Expertise

Professor Powell's research focuses on family, education, gender, and sexuality.

He is especially interested in several increasingly visible groups of "atypical" family forms: families with older parents, bi/multiracial families, adoptive families, and gay/lesbian families.


Research Interests

  • sociology of family; sociology of education; gender; social psychology

Research Interests:

  • sociology of family; sociology of education; gender; social psychology
Communities
Gender Studies, Sociology
Degrees
PhD, Emory University, Sociology, 1984
MA, Emory University, Sociology, 1980
BA, Hobart College, Sociology, 1976
Keywords
family social psychology sociology medical sociology sociology of sex and gender sociology education