Chair, Department of Applied Studies
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Title: |
Department Chair Associate Professor of Sociology |
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Education: |
B.A., Bible, Abilene Christian College, 1973 M.A., Sociology, Memphis State University, 1993 Ph.D., Sociology, Texas A&M University, 2000 |
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Employment: |
1998-Present |
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Experience: |
Dr. Gotcher has preached for churches in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Illinois. He has served as police chaplain for police departments in Illinois and Texas. Before moving to ACU, he taught sociology and criminal justice at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky. |
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Achievements: |
Analysis of Texas Health Assessment Survey, with Allan Mooney. Research done for the United Way of Abilene and the Texas Department of Health, November, 2003. Forthcoming in Social Science Research, “The Effect of Climate on Migration: United States 1995 – 2000,” with Dudley L. Poston and Yuan Gu, August, 2003. “First Report, The Effects of Disaster on Social Indicators: An Analysis,” with Allan Mooney. Research done for the State Crisis Consortium and the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. April, 2003. "Summary Report: Our Community-What Matters A Survey By The United Way," a data analysis project for the United Way of Abilene, with Lisa Lana, May, 2003. "The Effects of Disaster on Social Indicators: An Analysis," a data collection and analysis project for the Texas MHMR and the State Crisis Consortium, with Allan Mooney, April, 2003. Presented "Structural Issues in American Society Effecting Child Poverty," at the Fifth Internation Conference on the Child, in Montreal, Canada, May, 2002 "Analyzing Economic Attainment Patterns of Foreigh Born Latin American Male Immigrants to the United States: An Example Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling," in Migration Themes, Volume 17, Number 3, September 2001. Presented dissertation results at the Internation |
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Professional |
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) |
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Chruch: |
University Church of Christ |
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Personal: |
Married to Joy Annette |
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