EDUCATION

Ph.D. Sociology (1980) University of Illinois at Chicago.

M.A. Sociology (1976) University of Illinois at Chicago

B.A. Sociology  (1973) University of Illinois at Chicago

             (with Honors and Distinction in Sociology)

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS/POSITIONS

1988 to present

Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies.  VCU

1995-1998                                                      

Director, African-American Studies Program. VCU

1993-1995                                                      

Interim Director, African-American Studies Program.  VCU

1984-1985                                                      

Acting Coordinator, Afro-American Studies Program.  VCU

1981 to 1988                                                  

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Afro-American Studies.  VCU

1978-1980                                                      

Supervisor of Consultation and Education/Research and Evaluation Garfield Park Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center. 9 South Kedzie Avenue.  Chicago, Illinois.

HONORS

2003

“Humanitarian of the Year” - Las Amigas, Inc. National Conclave

 1995

The Historic Petersburg Foundation Petersburg Heritage Award for participation in the study "African Americans in Petersburg: Historic Contexts and Resources for Preservation Planning, Research and Interpretation."

 1978-1979                              

Public Health Service Traineeship in Applied  Sociology and Social Policy

1974-1978                              

National Fellowship Fund for Black Americans

1973                                       

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society

RESEARCH

Publications

Referred Journal Articles

Creighton-Zollar, Ann A. Using Diverse Collaborative Workgroups to Bridge the Digital Divide. Journal of Teaching in Marriage and Family 2(1): 83-112, 2002.

 Hickman, Gill R. and Ann Creighton-Zollar. Diverse Self Directed Work teams: Developing Strategic Initiatives for 21^st Century Organizations. Public Personnel Management. 27(1998) 187-200.

 Ann Creighton-Zollar and J. Sherwood Williams. Race and Inequality in the Chance to Life in Richmond, Virginia. National Journal of Sociology 9.2 (Winter 95/97): 101-112.

 Hickman, Gill Robinson and Ann Creighton-Zollar. Teaching Leadership for a Diverse Society:  Strategies, Challenges and Recommendations. Journal of Leadership Studies 4(1997): 90-106.

 Williams, J. Sherwood; McGrath, John H. and Ann Creighton-Zollar. "Race and Pistol Access: Variation among Poor Males." Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology. November, 1995.

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann and J. Sherwood Williams, "The Relative Educational Attainment and Occupational Prestige of Black Spouses and Life Satisfaction."  Western Journal of Black Studies 16:57-63, 1992.  Reprinted in Staples, Robert. The Black Family: Essays and Studies (5th Edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing (1994).

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann Infant Mortality by Socioeconomic Status and Race in Richmond, Virginia 1979‑1981: A Research Note. Sociological Spectrum, 10:133-142, 1990.

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann and Julie A. Honnold Socioeconomic Characteristics and Kin Interaction in Black Middletown. The Western Journal of Black Studies, 12:9‑18, 1988.

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann and J. Sherwood Williams The Contribution of Marriage to the Life Satisfaction of Black Adults. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 49:87-92, 1987.

Creighton‑Zollar, Ann Socialization by and for the Collectivity. The Griot, 61:19-27, 1987.

Creighton‑Zollar, Ann Variations in Interdependencies between and among Members of Lower Class Urban Black Extended Families. The Western Journal of Black Studies, 6:131-137, 1982.

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann Ideological Perspectives on Black Families: Related Typologies. Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 14:169-172, 1986.

 Books

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann. The Social Correlates of Infant and Reproductive Mortality in the U.S.: A Reference Guide.   New York: Garland, 1993.

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann.  Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood: An Annotated Guide. New York: Garland Publishing Co. (1990).

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann.  A Member of the Family: Strategies for Black Family Continuity.  Chicago:  Nelson Hall   (1985).

Chapters in Books

Creighton-Zollar, Ann A. (2006) “Communication across Preferences: A Comparative Family Systems Example” Chapter 12 Pp. in Raeann Hamon (editor) International Family Studies: Developing Curricula and Teaching Tools. Haworth Press.

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann and Gill R. Hickman Leadership During Personal Crisis Pp.59-64 in Cutting Edge Leadership 2000. College Park Maryland: James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership.

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann and Julie A. Honnold, "Marital Status and Life Satisfaction in Black Middletown." Pp. 49-62. Research in Race and Ethnic Relations. Volume 6 1991 edited by R. Dennis.  Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Reports

Creighton-Zollar, Ann. A Best Practices Report on the VCU Carver Cooperative Parenting Program. Prepared for the Office of Community Program Virginia Department of Social Services. 2004.

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann. "An Evaluation of TEENS TEAM." An Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program. Prepared for State of Virginia District 19 Mental Health Services and the Office of Adolescent Population Affairs. 1990

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann. "An Evaluation of TEENS TEAM." An Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program. Prepared for State of Virginia District 19 Mental Health Services and the Office of Adolescent Population Affairs. 1991.

 Mouer, D. Ryder, R. Bursey M.E. Creighton-Zollar, A. and Edwards, L. "African Americans in Petersburg: Historic Contexts and Resources for Preservation Planning, Research and Interpretation."

