pp. 126-132 (1995).

"The Influence of Sociology on American Jurisprudence: From Oliver Wendell Holmes to Critical Legal Studies," in Mid-American Review of Sociology Vol. 18, Nos. 1&2, Pp. 23-46 (1994).

"Interviewing Women: Researcher Sensitivity and the Male Interviewer," in Humanity and Society Vol. 16, No. 4, Pp. 504-523 (1992).

"Alcoholics Anonymous as Durkheimian Religion," in Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion Vol. 4, Pp. 183-208. Monty L. Lynn and David O.Moberg (eds.). Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press. (1992).

"Richard Quinney: A Wisconsin Sociologist," in Wisconsin Sociologist Vol. 26, No. 4, Pp. 126-134 (1989).