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H. Wesley PerkinsProfessor Emeritus of Sociology

Joined faculty in 1978

Ph.D., Sociology, Yale University, 1979.
M.Phil., Sociology, Yale University, 1976.
M.A., Sociology, Yale University, 1976.
M.Div., Yale Divinity School, 1975.
B.A., Sociology major, Purdue University, 1972.

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Contact Information

Stern HallPhone (315) 781-3437Personal Homepage

Scholarly Interest

  • Social Psychology
  • Alcohol and Substance Misuse
  • Bullying and Youth Risk Behaviors
  • College Student Development
  • Adolescent/Adult Development
  • Research Methodology and Statistics
  • Health and Well-Being
  • Sociology of Religion

Teaching Experience

Hobart & William Smith Colleges (HWS)

Department of Sociology (2017-present)/Department of Anthropology and Sociology (1978-2017)

  • Professor of Sociology, 1990-present
  • Associate Professor of Sociology (promoted with tenure), 1984‑90
  • Assistant Professor of Sociology, 1978‑84

Affiliation with HWS Interdisciplinary Programs

  • Public Policy Program, faculty steering committee member, 2004-present
  • The Sacred in Cross-Cultural Perspective, program coordinator, 2007-present

Faculty Director of HWS Term Abroad Programs

  • Director, Galway Term Abroad Program at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Fall 2017
  • Director, Edinburgh Term Abroad Program at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Spring 1999

Colgate Rochester Divinity School

Visiting Professor of Sociology, Fall 1990, Spring 1992

Yale University

Department of Sociology

  • Instructor, 1976-77
  • Teaching Assistant, 1974‑76

Courses Taught

Sociology Courses

  • Introductory Sociology
  • Social Psychology
  • Research Methods
  • Research Practicum
  • Data Analysis
  • Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Science
  • Religion, Politics and Life Style: What is Sacred in Modern Western Societies?
  • Religion in Contemporary American Society
  • Religion, State, and Society in Modern Britain
  • Social Problems in Modern Western Societies: Ireland in Comparative Perspective
  • Theories of Religion: Religion, Power, and Social Transformation
  • Sociology of the Life Course
  • Generations
  • Statistical Analysis for Sociologists: I and II (graduate level courses)
Interdisciplinary Courses
  • Alcohol Use and Abuse: Causes and Consequences (sociology/biochemistry)
  • Adult Development (psychology/sociology)
  • Since 1945 (general education course on post war America)
  • The "Me Generation"?  Current Dilemmas Over Values and Directions  (team taught course for senior social science majors)
  • Sociology of Religion (Religion/Sociology graduate level course)
  • Ethics and Contemporary Social Problems (Religion/Sociology graduate level course)

Publications

Books and Monographs

  • Perkins, H. Wesley and David W. Craig. 2014.  U.S. Air Force Social Norms Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Abuse 2012-2014.  USAF AFMOA Final Report. Alcohol Education Project, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.
  • Linkenbach, Jeff and H. Wesley Perkins. 2005. Montana’s MOST of Us® Don’t Drink and Drive Campaign: A Social Norms Strategy to Reduce Impaired Driving Among 21-to-34 Year-Olds.  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Report No. DOT HS 809 869), Washington, DC.
  • Haines, Michael P., H. Wesley Perkins, Richard M. Rice and Gregory Barker. 2005. A Guide to Marketing Social Norms for Health Promotion in Schools and Communities.  National Social Norms Resource Center.  Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley (Editor). 2003. The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley and David W. Craig. 2002. A Multifaceted Social Norms Approach to Reduce High‑Risk Drinking: Lessons from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.  The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and the U.S. Department of Education.  Newton, MA.

