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Patricia Campion Ph.D.

Title:Associate Professor of Sociology
Department:Social Sciences
Phone 1:(352) 588-8352
Email: patricia.campion@saintleo.edu
Mail Code: 2127
Discipline: Sociology
Office Location: Saint Edward Hall, Room 322A
Office Hours: Vary by semester, please email
About
Before joining Saint Leo University in 2009, Dr. Campion worked as a consultant in California with her company Pathways & Insights Associates, and was Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tennessee Technological University.
Master/Standard Syllabi Contact
Anthropology
Sociology
Social Sciences
Courses Taught
Introduction to Sociology
Research Methods for the Social Sciences
Sociological Theory
Social Change
Medical Sociology
Senior Seminar in Sociology
Education
Diploma in Agricultural Engineering, Institut Polytechnique LaSalle-Beauvais (France)

Specialization Certificate in Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Universite Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)

MA in Sociology, Louisiana State University

PhD in Sociology, minor in Geography, Louisiana State University
Research Interests
Nongovernmental Organizations, immigration, Latin America, world-systems theory
Publications
Campion, Patricia. 2009. “Towards the Internationalization of Religious Capital?” Pp. 365-82 in Sociology in a Changing World: Challenges and Perspectives, edited by Gregory Katsas. Athens, Greece: ATINER.

Campion, Patricia. 2006. “Difficult Path to Democracy: The Political Differentiation of NGOs in Rural Mexico.” Delaware Review of Latin American Studies 7(1). (http://www.udel.edu/LAS/Vol7-1Campion.html)

Prestley, Carol, Margaret Ngwira, Dina El Halaby, Maurice Long, Augustin Gaschignard, Emilija Banionyte, and Patricia Campion. 2006. “Gaining and Sustaining Access to Science Findings.” Pp. 173-181 in Past, Present and Future of Research in the Information Society, edited by Wesley Shrum, Keith R. Benson, Wiebe E. Bijker, and Klaus Brunnstein. New York: Springer.

Campion, Patricia, and Wesley Shrum. 2004. “Gender and Science in Development: Women Scientists in Ghana, Kenya, and India.” Science, Technology and Human Values 29(4):459-85.

Campion, Patricia. 2003. “One Under God? A Baptist Mission Ministering to Latino Immigrants in Southern Louisiana.” Sociological Spectrum 23(2):279-301.

Campion, Patricia, and Wesley Shrum. 2002. “Environmental Attitudes of Scientists in Ghana, Kenya and Kerala: Evidence on NGOs and Traditional Research Sectors.” Journal of Asian and African Studies 37(1):17-42.

Shrum, Wesley, and Patricia Campion. 2000. “Are Scientists in Developing Countries Isolated?” Science, Technology and Society 5:1-34.
Achievements
Jacob Javits fellow (1998-2002)
Memberships/Organizations
American Sociological Association, Southern Sociological Society
Community Service Activities
Advisor to the Saint Leo SOC Club

Member of the Saint Leo Institutional Review Board

Member of the editorial board of Empiricus: The Sunshine Journal for Collaborative Undergraduate Research
Hobbies & Interests
Swimming, reading, traveling, cooking