Overview
Chuck Koeber received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Binghamton and came to Wichita State in 1999. He has since directed the WSU Center for Teaching and Research Excellence (CTRE), was Associate Dean of Fairmount College, and is currently Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Sociology. He has been a member and officer in several professional organizations and was 2016 Association for Humanist Sociology (AHS) President. Along with Introductory courses, he teaches sociology courses on topics of work, globalization, and sociological theory. His research addresses contemporary changes in the performance of work and organization of workplaces, focusing upon how people experience these changes. He is currently researching the proliferation of “consumptive labor,” which refers to work done by consumers, rather than employees (e.g., using self-service to make purchases). He co-edited the book entitled, The Critical Study of Work: Labor, Technology, and Global Production, authored a handbook for laid-off Wichita workers, I’ve Been Laid Off, What Should I Do, and has published several journal articles and book reviews.