 Hickman, Gill and Ann Creighton-Zollar. "Teaching Leadership for a Diverse Society: An Instructional Model" a report to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Development Program, U.S. Department of Education.

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann. “Teaching Actively about the Experiences of African Americans” a Report to the VCU Fund for Teaching Excellence.

Book Reviews

Creighton-Zollar, Ann. A Review of Assimilation Blues, Black Families in White Communities by D. Tatum." Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 21:429, 1990.

 Creighton-Zollar, Ann. A Review of Families in Multicultural Perspective edited by Ingoldsby and Smith in Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 28:432, 1997.

Papers Presented

Active Learning About the African American Family: Technology Integration. 2003 North American International Organization of Science and Technology in Education. Williamsburg, VA. May 31, 2003

 Teaching Actively about the Experiences of African Americans. Mid-South Sociological Society. Mississippi. 1999.

 Teaching Leadership for a Diverse Society. Leadership Education Conference. Jepson School of Leadership.  University of Richmond.  Summer, 1995.

 Race and Inequality in the Chance to Life. Annual Convention of the American Sociological Association. Los Angeles, CA., August, 1994.

 The African-American/White Gap in Infant Mortality: Maternal and Infant Characteristics Revisited. Annual Conference of the Southern Sociological Society. Raleigh, North Carolina, April 1994.

 “Infant Mortality and Male Joblessness: Richmond, VA in the 1980s.” Annual Conference of the National Association of African-American Studies. Virginia State University. Ettrick, Virginia, February 1994.

 “Race, Class and the Chance to Life in the Capital of the Confederacy 1979-81." Association of Black Sociologists. Chicago, IL. August, 1987.

 "The Relative Educational Attainment and Occupational Prestige of Black Spouses and Satisfaction." Southern Sociological Society.  Atlanta, GA. Spring, 1987.

 "The Contribution of Marriage to the Wellbeing of Black Adults."  Southern Sociological Society. April, 1986.

 "Socioeconomic Characteristics and Kin Interaction in Black Middletown. Association of Black Sociologists." Washington, D.C. August, 1985.

 "Ideological Perspectives on Black Families as Rationales for Public Policy." 11th Annual National Conference on Black Families in Louisville, Kentucky. March 10, 1984.

"The Impact of Reaganomics on Lower Class Urban Black Extended Families: A Proposal." Association of Black Sociologists.  San Francisco, California.  August, 1982.

 "Variations in Interdependence Between and Among Members of Lower Class Black Urban Extended Families." Southern Sociological Society.  Memphis, Tennessee.  Spring, 1982.

 Grants Awarded

2005-2006 Virginia Department of Social Services – Office of Community Partnerships - CICC’s Effective Black Parenting Program: An Instructor Training Workshop.

2003 -2004 Virginia Department of Social Services – Office of Community Programs – VCU –Carver Cooperative Parenting Program, 2003

1990-1991 VCU Academic Campus Biomedical Grant‑in‑Aid, 1990-1991, Infant Mortality in Richmond, Virginia.

1987-1988 National Science Foundation., Minority Initiation Planning Grant. Overcoming the Negative Consequences of Adolescent Parenthood.

1981-1982 American Council of Learned Societies, Grant-in-Aid. Zion Town: A Case Study in the Development of Afro-American Family Systems.

TEACHING

Courses taught

Undergraduate

AFAM 103 Introduction to African American Studies

AFAM 308 Modes of Inquiry in African American Studies

LDSP 103 Foundations of Leadership (Jepson School of Leadership Studies)

SOC/AFAM 104 The Sociology of Racism

SOCY/ANTH/WMNS 304 The Family

SOCY/AFAM/WMNS 305 The Sociology of the Black Family

SOCY 325 Minority Groups in the U.S.

SOCY 405 Family Research

SOCY 421 Applied Research Methods

SSC 303 Marriage and the Family

SOCS 302 Diverse Families and Children in the United States

Graduate

SOCY 607 Seminar in Race and Ethnicity

SOCY 609 Seminar in the Family

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Department, Program, College, University

2005-2006

Mentor             VCU CTE Junior Faculty Mentorship Program

Mentor             VCU Works Program

Member           Focused Inquiry Implementation Committee – First Year Experience

                        Subcommittee on Information Retrieval and Evaluation

Member           College of Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Committee –  SOCY

Member           College of Humanities and Sciences Technology Committee – AFAM

Chair               Committee on Committees – SOCY

Member           Chair Advisory Committee – SOCY

Member           Promotion Committee – SOCY –John Mahoney

Member           Personnel Committee - SOCY

Member           African American Studies Executive Committee

2004-2005

Mentor             VCU CTE Junior Faculty Mentorship Program

Mentor             VCU Works Program

Chair                Committee on Committees – SOCY

Member           Personnel Committee - SOCY

Member           College of Humanities and Sciences Technology Committee - AFAM

Member           African American Studies Executive Committee

2003-2004

Member           African American Studies Executive Committee

Member           Department of Sociology Committee on Committees

Member           Department of Sociology Recruitment Committees

Member           Ad Hoc Committee K-12 Faculty Development Workshops on Race –SOCY & AFAM

