FACULTY - Timothy D. Pippert
Associate Professor
Tim Pippert specializes in the areas of family, homelessness, stratification, juvenile delinquency, and gender.
Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, Tim has examined areas such as the family ties of the homeless, street partnerships, the transition to parenthood, the division of household labor among never married adults, and the effectiveness of multimedia in large lecture halls. In 2007 he published his first book, Road Dogs and Loners: Family Relationships Among Homeless Men. His current project, in collaboration with his former student Edward Jay Matchett, involves the examination of how college and university represent the racial makeup of their student body in recruitment materials. Tim has presented his research at annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, the National Council of Family Relations, and the Midwest Sociological Society.
In addition to time spent on teaching and research, Tim devotes considerable attention to service. At the community level, Tim serves on the Dakota County Child Abuse Prevention Council. In service to his discipline, Tim has served as the president and treasurer of Sociologists of Minnesota and as chair of the Midwest Sociological Society Committee on Teaching and Learning. He currently serves on the Midwest Sociological Society’s finance committee. On the Augsburg campus, Tim serves on the Student Standing committee and as the advisor for Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honor Society.
He spends every moment of his free time exploring Minnesota with his wife, Angela, and their two daughters, Caroline and Isabelle.
Areas of Teaching and Responsibilities:
Introduction to Human Society (SOC 121)
Family Systems (SOC 231)
Race, Class, and Gender (SOC 265)
Juvenile Delinquency (SOC 387)
Statistical Analysis (SOC 362)
