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Mel Moore

Mel Moore

Professor

Department of Sociology
College of Humanities & Social Sciences

Contact Information

Phone
(970) 351-2100
Office
Cand 2048
Office Hours
Mondays 9 – 11am, Wednesdays 12:15 – 1:15pm , and by appointment
Mailing Address
University of Northern Colorado
Department of Sociology
Campus Box 142
Greeley, CO 80639

Education

Professional/Academic Experience

Professor of Sociology

Research/Areas of Interest

Publications/Creative Works

Moore, Mel. “Japan.” 2020.  C. Stewart (Ed.), Gender and Identity around the World, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Moore, Mel. 2019. “Colorado,” In P. Merritt (Ed.), A State by State History of Race and Racism in the United States, Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishing, 107-123, ISBN-13:9781440856006.

Moore, Mel. 2016. “Japan.” In C. Shehan (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Family Studies, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Moore, Mel. 2016. “Japanese American Children and Family.” In L. Dong (Ed.), Asian American Culture: From Anime to Tiger Moms, Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishing, 379-381.

Moore, Mel. 2015. “Japan.” In S. Martin (Ed.), Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Moore, Mel. 2014. “Montessori.” In L. Ganong, M. Coleman, and J. Geoffrey Golson (Eds.), The Social History of the American Family, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 899-901.

Moore, Mel. 2014. “Amber Alert.” In L. Ganong, M. Coleman, and J. Geoffrey Golson (Eds.), The Social History of the American Family, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 61-62.

Moore, Mel. 2014. “Judaism and Social Media.” In K. Harvey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics, Stamford, CT: CQ Press Inc.

Moore, Mel. 2014. “Inferring Sentiment.” In K. Harvey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics, Stamford, CT: CQ Press Inc.

Moore, Mel. 2013. “Custody Schedules.” In R. Emery and J. Golson (Eds.), Cultural Sociology of Divorce, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Vol 3: 346-349.

Moore, Mel. 2013. “Sweden.” In R. Emery and J. Golson (Eds.), Cultural Sociology of Divorce, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Vol 19: 1176-1179.

More Information

Dr. Mel Moore is Professor of Sociology at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). She joined the UNC faculty in 1993 after a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at Indiana University. She earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Washington. Her teaching includes undergraduate and graduate courses both on campus and online on topics including gender studies, social psychology, senior capstone, applied social research, and inequalities. Her interests are eclectic with publications addressing lesbian parents, divorce in Sweden, families in Japan, and the history of race and racism in Colorado. Her current work examines everyday applications of social psychological principles.


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