Division of Sociology and Anthropology
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6326
Morgantown, WV 26506
Email: jason.manning at mail.wvu.edu
Education
2011: Ph.D, Sociology
Unversity of Virginia2005: MA, Sociology
University of Virginia2003: BA, Magna Cum Laude, Sociology
Christopher Newport University
Positions
2011: Assistant Professor, West Virginia University
2006-2011: Instructor, University of Virginia
2003-2007: Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia
Academic Honors and Awards
Bierstedt Award for Best Paper by a Graduate Student (2011)
Awarded for the forthcoming paper "Suicide as Social Control."Charles H & Nancy Evans Fellowship, University of Virginia (2009-11)
Dupont Fellowship, University of Virginia (2005, 2007-10)
Watson Memorial Scholarship, University of Virginia (2006-09)
Governor's Fellowship, University of Virginia (2003-2008)
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Fellowship Award, University of Virginia (2006)
Huskey Travel Fellowship, University of Virginia (2004)
Alpha Kappa Delta, Theta Chapter (2003)
Graduation with Departmental Honors, Department of Sociology, Christopher Newport University (2003)
Faculty Research Award, Department of Sociology, Christopher Newport University (2003)
Awarded for a thesis entitled "Development, Education, and Women's Fertility in Developing Countries."
Primary Interests
Violence; Law, Deviance,and Social Control; Conflict; Theoretical Sociology; Science and Knowledge
Comprehensive Exams
Sociology of Science and Knowledge, Passed with Distinction.
Theoretical Sociology, Passed with Distinction
Current Research
Dr. Manning recently completed a doctoral dissertation entitled "Suicide as Social Control: A Theoretical and Empirical Study." The study applies Donald Black's paradigm of pure sociology and theories of social control to investigate the role of disputes in causing suicide and the conditions under which suicidal behavior will be used to express and handle grievances. In addition to its relevance for the sociology of suicide, this research provides a basis for further work in the study of conflict, violence, and social control.
Publications
"Suicide as Social Control." Forthcoming in Sociological Forum .
"Aggressive Suicide." In progress.
Presentations
"The Sociological Nature of Homicide-Suicide."
To be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (Washington, DC) November 2011
"Suicide as Social Control."
To be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (Las Vegas, NV) August 2011
"Homicide-Suicde in a Southern City."
Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society (Jacksonville, FL) April 2011"Suicide as Fight and as Flight."
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (San Francisco, CA) November 2010"On Aggressive Suicide in Modern Society."
Presented at the annual meetting of the Southern Sociological Society (Atlanta, GA) April 2010"Suicide and Interpersonal Aggression."
Presented at the University of Virginia's Huskey Research Exibition (Charlottesville, VA) April 2010"Five Misconceptions About Suicide."
Invited Presentation at a training session of the Stephen Ministry (Harrisonburg, VA) April 2009."Income Inequality and Private School Enrollments in US Counties."
Presented the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society (Charlotte, NC) April 2005."Evidence, Deconstruction, and Patterns of Support in Science."
Presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society (Charlotte, NC) April 2005."Pastoral Conservatism? Education and the Maasai."
Presented at the 74th annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society (New York, NY) February 2004.
Courses Taught
Professional Service
Session Organizer:
"Gender, Politics,and Power in Global Development."
Annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society (Jacksonville, FL) April 2011Manuscript Reviewer:
Comparative Sociology
Amalgam
Memberships
American Sociological Association
Amerian Society of Criminology
Eastern Sociological Society
Southern Sociological Society
Other Experience
Volunteer with the Maasai-American Organzation in Megwerra, Kenya (July 2003, January 2004).
Resources for Survivors of Suicide
Sociology at the University of Virginia
Sociology and Anthropology at West Virginia University
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