Ronald Althouse

Ronald Althouse is a professor of sociology, Chairperson of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Director of the Survey Research Center at West Virginia University. He received the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in sociology from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Althouse's research interests and publications have focused on workers' health, health care delivery, and health systems. As Director of West Virginia University's Survey Research Center, Dr. Althouse has consulted on issues as diverse as the well-being of West Virginia's children or citizen's expression of environmental risk. He has contributed to the literature on athletic participation, and is committed to efforts focused on social justice in sports. He co-edited Racism in College Athletics: The African-American Experience (1993; Fitness Information Technology, Inc.) with Dana Brooks. In his leisure time he enjoys bicycling, is an avid science fiction reader, and enjoys jazz.

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