Nicholas Recker

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Nicholas Recker

Chair and Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Bio

I earned my Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 2009. My teaching focuses on Methodology, Urban Sociology, Industry, Work, and Occupations, and Introduction to Sociology. My research interests tend to focus on social capital, the creative class, community development, health, and crime.

Degree

PhD in Sociology

Iowa State University

MS in Sociology

Iowa State University

BA in Political Science

Iowa State University

Published Works

  • Recker, L. N., Moore, D. M., Anastasia, J. D., . . Good Amenities Gone Bad: Natural Amenities and Crime in Urban U.S. Counties. .
  • Czarnecki, O., Anastasia, J. D., Gleisberg, I. A., Recker, L. N. . Legal Socialization and the Feminist Perspective: The interaction of experience and positionality in institutional legitimacy outcomes. .
  • Heirigs , M., Moore, M., Recker, L. N. (2017). Suicide and the Creative Class: A Cross-National Examination. Deviant Behavior/Taylor and Francis Group, 38(8), 917-927. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2016.1206732.
  • Moore, M., Recker, L. N. (2017). Social Capital Groups and Crime in Urban Counties. Deviant Behavior/Taylor and Francis Group, 38(6), 655-667. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2016.1197609.
  • Moore, D. M., Recker, L. N. (2016). Social Capital, Type of Crime, and Social Control. Crime and Delinquency/Sage, 62(6), 728-747. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128713510082.
  • Moore, M., Recker, L. N. (2016, May). Cultural Forms of Social Capital: Liberal and Conservative Differences in the Presence of Social Capital. Economic and Social Development (Book of Proceedings), 14th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development/Varazdin Development and Entrepreneurship Agency & University North & John Naisbitt University.
  • Recker, L. N., Moore, M. (2016, May). The Creative Class and Business Environment: A Cross-National Study. Economic and Social Development (Book of Proceedings), 14th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development/Varazdin Development and Entrepreneurship Agency & University North & John Naisbitt University.
  • Recker, L. N., Moore, M. (2016). Durkheim, Social Capital, and Suicide Rates Across U.S. Counties. Health Sociology Review/Taylor & Francis Group, 25(1), 78 -91. https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2015.1101703.
  • Moore, D. M., Recker, L. N. (2015). Social Capital and the Number of Governments within a County: A Potential Problem with Social Capital. Local Government Studies/Taylor & Francis Group, 41(6), 881-897. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/03003930.2015.1050092.
  • Crowe, J., Ceresola, R., Silva, T., Recker, L. N. (2015). Rural Economic Development Under Devolution: A Test of Local Strategies.. Community Development/Taylor & Francis Group, 46(5), 461-478. https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2015.1080741.
  • Moore, D. M., Recker, L. N., Heirigs, M. (2014). Suicide and the Creative Class. Social Indicators Research/Springer , 119(3), 1613-1626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-013-0566-6.
  • Recker, L. N. (2013). Bonds, Bridges and Quality of Life in Small Towns. Applied Research in Quality of Life / Springer Publishing , 8(1), 63-75. http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/well-being/journal/11482.
  • Besser, L. T., Recker, L. N., Parker, M. (2009). The Impact of Recruiting Employers, Growing Local Businesses, and Developing Amenities on the Social and Economic Welfare of Small Towns.. Economic Development Quarterly, 23(4), 306-316. .
  • Besser, L. T., Recker, L. N., Agnitsch, K. (2008). The Impact of Economic Shocks on Quality of Life and Social Capital in Small Towns.”. Rural Sociology, 73(4), 580-604. .

Research Interests

My reseach tends to focus on:
community development,
social capital,
the creative class,
economic sociology,
health,
& crime.