Patrick D. Nolan

Link to 2007 Mayhew Memorial Lecture.

I. Personal Information

• Office Address: Sloan 304 Department of Sociology, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
• Office Phone: (803) 777-3123
• E-mail: pnolan @ sc.edu
• Fax: (803) 777-5251

II. Education

• Ph.D. Temple University, Sociology, January, 1978.
• Dissertation: Population Size, the Density of Interaction, and the Relative Size of the Administrative Component of Nations.
  Advisor, Bruce H. Mayhew.
• M.A. Temple University, Sociology, May, 1973.
• B.A. University of Illinois at Chicago, Double Major: Sociology and Philosophy, September, 1971.
  Cum laude with Special Distinction in Sociology.

III. Positions Held

• 1992 - Present      Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
• 1984 - 1992         Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
• 1983 - 1984         Visiting Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
• 1979 - 1983         Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
• 1978 - 1979         Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University at Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Haven, PA.
• 1976 - 1978         Visiting Instructor, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

IV. Courses Taught

Graduate
• Classical Social Scholars, World System Theory, Topics in Social Structures: Theories of Macrostructure, Scientific Methods and Sociological Inquiry, Topics in Social Structures: States and Revolutions in the Modern Era, Topics in Social Theory: Scientific Theories of Social Phenomena -- Problems and Prospects.

Pictured with Sangmoon Kim (2004) and Sangyoub Park (2006) at their Doctoral Hoodings.
Undergraduate:

• Introductory Sociology, Social Structures, Ecology of Human Social Systems, Advanced Social Structures, The Sociology of Science, Sociological Theory, Social Statistics, Research Methods, Social Problems, Formal Organization and Bureaucracy, Social Stratification, American Society.

Professor Nolan, an NDEA Title IV Fellow at Temple University, has been recognized several times by his students as "one who has made a difference." In addition, in November of 2002 he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Alpha Chapter of the Mortar Board (Honors College), and in May 2005 he received the student-nominated Two Thumbs Up Award from Disability Services.

V. Research Grants

• Dudley-Rowley, Marilyn, (PI) and Patrick Nolan, Co-PI, "Deviance Among Team Personnel in Space and Analog Polar Field Environments: The Effects of Size and heterogeneity of Crew and Mission Duration on Behavior and Performance," National Science Foundation $60,000 SES-9729957 October, 1998 to March, 2000.
• Nolan, Patrick PI "Complexity, Structural Resistance to Change and Societal Development: An Empirical Test." National Science Foundation $21,898 1984-86.
• Nolan, Patrick "Complexity and Social Change." EPSCOR National Science Foundation $3,500 1982.