Journal Publications and Book Chapters

  • Perkins H. Wesley and Jessica M. Perkins. 2021. The Social Norms Approach: Confronting the “reign of error” as a successful strategy to reduce harmful drinking and drug use in college. Pp. 159-162 & 417-424 in D. Anderson & T. Hall (eds.), Leading Campus Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention: Grounded Approaches for Student Impact. Washington D.C.: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
  • Perkins, J. M., Kakuhikire, B., Baguma, C., Jurinsky, J., Rasmussen, J. D., Satinsky, E. N., Namara, E., Ahereza, P., Kyokunda, V., Perkins, H. W., Hahn, J. A., Bangsberg, D. R., and Tsai, A. C. 2021. “Overestimation of alcohol consumption norms as a driver of alcohol consumption: a whole-population network study of men across eight villages in rural, southwestern Uganda.” Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15615.
  • Perkins, Jessica M., H. Wesley Perkins. & David W.  Craig. 2020. “Norms and Attitudes about Being an Active Bystander: Support for Telling Adults about Seeing Knives or Guns at School among Greater London Youth.” Journal of Youth Adolescence, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 849–868 (advance access online November 25, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01127-7.
  • Perkins, Jessica M., H. Wesley Perkins, Jordan Jurinsky, and David W. Craig. 2019. “Adolescent Tobacco Use and Misperceptions of Social Norms Across Schools in the United States,” Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Vol. 80, No. 6, pp. 659-668.  https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2019.80.659.
  • Perkins, Jessica M., H. Wesley Perkins, and David W. Craig. 2019. "Misperceiving a Code of Silence: Peer Support for Telling Authorities about Weapons at School Among Middle and High School Students in the United States."  Youth and Society, Vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 814-839 (advance access online July 9, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X17714808.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley and Jessica M. Perkins. 2018. “Using the Social Norms Approach to Promote Health and Reduce Risk among College Students.” Pp. 127-144 (Ch. 8) in M. D. Cimini and E. M. Rivero (eds.), Promoting Behavioral Health and Reducing Risk among College Students: A Comprehensive Approach, New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Perkins, Jessica M., H. Wesley Perkins, and David W. Craig. 2018. “Misperceived Norms and Personal Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Students in the United States.” Appetite, Vol. 129. No. 1, pp. 82-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2018.06.012.
  • Craig, David W. and H. Wesley Perkins. 2018. “Accuracy of Estimated Blood Alcohol Concentration Norms from College Student Drinking Survey Data: Verification Using Matched Late Night Breath Measurements,” Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Vol. 79, No. 3 (May), pp. 455-464. https://www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.15288/jsad.2018.79.455.
  • Perkins J. M., V. Nyakato, B. Kakuhikire, P. Mbabazi, H.W. Perkins, A.C Tsai, S.V. Subramanian, N.A. Christakis, and D.R. Bangsberg.  2018.  “Actual vs. Perceived HIV Testing Norms, and Personal HIV Testing Uptake: A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Study in Rural Uganda. AIDS and Behavior, Vol. 22, pp. 616-628 (advance access online February 23, 2017).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-1691-z.
  • Perkins, Jessica M., H. Wesley Perkins, and David W. Craig.  2015.  “Misperception of Peer Weight Norms and Its Association with Overweight and Underweight Status Among Adolescents.”  Prevention Science. Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 70-79.  DOI: 10.1007/s11121-014-0458-2.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, Jessica M. Perkins, and David W. Craig. 2014. “No Safe Haven: Locations of Harassment and Bullying Victimization in Middle Schools.” Journal of School Health, Vol. 84, No. 12, pp. 810-818.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2014. "Misperception is Reality: The "Reign of Error" About Peer Risk Behaviour Norms Among Youth and Young Adults." Pp. 11-36 in M. Xenitidou and B. Edmonds. (eds.) The Complexity of Social Norms, Computational Social Sciences. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley and David W. Craig. 2012. "Student-Athletes' Misperceptions of Male and Female Peer Drinking Norms: A Multi-Site Investigation of the ‘Reign of Error’." Journal of College Student Development, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 367-382. DOI: 10.1353/csd.2012.0046.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2012. “Misperceptions of Peer Substance Use among Youth Are Real: Commentary.” Addiction, Vol. 107, pp. 888-889. DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03782.x.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, David W. Craig, and Jessica M. Perkins. 2011. "Using Social Norms to Reduce Bullying: A Research Intervention in Five Middle Schools." Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 703-722. DOI: 10.1177/1368430210398004.
  • Perkins, Jessica M., H. Wesley Perkins, and David W. Craig. 2010. Misperceptions of Peer Norms as a Risk Factor for Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption among Secondary School Students.” Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Vol. 110, No. 12, pp. 1916-1921. DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.09.008.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, Jeff Linkenbach, Melissa Lewis, and Clayton Neighbors. 2010. "Effectiveness of Social Norms Media Marketing in Reducing Drinking and Driving: A Statewide Campaign." Addictive Behaviors, Vol. 35, pp. 866-874. DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.05.004.