2002-2003

Member           University Promotion and Tenure Appeals Committee

Member           African American Studies Executive Committee

Member           Department of Sociology Graduate Program Committee

            2001-2002

Member           AFAM Executive Committee

Member           SOCY/ANTH Graduate Committee

Chair                Promotion Committee,– Daphne Rankin

Member           University Promotion and Tenure Appeals Committee

2000-2001

Member           AFAM Executive Committee

Member           SOCY/ANTH Chair Advisory Committee

Member           SOCY/ANTH Employment Committee (position descriptions)

Member           SOCY/ANTH Newsletter Coeditor

Member           University Promotion and Tenure Appeals Committee

1999-2000

Member           AFAM Executive Committee

Member           SOCY/ANTH Chair Advisory Committee

            1998-1999

Member           AFAM Executive Committee

Member           SOCY/ANTH Chair Advisory Committee

Member           IAM Proposal Review Committee

1997-1998

Chair.               Task Force to Study the Enhancement of the African-American Studies Program.

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Library Committee.

Member.          Committee to Coordinate Black History Month Events.

1996-1997

Chair.               Task Force to Study the Enhancement of the African-American Studies Program.

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Committee.

Member.          Committee to Coordinate Black History Month Events.

Member.          Virginia Commonwealth University Intercollegiate Athletic Council.          

1995-1996

Chair.               Task Force to Study the Enhancement of the African-American Studies Program.

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Committee.

Member.          Committee to Coordinate Black History Month Events.

Member.          Virginia Commonwealth University Intercollegiate Council.

Member.          Department of Sociology Awards Committee

1994-1995

Chair.               Task Force to Study the Enhancement of the African-American Studies Program.

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Committee.

Member.          Tenure Committee. Department of Political Science.

Member.          Community Learning Week Program Planning Committee.

Member.          Committee to Coordinate Black History Month Events.

Member.          Virginia Commonwealth University Intercollegiate Council.

1993-1994

Mentor.            Fame Program

Member.          Department of Sociology Search Committee

Member.          Department of Sociology Promotion Committee

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Committee

Member.          Community Learning Week Program Planning Committee

Chair.              Task Force to Study the Enhancement of the African-American Studies Program

Member.          Committee to Plan Brown v Board of Education Symposium

Member.          Committee to Coordinate Black History Month Events

Member.          Committee to Identify Community Learning Week Lecture

Member.          Task Force to Examine General Education Requirements*

Member.          Subcommittee to ACC*

1992-1993

Member.          AAS Program Committee

Member.          Department of Sociology Promotion Committee

1991-1992

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Committee

Member.          Department of Sociology Chair Advisory Committee

Member.          Department of Sociology Workload Committee

Member.          AAS Program Committee

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Library Committee (AAS Representative)

            1990-91

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Committee

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Multicultural Assessment Task Force

Member.          Department of Sociology Chair Advisory Committee

Member.          Department of Sociology Workload Committee

Member.          AAS Program Committee

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Library Committee (AAS Representative)

Member.          Department of Sociology Curriculum Committee.  Subcommittee on Assessment

Presenter.        Workshop on Class Management. VCU, February 1991.

1988-89

Member.          Department of Sociology Chair Advisory Committee

Member.          AAS Program Committee

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Library Committee (AAS Representative)

Member.          Department of Sociology Curriculum Committee

1986-1987

Member.          Recruitment Committee.  Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

Member.          Pre-Medical School Screening Committee.  College of Humanities and Sciences.

Member.          AAS Program Committee.  AAS Program.

1985-1986

Member.          Pre-Medical School Screening Committee.  College of Humanities and Sciences.

Member.          Department of Sociology Chair Advisory Committee.

Member.          Department of Sociology Personnel Committee.

1984-1985

Member.          Pre-Medical School Screening Committee.  College of Humanities and Sciences.

Member.          College of Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Committee.  AAS Representative.

Member.          Committee to Search for Coordinator of VCU AAS Program.

1983-1984

Member.          Virginia Commonwealth University Athletic Council.  Chairperson, Calendar Subcommittee.

Member.          Pre-Medical School Screening Committee.  College of Humanities and Sciences. 

Member.          College of Humanities and Sciences Advisory Committee on Computing.  AAS Representative

Member.          Committee to Search for Coordinator of AAS Program.  AAS Library Representative.

1982-1983

Member.          Virginia Commonwealth University Athletic Council.  Chairman, Calendar Subcommittee.

Member.          Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Committee.  (AAS Representative)

Member.          AAS/History Search Committee.

1981-1982

Member.          East End Advisory Committee (Ref. David Hartman, College of Humanities and Sciences).

Member.          College of Humanities and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Committee (AAS Representative).

Member.          College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Council (AAS Representative).

Member.          Cooperative Education Program Committee (Sociology/Anthropology Representative).

Member.          Sociology and Anthropology Departmental Curriculum Committee.

Spring 1981

Committee for the Development of Master of Arts Program in Afro-American Studies.

AAS Library Representative.