VI. Publications

• Nolan, Patrick and Gerhard Lenski. 2009. Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology Eleventh Edition. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. 410 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick. 2009. Studying Human Societies: A Primer and Guide. Boulder CO: Paradigm Publishers. 178 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick. 2008. "The Best-laid Schemes of Mice and Men" (invited review essay in a Symposium on U.S. Electoral Politics), Contemporary Sociology 37: 396-399.
• Nolan, Patrick, Kyle Irwin, Jennifer Triplet, Shannon McDonough, and Emily Guerrero-Arnold. 2008. “Sex and Suicide: A Cross-National Test of a Convergence Hypothesis." Sociation Today Vol. 6 No. 1.
• Kim, Sangmoon, and Patrick D. Nolan. 2006. “Measuring Social ‘Informatization’: A Factor Analytic Approach,” Sociological Inquiry 76: 188-209.
• Nolan, Patrick. 2006. "Doing Evolutionary Sociology: Strategies & Tactics," Evolution & Sociology Newsletter 3: 8-9.
• Nolan, Patrick and Gerhard Lenski. 2006. Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology Tenth Edition. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. 416 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick. 2006. Studying Human Societies: A Primer and Guide. Boulder CO: Paradigm Publishers. 178 pages.
• Lenski, Gerhard, and Patrick Nolan. 2005. "Trajectories of Development Among Third World Societies," Pp. 187-201 in Gerhard Lenski, Evolutionary Theory: Principles and Applications. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
• Nolan, Patrick. 2004. "Ecological Evolutionary Theory: A Reanalysis and Reassessment of Lenski's Theory for the 21st Century," Sociological Theory 22 (2): 328-337. Special Issue, edited by Bernice McNair Barnett.
• Nolan, Patrick. 2004. Studying Human Societies: A Primer and Guide. Boulder CO: Paradigm Publishers. 174 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick. 2004. Instructor's Manual and Test Bank for Human Societies Ninth Edition.Boulder CO: Paradigm Publishers. 292 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick and Gerhard Lenski. 2004. Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology Ninth Edition . Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. 430 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick. 2003. "Questioning Textbook Truth: Suicide Rates and the Hawthorne Effect" The American Sociologist 34 (3): 102-111.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 2003. "Toward an Ecological-Evolutionary Theory of the Incidence of Warfare in Preindustrial Societies" Sociological Theory 21 (1): 18-30.
• Dudley-Rowley, Marilyn, Stewart Whitney, Sheryl Bishop, Barrett Caldwell, and Patrick D. Nolan. 2001 "Crew Size, Crew Composition, and Time: Implications for Habitat and Workplace Design in Extreme Environments," SAE Technical Paper Series 2001-01-2139 (Global Mobility Database: ISSN 0148-7191).
• Dudley-Rowley, Marilyn, Patrick D. Nolan, Sheryl Bishop, Kristin Farry, and Thomas Gangale. 2001. "Ten Missions, Two Studies: Crew Composition, Time, and Subjective Experience in Mars-Analog Expeditions," in Proceedings of the Third International Convention of the Mars Society (San Diego, CA: Univelt, Inc.).
• Nolan, Patrick and Gerhard Lenski. 1999. Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology Eighth Edition . New York: McGraw-Hill. 479 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick. 1999. Student Study Guide for Human Societies Eighth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 192 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick. 1999. Instructor's Manual and Test Bank for Human Societies Eighth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 298 pages.
• Lenski, Gerhard, Patrick Nolan, and Jean Lenski. 1998. Sociedades Humanas: Introduccion a la Macrosociologia Septima Edicion. Pags.: 552. Spanish translation of Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology Seventh Edition.
• Nolan, Patrick and Gerhard Lenski. 1996. "Technology, Ideology and Societal Development", Sociological Perspectives, 39:23-38.
• Nolan, Patrick. 1995. Student Study Guide for Human Societies Seventh Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 195 pages.
