Sociology Department
Richard L. Dukes, Ph.D.,
Professor of Sociology
He is Director of the Center for Social Science Research. He is Co-director of the Graduate Program in Sociology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.Dukes spent eighteen years gathering data and writing Worlds Apart: Collective Action in Simulated Agrarian and Industrial Societies, Kluwer (1990). He vowed to avoid writing other books because they "take on lives of their own." Recently, he completed the 8th edition of a booklet, Simulation and Gaming and the Teaching of Sociology, American Sociological Association (2001). He has co-authored instructors manuals and student study guides for several editions of two introductory sociology text books. He co-edited a volume on teaching in various disciplines using simulation games.Dukes has written numerous articles and reports on the evaluation of drug education (D.A.R.E. and Project ALERT), personal growth and the Semester at Sea Program, youth gangs, self esteem, road rage, popular music, teaching effectiveness, parenting, airline piloting, criminal victimization, spousal abuse, and the impact of competitive sports on family life.He is a charter member of the North American Simulation and Gaming Association, and he is an ex officio member of the board of directors. Dukes writes the News & Notes column for the journal, Simulation & Gaming. He won a University of Colorado at Colorado Springs teaching award in 1983. He co-authored INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY (II), a gamed simulation that won an award in the International Games Competition (1999). Dukes has been a visiting scholar at University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Los Angeles. He has been a visiting professor at University of Colorado, Boulder and University of Pittsburgh on the Semester at Sea Program.Dukes received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Southern California. He received his B.A. from the California State University, Northridge. Currently, he teaches Introductory Sociology, Statistics, Advanced Statistics, and a graduate course in Research Methods.Hobbies include mountain biking, kayaking, skiing and construction.