Odis E. Simmons, PhD

Education
PhD, Sociology, University of California, San Francisco
MA, Sociology, University of California, San Francisco
1 year of graduate studies in Social Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno
BA, Sociology, Sonoma State University
AA, Social Science, College of Marin

Academic Expertise and Areas of Interest

• Grounded Theory Methodology
• Grounded Action
• Action Research
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Research Design
• Program Development
• Integrating Scholarship and Practice
• Professional/Client Relationships
• Sociological & Social Psychological Theory
• Social Problems
• Non-Normative Behavior
• Counseling/Therapy
• Anger Management
• Alcoholism

Professional Experience

• Director of Research and Development, Self-Care Program, Yale University School of Medicine
• Associate Professor of Sociology and member of Graduate Faculty in Urban Studies, University of Tulsa
• Therapist Counselor, Catholic Community Services, Tacoma, Washington.
• Creator, Instructor, Anger Management Program, Catholic Community Services, Tacoma, Washington.
• Counseling Intern training and supervision, CCS, Tacoma, Washington.
• Creator, Instructor, parenting classes for homeless and low income people, CCS, Tacoma, Washington.
• Director, and Faculty member Katharyn Cornell School of Alcohol and Other Drugs Studies, University of Tulsa/Tulsa Council on Alcoholism.
• Student Advisor, University of Tulsa, 1976-1979.
• Consultant to Tulsa Alcohol Countermeasures Community Project
• Curriculum designer, Instructor, Tulsa Council on Alcoholism DWI School.
• Consultant to Academy Central School, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Numerous other professional consulting jobs (research design, grounded theory methodology, alcoholism, anger management, counseling/therapy, pre- publication book and article reviewing and editing, guest lectures, media appearances).

Selected Memberships and Affiliations

• American Association of University Professors
• Grounded Theory Institute
• Grounded Action Institute

Selected Publications

• "Becoming 'Alcoholic:' A Study of Social Transformation," in Barney G. Glaser (ed.) Gerund Grounded Theory, Sociology Press, 1996
• "Using Grounded Theory in the Managing Diversity Context," Proceedings of the 1995 Global Conference on Managing Diversity, American Institute for Managing Diversity. Also published in Barney G. Glaser (ed.), Grounded Theory 1984 -1994, Sociology Press, 1995.
• Illegitimate Uses of the 'Grounded Theory' Title," in Barney G. Glaser (ed.) Grounded Theory 1984 - 1994, Sociology Press, 1995.
• "The Study of Basic Social Processes" (with Barney G. Glaser and Stuart C. Hadden) in Robert B. Smith and Peter K. Manning (eds.), The Handbook of Social Science Methods, Irvington Publishers, 1979. Also in Barney G. Glaser (ed.), More Grounded Theory Methodology: A Reader, Sociology Press, 1994.
• "Grounded Therapy," in Barney G. Glaser (ed.), More Grounded Theory Methodology: A Reader, Sociology Press, 1994.
• "The Milkman and His Customer: A Cultivated Relationship," Urban Life and Culture, July 1972. Also in John Lofland (ed.), Social Strategies: Interaction in Everyday Life, Sage Publications, 1978. Also in Barney G. Glaser (ed.), Examples of Grounded Theory: A Reader, Sociology Press, 1993.
• Review of Murray Milner Jr., Unequal Care: A case Study of Interorganizational Relations in Health Care, in Health Services Research, Winter 1981.
• Review of Salme Ahlstrom-Laakso, Drinking Habits Among Alcoholics, in Contemporary Sociology, January, 1977.
• "Some Secondary Deviance Aspects of the Alcoholic Career," Free Inquiry, November, 1977.

Selected Presentations

• "Grounded Action Research: Achieving Optimal and Sustainable Change," Action Research Symposium, The Fielding Graduate University, 2001 (with Toni A. Gregory).
• "An Application of the Grounded Theory Method in the Development of Client- Directed Self-Care Programs," American Public Health Association meeting, 1980.
• "The Evolvement of Dog/Milkman Relationships," Southern Sociological Association meeting, 1979.
• "Neighboring: A Study of Relationship Formation and Fragmentation," Pacific Sociological Association meeting, 1978 (with Stuart C. Hadden).
• "Qualitative Sociology: What is it?" Oklahoma Sociological Association meeting, 1977.
• Chairperson, Commentator, "The Sociology of Sociology," Southwestern Sociological Association meeting, 1977.
• Chairperson, Commentator, "Criminology," Southwestern Sociological Association Meeting, 1977.
• "On Doing Sociology (methodologies)," Oklahoma Sociological Association meeting, 1974.
• "Subjectivity in Social Research: A Report of a Panel Study of Pre-Test Sensitization," Pacific Sociological Association meeting, 1970.
• Numerous presentations in professional non-academic settings.

Grants and Awards

• University of California Regents Fellowship University of California, San Francisco (awarded twice, for academic achievement).
• Public Health Service Fellowship (two year award), Social Research Group, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.
• Public Health Service Traineeship, University of Nevada, Reno.