• Lenski, Gerhard, Patrick Nolan and Jean Lenski. 1995. Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology Seventh Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 525 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick. 1995. Instructor's Manual and Test Bank for Human Societies Seventh Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 325 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1992. " A Standardized Cross-National Comparison of Incomes." Sociological Quarterly 33: 599-609.
• Nolan, Patrick, John Skvoretz, and Gladys Zemo. 1991. "Size, Work Volume, and Differentiation: A Study of U.S. Customs Houses." Social Science Quarterly 72: 696-714.
• Lenski, Gerhard, Jean Lenski, and Patrick Nolan. 1991. Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology Sixth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 511 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick. 1991. Instructor's Manual and Test Bank for Human Societies Sixth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 245 pages.
• Nolan, Patrick. 1991. Student Study Guide for Human Societies Sixth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 189 pages.
• Breedlove, William L. and Patrick D. Nolan. 1988. "International Stratification and Inequality 1960-80." International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 25 (Nos. 3-4 July-October): 105-23.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1988. "World System Status, Techno-Economic Heritage, and Fertility." Sociological Focus 21: 9-33.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1987. "World System Status, Income Inequality, and Economic Growth: A Criticism of Recent Criticism." International Journal of Comparative Sociology: XXVIII (Nos. 1-2 January-April): 69-75.
• Gudelunas, William and Patrick D. Nolan. 1987. "Marriage to Non-Catholics: German, Italian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Polish, and English-Speaking Catholics, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1964-79." Sociology and Social Research 71: 95-8.
• Lenski, Gerhard and Patrick D. Nolan. 1986. "Trajectories of Development: A Further Test." Social Forces 64: 794-5.
• Nolan, Patrick D. and Gerhard Lenski. 1985. "Techno-Economic Heritage, Patterns of Development, and the Advantage of Backwardness." Social Forces 64: 341-58.
• Nolan, Patrick D. and Ralph B. White. 1984. "Structural Explanations of Fertility Change: The Demographic Transition, the Economic Status of Women, and the World System." Comparative Social Research 7: 81-109.
• Lenski, Gerhard and Patrick D. Nolan. 1984. "Trajectories of Development: A Test of Ecological-Evolutionary Theory." Social Forces 63: 1-23.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1984. "External Selection and Adaptive Change: Alternative Models of Sociocultural Evolution." Sociological Theory 2: 117-39.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1983. "Status in the World Economy and National Structure and Development: An Examination of Developmentalist and Dependency Theories." International Journal of Comparative Sociology XXIV (Nos. 1-2 January-April): 109-20. Simultaneously appeared in: Lenski, Gerhard (ed.) 1984. Current Issues and Research in Macrosociology. Leiden-Holland: E. J. Brill.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1983. "Status in the World System, Income Inequality and Economic Growth." American Journal of Sociology 89: 410-19.
• Nolan, Patrick D. and Ralph B. White. 1983. "Demographic Differentials in the World System: A Research Note." Social Forces 62: 1-8.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1982. "Stratification in the World System." Current Anthropology 23: 193-194.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1982. "Energy, Information, and Sociocultural Advancement." American Journal of Sociology 87: 942-6.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1981. "A Behavioral Theory of Sociocultural Evolution: An Illusive Answer to the Wrong Question?" American Journal of Sociology 86: 1410-15.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1979. "Area Distance, Contact Technology, and Administrative Intensity in Societies." Social Forces 58: 614-29.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1979. "Role Distance is Suicide: A Cumulative Development in Theory." Sociology and Social Research 64: 99-104.
• Kasarda, John D. and Patrick D. Nolan. 1979. "Ratio Measurement and Theoretical Inference in Social Research." Social Forces 58: 212-27.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1979. "Size and Administrative Intensity in Nations." American Sociological Review 44: 110-25.

