Eric Swank
Associate Professor of Social Work
2011 Pathways to Political Activism among Americans who have Same-Sex Sexual Contact. Sexuality Research and Social Policy 8 (2): 126-138 (with Breanne Fahs).text
2011 The Political Activities of Undergraduate Social Work Students. in Journal of Social Work Education.
2011 Resources, Social Networks, and Framing Practices of College Students who Join the Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement. in Journal of Homosexuality (with Breanne Fahs)
2011 Social Identities as Predictors of Women’s Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Activity. in Archives of Sexual Behavior (with Breanne Fahs).
2011 Traditional Gender Roles in Appalachia? in Journal of Appalachian Studies (with Breanne Fahs and Holly Haywood).
2011 Students for Peace: Contextual and Framing Motivations of Antiwar Activism. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 38 (2): 111-137 (with Breanne Fahs). text
2010 Union Professors: Framing Processes, Mobilizing Structures, and Participation in Faculty Unions. Sociological Inquiry 80 (3): 331-353 (with with Gregory Goldey, Constance Hardesty, and Randall Swain).text
2010 Attitudes Toward Gays and Lesbians Among Undergraduate Social Work Students. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work 25 (1): 19-29 (with Lisa Raiz).
2010 Predicting the Support of Civil Unions and Same-Sex Marriages among Social Work Students. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services 22 (1): 149-164 (with Lisa Raiz).).text
2008 The Determinants of Union Attitudes among Community College Professors. Journal of Collective Negotiations 32 (4): 261-278 (with Gregory Goldey, Constance Hardesty, and Randall Swain).
2008 Attitudes toward Lesbians of Practicing Social Workers and Social Work Students. The Journal of Baccalaurete Social Work 13 (2): 55-69 (with Lisa Raiz).
2008 Comfort with Gays and Lesbians after a Class Discussion on Homophobia. American Journal of Sexuality Education 3 (3): 255-276 (with Lisa Raiz, Cindy Faulkner, Sam Faulkner and Latonya Hesterberg).
2008 Rape Myths Among Appalachia College Students. Violence and Victims 23 (3): 373-389 (with Holly Haywood*).text
2007 Explaining Comfort With Homosexuals Among Social Work Students. Journal of Social Work Education 43 (2): 257-279 (with Lisa Raiz).text
2006 Comfort with Homosexuality in Rural America. Journal of Homosexuality 51 (2): 39-56. (with Vickie Eldridge* and Lisa Mack*). text
2005 Welfare Spending Preferences through Race, Class and Gender Lenses. Journal of Poverty 9 (4):49-72
2004 Welfare Spending Preferences among Social Work Students: Analyzing the Importance of Class, Race and Gender Beliefs. Arete 28 (1): 1-20.
2004 Test Cheating in a Rural College: Studying the Importance of Individual and Situational Factors. College Student Journal 38 (3): 380-95. (with Erin Robinson*, Rita Amburgey* and Cynthia Faulkner).text
2003 The Acceptance of a Multicultural Curriculum among Appalachian College Students. Research in Higher Education 44 (1): 99-120. (with Hideko Asada* and Gregg Goldey).
2002 Student Acceptance of a Multicultural Education: Exploring the Role of Social Work Major, Demographics, and Symbolic Racism. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work 10 (2): 85-105. (with Hideko Asada* and John Lott).
2002 Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class in Social Service and Social Welfare Contexts. Race, Gender and Class 9 (1) 4-9. (with Keith Kilty).
2000 Who Do You Trust? Determining the Credibilities of Newspapers that Cover Protest Mobilizations. Research in Social Movements, Conflict, and Change 22:27-54.text
1999 Some Methodological Concerns when Studying Organizing Events. Journal of Community Practice 6: 49-71 (with John Clapp).
1998 Bill Clinton, Big Business and Welfare Reform: The Class and Political Loyalties of Clinton's Domestic Advisors. Journal of Poverty 2: 1-25
1997 The Social Backgrounds of Gulf War Protesters. Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict 11: 21-29.
1997 Institutional Racism and Media Representations. Sociological Imagination 34: 105-128 (with Keith Kilty).
1997 The Ebbs and Flows of Gulf War Protests. Journal of Political and Military Sociology 25: 211-231.
1994 Shall We Overcome? The Sense of Power Among Gulf War Protestors. Critical Sociology 20: 31-51.
Book Chapter
2006 Welfare Policies and the Power of Protest. In The Consequences of Welfare Reform, (eds Keith Kilty and Elizabeth Segal), pp 287-300, Haworth Press: Binghampton, New York.
*= Former undergraduate student