Alex Thomas | Source | Professor of Sociology at SUNY Oneonta
Alex Thomas
Alex Thomas received his Ph.D. in 1998 from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Thomas has interests in historical-comparative sociology, particularly related to urban-rural relations, and deviant behavior. His current research focuses on the development of cities and their relationship to the hinterland in the Ancient Near East and the lessons to be learned for modern cities. He is the author of In Gotham's Shadow (2003) and Gilboa (2005) and the co-author of Spotlight on Social Research (2003) and Upstate Down (2009); as well as several articles and presentations.
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SUNY Oneonta (https://suny.oneonta.edu/)
Professor of Sociology
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Two years in, pandemic's impact on college students continues to evolve
Researchers are studying how behaviors have changed.
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On Three Different Continents, Rural Health Strains under the Weight of the Coronavirus
In remote communities in the U.S., Ecuador and Zimbabwe, these health care workers are fighting much more than the virus
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If you think about what some would call the 'Greatest Generation,’ the generation of people who grew up during the Great Depression, a lot of them, not all of them, but a lot of them, even though eventually life got good, they enjoyed life again, everything was 'normal,' a lot of them were also penny-pinchers for the rest of their life. So it might be very interesting to see what happens with this particular generation.