VII. Book Reviews

• David Laibman, Deep History: A Study in Social Evolution and Human Potential, (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2007) in Contemporary Sociology (March, 2008) 37: 180-181.
• Stephen K. Sanderson, Social Evolutionism: A Critical History (Cambridge MA: Basil Blackwell, 1990) in Contemporary Sociology (November, 1991) 20: 880-881.
• Johnson, Allen W. and Timothy Earle, The Evolution of Human Societies: From Foraging Group to Agrarian State, (Stanford CA: Stanford University Press, 1987) in Contemporary Sociology (January, 1988) 17: 32-33.
• Andrew C. Janos, Politics and Paradigms: Changing Theories of Change in Social Science (Stanford CA: Stanford University Press, 1986), in Social Science Quarterly (September, 1987) 68: 644.
• Ronald Glassman, Democracy and Despotism in Primitive Societies: A Neo Weberian Approach to Political Theory (Millwood N.Y.: Associated Faculty Press, 1986), in Contemporary Sociology (September, 1987) 16: 664-666.

VIII. Papers Presented and Talks Given

• Nolan, Patrick D. Jennifer Triplett, and Shannon McDonough. 2007. “Sociology’s Suicide: A Forensic Autopsy?” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April, Atlanta, GA.
• Nolan, Patrick D. invited speaker "Phantasmagorical? Reflections on Bruce Mayhew and Structural Sociology," Mayhew Memorial Lecture, University of South Carolina, March 29, 2007.
• Nolan, Patrick D., Wenqian Dai, and John V. Skvoretz. 2006 “Testing Mayhew and Schollaert’s Baseline Models of Salary Concentration-Dispersion in U.S. Customs Houses.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal [K extrapolation for large cases].
• Nolan, Patrick. "Exploring Mayhew and Schollaert's Baseline Models of Inequality." Central South Carolina MENSA, Columbia, SC, September 13, 2005.
• Nolan, Patrick, Kyle Irwin, Jennifer Triplet, Shannon McDonough, and Emily Guerrero-Arnold. 2005. “Sex and Suicide: A Cross-National Test of the Convergence Hypothesis," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, NC.
• Park, Sangyoub and Patrick Nolan. 2005. “Is Korea Still a Collectivist Society? An Empirical Evaluation,” paper presented at The 4th East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Dai, Wenqian and Patrick D. Nolan. 2004. "Baseline Models of Inequality: A Test in U.S. Customs Houses." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA [C Extrapolation for large cases].
• Smith, Shelley A. and Patrick D. Nolan. 2004. "The Interaction of Household Structure and Race/Ethnicity and its Effects on Household Income Inequality." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA.
• Smith, Shelley A. and Patrick D. Nolan. 2003. "Changing Racial and Structural Profiles of Inequality in the U.S." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Alexndria, VA.
• Marilyn Dudley-Rowley, Stewart Whitney, Sheryl Bishop, Barrett Caldwell, Patrick D. Nolan, and Thomas Gangale 2002. "Crew Size, Composition, and Time: Implications for Exploration Design." Paper presented at the American Institute of Aeronautics Astronautics, Space Architecture Symposium, World Space Congress, Houston, TX.
• Nolan, Patrick. 2002. "Ecological Evolutionary Theory: A Reanalysis and Reassessment of Lenski's Theory for the 21st Century" Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Dudley-Rowley, Marilyn, Stewart Whitney, Sheryl Bishop, Barrett Caldwell, and Patrick D. Nolan. 2001. "Crew Size, Composition, and Time: Implications for Habitat and Workplace Design in Extreme Environments." Paper presented at the 31st International Conference on Environmental Systems, Orlando, Florida.
• Nolan, Patrick. 2001. "Subsistence Technology, Population Pressure, and Warfare: A Cross-Cultural Study." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA.
• Nolan, Patrick and Marilyn Dudley-Rowley. "Is There Deviant Behavior in Space?" Central South Carolina MENSA, Columbia, SC, June 13, 2000.
• Nolan, Patrick and Marilyn Dudley-Rowley. 2000. "Effects of Organizational Structure on the Behavior and Performance of Polar and Space Work Teams."Paper presented at a refereed roundtable at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC.
• Nolan, Patrick and Marilyn Dudley-Rowley. 2000. "The Effects of Size and Heterogeneity of Crew, and Mission Duration on the Deviant Behavior and Performance of Team Personnel." Paper presented at the 13th International Academy of Astronautics "Humans in Space" Symposium, Santorini, Greece.
• Nolan, Patrick, invited speaker, "Second Howard W. Odum Sociology Symposium in Honor of Gerhard Lenski," Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 21, 1998.
• Nolan, Patrick, and Gerhard Lenski. 1995. "Technology, Ideology and Societal Development." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC.
• Nolan, Patrick. 1995. "Epistemology, Benign Lies, and Sociology." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta.
• Nolan, Patrick, John Skvoretz, and Gladys Zemo. 1988. "Size, Differentiation, and Work Volume in Organizations: An Analysis of Customs Houses." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Nashville.
• Nolan, Patrick D. and Gerhard Lenski. 1985. "Techno-Economic Heritage, Patterns of Development, and the Advantage of Backwardness." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte.
• Nolan, Patrick D. and Ralph B. White. 1985. "Macrosociological Theories of Demographic Change: A Critical Examination of the Evidence." Paper invited for the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Washington, D.C.
• Nolan, Patrick D. and Ralph B. White. 1984. "World System Theory and Societal Evolution: Their Implications for Population Processes." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis.
• Lenski, Gerhard E. and Patrick D. Nolan. 1983. "Trajectories of Development: A Test of Ecological-Evolutionary Theory." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Detroit.
• Nolan, Patrick D. and Ralph B. White. 1983. "Explaining Fertility Change in Macrosystems: Demographic Transition, the Political Economy of Families, and the World System." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Pittsburgh.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1982. "Complexity, Structural Resistance to Change, and Sociocultural Evolution." Paper presented at the 1982 Kampsville Seminar: "The Evolution of Complexity," Center for American Archaeology.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1981. "Status in the World Economy and the Socioeconomic Structure of Nations." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association , Toronto.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1981. "Current Theories of Sociocultural Evolution: An Analysis and Evaluation." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Louisville.
• Nolan, Patrick D. 1978. "The Effects of Size on Administrative Intensity in Macrosystems." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco.

