Ph.D., Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A., Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A., Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
鈥婩ields Of Study
Community, Service & Civic Engagement
Education & Experiential Learning
Leadership
鈥婥ourses Taught
Social Action Capstone, Speech Intensive (SOC 470)
Green Societies, service-learning course (GEOG/SOC/SUST 410)
Sociology of Leadership and Organizations, service-learning course (SOC 360)
Writing for the Social Sciences (GEOG/POL/SOC 341)
Community Sociology (SOC 312)
Introductory Sociology (SOC 203)
鈥婼elected Publications
Kendall, Diana, and Laura C. Atkins. 2026. . Cengage Publishers.
Atkins, Laura. 2025. . Cengage Blog.
Atkins, Laura C. and Grant, Shelley. 2021. Diverse Applications of Sociological Imagination:
A Qualitative Study of Service-Learning Mentoring. Journal of Applied Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1177/19367244211021390
Selected Awards
Co-PI, NSF STEM Grant, Project-based Service Learning and Career-training to Support
Graduation and Career Readiness of Engineering and Computing Science Majors with Mini
Zeng鈥�(PI), Lee Ann Clements,鈥疎mre鈥疭elvi鈥痑nd Steven Davis. $943,266. 11/2020-12/2025鈥�
Community Engagement Educator Award, Florida Campus Compact, 2018