  • Perkins, Jessica M., H. Wesley Perkins, and David W. Craig. 2010. "Peer Weight Norm Misperception as a Risk Factor for Being Over- and Underweight Among UK Secondary School Students." European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 64, pp. 964-971. DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.106.
  • Craig, David W., and H. Wesley Perkins. 2008. "Learning about Student Alcohol Abuse and Helping to Prevent It through Service Learning Initiatives: The HWS Alcohol Education Project."  In C.A. Rimmerman (ed.), Service Learning and the Liberal Arts: How and Why It Works, New York: Lexington Books, pp. 151-169.
  • Turner, James, H. Wesley Perkins, and Jennifer Bauerle. 2008. "Declining Negative Consequences Related to Alcohol Misuse Among Students Exposed to a Social Norms Marketing Intervention on a College Campus." Journal of American College Health, Vol. 57, No. 1 (July/August), pp. 85-93. DOI: 10.3200/JACH.57.1.85-94.
  • Perkins, Jessica M., Kristi S. Multhaup, H. Wesley Perkins, and Cole Barton.  2008. “Self-Efficacy and Participation in Physical and Social Activity among Older Adults in Spain and the United States.”  The Gerontologist, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 51-58.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2007. "Misperceptions of Peer Drinking Norms in Canada: Another Look at the ‘Reign of Error’ and Its Consequences among College Students." Addictive Behaviors, Vol.32, No. 11, pp. 2645-2656. DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.07.007.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, and David Craig. 2006. "A Successful Social Norms Campaign to Reduce Alcohol Misuse among College Student-Athletes." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 67, No. 6 (November), pp. 880-888.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2006. “Success and Failure in Social Norms Interventions” (author response to Clapp and Lange).  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 67, No. 3 (May), pp. 483-484.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, Michael P. Haines, and Richard M. Rice. 2005.  “Misperceiving the College Drinking Norm and Related Problems: A Nationwide Study of Exposure to Prevention Information, Perceived Norms, and Student Alcohol Misuse.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 66, No. 4 (July), pp. 470-478.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2005. “Critical Concerns for Evaluating Social Norms Interventions with Survey Data.”  The Social Norms Review, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (August), pp. 1-6.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2004. "Getting Social Norms Results by Improving Implementation and Assessment," The Report on Social Norms, Vol. 3, Issue 9, pp. 5, 8.
  • Fabiano, Patricia M., H. Wesley Perkins, Alan Berkowitz, Jeff Linkenbach, and Christopher Stark. 2003. “Engaging Men as Social Justice Allies in Ending Violence Against Women:  Evidence for a Social Norms Approach.”  Journal of American College Health, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 105-112. DOI: 10.1080/07448480309595732.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2003. "The Emergence and Evolution of the Social Norms Approach to Substance Abuse Prevention." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, and David W. Craig. 2003. "The Hobart and William Smith Colleges Experiment: A Synergistic Social Norms Approach Using Print, Electronic Media and Curriculum Infusion to Reduce Collegiate Problem Drinking." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Linkenbach, Jeff, and H. Wesley Perkins. 2003. "Misperceptions of Peer Alcohol Norms in a Statewide Survey of Young Adults." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, and David W. Craig. 2003. "The Imaginary Lives of Peers: Patterns of Substance Use and Misperceptions of Norms among Secondary School Students." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Linkenbach, Jeff, and H. Wesley Perkins. 2003. "Most of Us Are Tobacco Free: An Eight-Month Social Norms Campaign Reducing Youth Initiation of Smoking in Montana." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 
  • Linkenbach, Jeff, H. Wesley Perkins, and William DeJong. 2003. "Parents' Perceptions of Parenting Norms: Using the Social Norms Approach to Reinforce Effective Parenting." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2003. "The Promise and Challenge of Future Work on the Social Norms Model." In H. W. Perkins (ed.), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2002. “Social Norms and the Prevention of Alcohol Misuse in Collegiate Contexts.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Supplement No. 14, pp. 164‑172.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2002. “Surveying the Damage: A Review of Research on Consequences of Alcohol Misuse in College Populations.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Supplement No. 14, pp. 91-100.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2002.  Review of Michael E. McCullough, Kenneth I. Pargament, and Carl E. Thoresen (eds.), Forgiveness: Theory, Research, and Practice.  Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 378-379.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, William DeJong, and Jeff Linkenbach. 2001. “Estimated Blood Alcohol Levels Reached by ‘Binge’ and ‘Non-Binge’ Drinkers: A Survey of Young Adults in Montana.” Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 317-320. DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.15.4.317.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2000. “Drinking Motivated by the Desire to Reduce Stress: Life Course and Gender Patterns among College-Educated Young Adults.”  Alcoscope: International Review of Alcoholism Management, Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 10-14.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2000. “Alcohol Use, Collegiate Patterns and Problem Of.”  Pp. 143-145 in Clifton Bryant (ed.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Volume IV.  Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 2000. “Research on Women’s Drinking Patterns.” Catalyst, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 6-7.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, Philip Meilman, Jami S. Leichliter, Jeffrey R. Cashin, and Cheryl Presley.  1999. “Misperceptions of the Norms for the Frequency of Alcohol and Other Drug Use on College Campuses.”  Journal of American College Health, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. 253-258. DOI: 10.1080/07448489909595656.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1999. "Stress-Motivated Drinking in Collegiate and Post-Collegiate Young Adulthood:  Life Course and Gender Patterns." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 219-227.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1998. Review of Mark J. Rozell and Clyde Wilcox, Second Coming: The New Christian Right in Virginia Politics.  Sociology of Religion., Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 95-96.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1997. “College Student Misperceptions of Alcohol and Other Drug Norms among Peers:  Exploring Causes, Consequences, and Implications for Prevention Programs.”  Pp. 177-206 in Designing Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Programs in Higher Education: Bringing Theory into Practice. The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, U.S. Department of Education.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley and Henry Wechsler. 1996. "Variation in Perceived College Drinking Norms and Its Impact on Alcohol Abuse:  A Nationwide Study." Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 26, No. 4., pp. 961-974.
  • DeMeis, Debra K. and H. Wesley Perkins. 1996. "'Supermoms' of the Nineties:  Homemaker and Employed Mothers' Performance and Perceptions of the Motherhood Role." Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 777-792.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley and Debra K. DeMeis. 1996. "Gender and Family Effects on the 'Second Shift' Domestic Activity of College-Educated Young Adults." Gender & Society, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 78-93.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1995. "Prevention through Correcting Misperceptions of Alcohol and Other Drug Norms:  Notes on the State of the Field."  Catalyst (A Publication of The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and the U.S. Department of Education). Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 1-2.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1994. "The Contextual Effect of Secular Norms on Religiosity as Moderator of Student Alcohol and Other Drug Use."  Pp. 187-208 in Monty L. Lynn and David O. Moberg (eds.), Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 6. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1993. Review of Phillip E. Hammond, Religion and Personal Autonomy: The Third Disestablishment in America.  Sociology of Religion, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 327-328.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1993. Review of Robert Wuthnow, Acts of Compassion:  Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves.  Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 83-84.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1992. "Gender Patterns in Consequences of Collegiate Alcohol Abuse: A 10-Year Study of Trends in an Undergraduate Population."  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 458-462.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1992. "Misperceptions of Peer Drug Use Norms:  An Alternative Campus Intervention Strategy." In-Service Bulletin, National Organization of Student Assistance Programs and Partners, Number 8.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1992. "Gender Differences in Campus Drug Use Patterns and Problems."  Insights, National Organization of Student Assistance Programs and Partners, Vol. V, Issue 1 (Spring), pp. 5-8.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1992. "Student Religiosity and Social Justice Concerns in England and the United States: Are They Still Related?"  Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 353-360.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1992. Review of Margaret M. Poloma, The Assemblies of God at the Crossroads: Charisma and Institutional Dilemmas. Sociological Analysis, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 113-115.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1991. "Confronting Misperceptions of Peer Drug Use Norms Among College Students: An Alternative Approach for Alcohol and Other Drug Education Programs." Pp. I 11-29 in Peer Prevention Program Resource Manual. Fort Worth, TX: The Higher Education Leaders/Peers Network, Texas Christian University.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1991. "Religious Commitment, Yuppie Values, and Well-Being in Post-Collegiate Life."  Review of Religious Research, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 244-251.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1991. Review of William H. Swatos, Jr. (ed.), Religious Politics in Global and Comparative Perspective.  Review of Religious Research, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 287-288.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, and Alan D. Berkowitz. 1991. "Collegiate COAs and Alcohol Abuse:  Problem Drinking in Relation to Assessments of Parent and Grandparent Alcoholism." Journal of Counseling and Development, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 237-240. DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1991.tb01495.x.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1990. Review of David Eversley, Religion and Employment in Northern Ireland.  Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 29, No. pp. 420-421.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, and Lynne B. Harris. 1990. "Familial Bereavement and Health in Adult Life Course Perspective." Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 52, pp. 233-241.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, and Alan D. Berkowitz. 1989. "Stability and Contradiction in College Students' Drinking Following a Drinking‑Age Law Change." Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 60-77.
  • Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1988. "Personality Characteristics of Children of Alcoholics." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 206‑209. DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.56.2.206.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1988. Review of Roger L. Dudley, Passing the Torch:  How to Convey Religious Values to Young People.  Review of Religious Research, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 329‑331.
  • Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1987. "Recent Research on Gender Differences in Collegiate Alcohol Use." Journal of American College Health, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 123‑129. DOI:  10.1080/07448481.1987.9939003.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1987. "Parental Religion and Alcohol Use Problems as Intergenerational Predictors of Problem Drinking Among College Students." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 340‑357.
  • Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1987. "Current Issues in Effective Alcohol Education Programming." Pp. 69‑85 in Joan Sherwood (ed.), Alcohol Policies and Practices on College and University Campuses.  Columbus:  National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Monograph Series.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, and James L. Spates. 1986.  "Mirror Images?  Three Analyses of Value Patterns in England and the United States."  International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Vol. 27, Nos. 1‑2, pp. 31‑52.
  • Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1986. "Problem Drinking among College Students:  A Review of Recent Research."  Journal of American College Health, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 21‑28. DOI:  10.1080/07448481.1986.9938960.
  • Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1986. "Resident Advisers as Role Models:  A Comparison of Resident Adviser and Student Peer Drinking Patterns."  Journal of College Student Personnel, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 146‑153. 
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, and Alan D. Berkowitz. 1986. "Perceiving the Community Norms of Alcohol Use Among Students:  Some Research Implications for Campus Alcohol Education Programming."  International Journal of the Addictions, Vol. 21, Nos. 9 & 10, pp. 961‑976.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, and Alan D. Berkowitz. 1986. "Using Student Alcohol Surveys:  Notes on Clinical and Educational Program Applications."  Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 44‑51.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1985. Review of Robert J. Ackermann, Religion as Critique.  Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 770‑771.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1985. Review of Petur Petursson, Church and Social Change:  A Study of the Secularization Process in Iceland 1830‑1930.  Sociological Analysis, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 190‑192.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1985. "Religious Traditions, Parents, and Peers as Determinants of Alcohol and Drug Use among College Students."  Review of Religious Research, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 15‑31.
  • Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1985. "Correlates of Stress Symptoms among Farm Women:  A Research Note on Farm and Family Functioning."  Journal of Human Stress, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 76‑81.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1985. "A Research Note on Religiosity as Opiate or Prophetic Stimulant among Students in England and the United States."  Review of Religious Research, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 269‑280.
  • Berkowitz, Alan D., and H. Wesley Perkins. 1984. "Stress among Farm Women:  Work and Family as Interacting Systems."  Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 161‑166.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1984. "Religious Content in American, British, and Canadian Publications from 1937 to 1979."  Sociological Analysis, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 159‑165.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1983. Review of Richard K. Fenn, Liturgies and Trials:  The Secularization of Religious Language.  Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 22, No. 3, p. 290.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1983. "Organized Religion as Opiate or Prophetic Stimulant:  An Exploratory Study of British and American Assessments of Social Justice in Two Urban Settings."  Review of Religious Research, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 206‑224.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, and James L. Spates. 1982. "American and English Student Values."  Pp. 245‑265 in Richard F. Tomasson (ed.), Comparative Social Research, Vol. 5, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley. 1982. "On the Specificity of Social Alienation:  An Exploratory Investigation in England and the United States."  Sociology and Social Research, Vol. 66, No. 4, pp. 399‑417.
  • Perkins, H. Wesley, and Wendell Bell. 1980. "Alienation and Social Justice in England and the United States:  The Polity and Economy."  Pp. 71‑101 in Richard F. Tomasson (ed.), Comparative Social Research, Vol. 3, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • American Sociological Association
  • American Psychological Association
  • Association for the Sociology of Religion
  • International Society for Quality of Life Research
  • Religious Research Association
  • Society for Prevention Research
  • Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