IX. Media Interviews

• Short live interview with J. R. Berry on the "Newsmakers" segment of 7:00 Report on WLTX, Channel 19 (CBS affiliate), Friday, September 12, 2008, "Newmakers," topic: "Gas Price 'Hysteria' from the Impending Threat of Hurricane Ike."
• Interviewed and quoted by The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC, August 16, 2008, in an article discussing implications of the recent census projection that whites will be a statistical minority in the U.S. by 2042.
• Interviewed and quoted by Ron Menchaca in The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC, May 10, 2007, “Guns in Schools Topic of Debate: House Committee Hears Pro, Cons of Proposed Bill.”
• Panelist on “OnPoint! With Cynthia Hardy” on WWDM 101.3 FM, a live call-in show, Sunday, October 15, 2006 6 - 7 PM, topic: “Where Are America's Morals?”
• Interviewed for, and cited in, article by Alexis Stratton for the Gamecock USC, January 25, 2003, “Real-life Addiction: Real-life addiction: 'Lowbrow' programs seem to have irresistible lure.”
• Interviewed for, and cited in, article by David Wren for The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC, March 23, 2003, “Experts: War spurs citizens to buy guns, Local firearm, NRA interest shoots up.”
• Telephone interview with Jeannine Simoni for NRALive “War spurs gun sales and defense of freedom.” Posted online March 31, 2003.
• Interviewed for, and cited in, article by Clay Barbour for the Post and Courier, Charleston, SC, October 6, 2002, “Charleston Symphony Orchestra Plays Music for (All) the Ages.”

X. Professional Association Activity

Panelist:
• "Doing Evolutionary Sociology: Strategies & Tactics," invited presentation for a panel organized by the Evolution & Sociology section-in-formation (now the Evolution, Biology, and Society section) of the, American Sociological Association, Summer 2006, Montreal.
• "The Academic Life -- A Panel Representing the Diversity of Experience," Southern Sociological Society, Spring 1999, Nashville.
• "Research Issues in Cross-National Research," Bruce London, Organizer, Southern Sociological Society, Spring 1987, Atlanta.
• "Dependency Theory," Leonard Jordan, Organizer, Southern Sociological Society, Spring 1984, Knoxville.
  Presenter:
• "Appeal to Simplicity: Structure as a Core Concept in Sociology," Thematic Plenary in Recognition of Bruce Mayhew's Contributions to the Discipline, Southern Sociological Society, Spring 1999, Nashville.
Organizer:

• "Evaluating and Testing Evolutionary Arguments and Theories," American Sociological Society, August 2009, San Francisco.
• "Guns on Campus? The Case for Concealed-Carry," Southern Sociological Society, Spring 2008, Richmond.
• "Societal Development and Change," Southern Sociological Society, Spring 1986, New Orleans.
• "Social Change," Southern Sociological Society, Spring 1984, Knoxville.
Discussant:

• "Recent Research in Structural Sociology," John Skvoretz, Organizer, Southern Sociological Society , Spring 1990, Louisville.
• "The Contributions of Bruce Mayhew to Sociology," Lynn Smith-Lovin, Organizer, Southern Sociological Society, Spring 1989, Norfolk.
• "The World System," Dale Wimberley, Organizer, Southern Sociological Society, Spring 1988, Nashville.
Presider:

• "Guns on Campus? The Case for Concealed-Carry," Southern Sociological Society, Spring 2008, Richmond.
• "Teaching Sociology: Technology and Critical Thinking," Southern Sociological Society, Spring 1999, Nashville.
• "Contact and Intergroup Attitudes in American Neighborhoods," Southern Sociological Society, Spring 2004, Atlanta.
  

XI. Works in Progress or Under Review:

• Park, Sangyoub, and Patrick D. Nolan, “Re-examining Korean Collectivism: Is Korea still a Collectivist Society?” In revision.
• Nolan, Patrick D., Wenqian Dai, and John V. Skvoretz. "Evaluating Mayhew and Schollaert’s Baseline Models of Inequality: Tests in U.S. Customs Houses." Under review. We acknowledge and thank Yutong Guan for writing the “C++” programs that allowed us to calculate expected values for number of salary levels (C ), and concentration of salaries (K). In revision.
• Smith, Shelley A. and Patrick D. Nolan. "The Interaction of Household Structure and Race/Ethnicity and its Effects on Household Income Inequality." In progress.
• Nolan, Patrick D. Jennifer Triplett, and Shannon McDonough. 2007. “Sociology’s Suicide: A Forensic Autopsy?” In review.
Ongoing
• "Social Organization and Environment: Putting Ecology Back in Ecological-Evolutionary Theory."

