Greg Lukasik

Background

I was born and grew up in Poland.  For my involvement in “Solidarity,” a pro-democracy movement in Poland, I received a political refugee status from the U.S. Embassy in Greece.  While in Greece, I co-founded School for Children of Political Refugees in Athens.  I immigrated to the United States to study biology at Indiana University in Bloomington.  After obtaining my B.S. degree in biology, I worked at the International Research and Development Corporation in Mattawan, Michigan.

I earned my M.A. in Sociology from the Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and my Ph.D. in sociology from the Florida State University. My scholarly and teaching interests are in social movements, globalization, social problems, and environmental sociology. I have contributed as a reviewer to the American Journal of Sociology, the Social Science History, and the International Journal of Comparative Sociology, and as an author or co-author to the American Journal of Sociology and the McGraw Hill’s “Sociology in the News” blog.

In recent years I have received certifications for developing three fully online, asynchronous courses:  Social Movements, SYP 3304, Environmental Sociology, SYD 3510, and Social Problems, SYG 2010.  In addition, I teach in-person courses such as Sociological Perspectives, SYG 1000, and Global society, SYP 2450.

In all my courses, I am committed to providing excellent student-centered instruction that provides students with a vast knowledge of sociological processes that shape our lives as well as practical skills such as communication, critical thinking, analytical, and research skills. 

Selected Works

Lukasik, Greg.  ‘”Sociological Imagination” and the Policing of Mental Health.” Sociology in the News, May 2023.  https://www.mheducation.com/highered/ideas/sociology-in-the-news/sociological-imagination-and-the-policing-of-mental-health

Lukasik, Greg. “Biology, Culture, and Sexual Assault.” Sociology in the News, February 2022

https://www.mheducation.com/highered/ideas/instructor/biology-culture-and-sexual-assault

Lukasik, Greg. “War in Ukraine: Construction of National Identities, Manufacturing Consent, and the Power of Collective Memory.” Sociology in the News, February 2022 https://www.mheducation.com/highered/ideas/authors/greg-lukasik

Lukasik, Greg.  “The Covid Pandemic is Not Going Away – This is Why.”  Sociology in the News, November 2021.  https://www.mheducation.com/highered/ideas/sociology-in-the-news/the-covid-19-pandemic-is-not-going-away

Lukasik, Greg.  “The American Tragedy:  Mass Shootings and the Media Construction of Gun Violence.”  Sociology in the News, July 2021.  https://www.mheducation.com/highered/ideas/sociology-in-the-news/mass-shootings-and-the-media-construction-of-gun-violence

Lukasik, Greg.  “Civil Rights, Race, and Presidential Elections.”  Sociology in the News, April 2021.  https://www.mheducation.com/highered/ideas/sociology-in-the-news/civil-rights-race-and-presidential-elections

Lukasik, Greg.  Book Review. Social Mobilization, Global Capitalism and Struggle over Food:  A Comparative Study of Social Movements, by Renata Motta.  International Journal of Comparative Sociology, June 2018, 59(3): 264-267.

Lukasik, Greg.  Book Review.  Postcommunism from Within: Social Justice, Mobilization, and Hegemony, Jan Kubik and Amy Lynch (eds.).  International Journal of Comparative Sociology, April 2014, 55 (2):  180-182

Lukasik, Greg.  2012. “Have Nice Girls Gone Bad?  Social Constructionist Approach to the Rise in Female Violent Offenders.”   Pp. 211 – 224 in Crime as a Social Problem, edited by R. McNamara and K. Bell.  Durham, NC:  Carolina Academic Press.

Isaac, Larry, McDonald, Steve, and Greg Lukasik.  2006. “Takin’ It from the Streets:  How the Sixties Breathed Life into the Labor Movement,” American Journal of Sociology, 2006, vol.112(1): 46-96

Carreno, Gina and Greg Lukasik (authors in alphabetical order).  2005.  Themes of the Times for Introduction to Sociology:  A Collection of Articles from The New York Times for Use with Your Allyn and Bacon Text.  Boston:  Allyn and Bacon