HONORS AND AWARDS

2016: Community Collaboration Award given by Success for Geneva’s Children, a Geneva, New York organization dedicated to mobilizing the community to improve the health and well-being of local children and their families. The annual award was given to Perkins in recognition of his significant work over the last ten years to enhance the community understanding of local youth by providing professional guidance in preparing multiple data books on the health and well-being of the city’s children. The data books comprising facts and figures drawn from local, regional and national sources and data bases compare social and demographic information regarding Geneva and its children with that of the wider county and state and are recognized to have helped procure almost 4 million dollars in grant funding for local needs.

2005: Project Director of Alcohol Education Project that received a U.S. Department of Education "Model Programs in Higher Education" award for the development of a program with demonstrated effectiveness in prevention of alcohol abuse among college student-athletes at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. This is the second time the award was given to the Project under Perkins’ direction.

1999: Outstanding Service Award given by the Network of Colleges and Universities Committed to the Elimination of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse. This national award is given to the person who has made a significant career contribution to prevention work in higher education at both the local and national level. The person is selected in a vote by network members from among yearly nominees.

1999: Project Director of Alcohol Education Project that received a U.S. Department of Education "Model Programs in Higher Education" award for the development of a program with demonstrated effective- ness in prevention of alcohol abuse among college students at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

1997: Faculty Prize for Community Service at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The award honors a faculty member from this institution who is nominated for outstanding service to the college community and selected by college-wide peer review. This award was shared with Professor David Craig of the Chemistry Department for their innovative efforts to raise awareness about alcohol use and abuse and to reduce misperceptions of student norms in the college community.

1993: Faculty Prize for Scholarship at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The award honors one faculty member from this institution who is nominated for outstanding scholarship and selected by college-wide peer review.

 

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