XII. Occasional Reviewer:

• National Science Foundation
• Sociological Quarterly
• American Sociological Review
• American Journal of Sociology
• Sociological Focus
• Social Forces
• Sociological Theory
• Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
• McGraw-Hill
• University of Chicago Press
• Demography
• Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
• Rand McNally
• Comparative Social Research
• Prentice-Hall
• NWO Evolution & Behaviour programme
• Harper Collins
• Studies in Comparative International Development
• Social Problems
• Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
• Rowman & Littlefield

XIII. Administrative Experience

University
• Member, Faculty Grievance Committee, 2008-2011.
• Member, Subcommittee 0n Tenure and Promotion Process, Faculty Advisory Committee, 2008.
• Member, University Committee on Tenure and Promotions 2003-2006.
• Panel Chair,University Committee on Tenure and Promotions 2005-2006.
• Chair, University Committee on Tenure and Promotions 2004-2005.
College

• Member, Subcommittee on New Courses and Programs, Graduate Council 1986-90.
• Member, College Strategic Planning Committee, 1991-1992.
• Member, College Futures Committee, 1992-1993.
Department:

• Chair 1994-2000
• Assistant Chair, and Chair of Recruitment 1987-1988, 1989-1994.
• Director of Graduate Studies 1980-1983.
• Member, Executive Committee (ex officio) 1980-1983, 1987-1988, 1989-2000
• Member, Graduate Program Committee 1979-1983, 1984-1989, 2001-2004, 2008-2011.

XIV. Professional Association Memberships and Service:

• Chair, Honors Committee of the Southern Sociological Society 1987-1988, 1989-1990.
• Member, Editorial Board, Social Forces 1987-1990.
• Member, Honors Committee of the Southern Sociological Society 1987-1990.
• Member, American Sociological Association
• Council Member, Evolution, Biology, and Sociology section of the American Sociological Association 2008-2011.
• Member, Southern Sociological Society
• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Member, National Association of Scholars
• Member, South Carolina Association of Scholars
• Panel Member, National Science Foundation, "Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program," Winter 1990, Washington, D.C.

XV. References:

• Professor Gerhard Lenski, Emeritus Alumni Distinguished Professor The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill P.O. Box 409 Hansville, WA 98340
• Professor John V. Skvoretz College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620
• Distinguished Professor of Sociology Jonathan H. Turner College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Department of Sociology Watkins Hall 2140 University of California Riverside, CA 92521

XVI. Miscellaneous

• Professor Nolan is a strong advocate of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights .
His hobbies include the study of internal martial arts -- Taijiquan and Aikido -- as well as recreational and competitive defensive pistol shooting.
• He holds the rank of Ikkyu, or first-degree brown belt, in Seidokan Aikido, and practices at the USC Dojo.
  
  Pictured with, and being thrown forward (zenpo-nage) by,
  Wedell Sensei (Haichidan) Chief Instructor of the USC Dojo
  
  
• He is an NRA-certified range safety officer, an NRA-certified pistol and personal defense instructor, and is certified by SLED to teach concealable weapons permit classes -- CWP -- in South Carolina.
• Competing as a Marksman, in the Stock Service Revolver Division of the International Defensive Pistol Association, he placed second in his class and division in the 2003 South Carolina State IDPA Championship Match, and first in 2005.
• In September 2005, he achieved the classification of Sharpshooter in the Stock Service Revolver Division, and placed first in his class and division in the South Carolina State IDPA Championship Match in 2006.
• In May of 2007, he achieved the classification of Sharpshooter in the Stock Service Pistol Division.
• In October of 2007, he achieved the classification of Sharpshooter in the Custom Defensive Pistol Division (1911-A1).
• In 2007 he started shooting USPSA with his S&W M&P-9; he currently holds the "D" classification in the Production Division.

Pictured receiving the SSR award in April 2005.


Link to some short video clips of "DrNo" shooting stages at various IDPA and USPSA matches.


Drawing from concealment and putting two rounds on target at the December 2007 MCRC IDPA Club Match.



• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Member, American Sociological Association
• Member, Southern Sociological Society
• Voting Member, National Rifle Association
• Member, Gun Owners of America
• Charter Member, Second Amendment Sisters
• Member, Second Amendment Foundation
• Member, FreeRepublic
• Member, International Defensive Pistol Association
• Member, MidCarolina Rifle Club
• Member, GrassRoots GunRights of South Carolina
• Editor, 2001-2002. GrassRoots GunRights Newsletter

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