Charles Tolbert
Professor
Department of Sociology
Baylor University
United States of America
Biography
Charles Tolbert is currently working as a Professor of Sociology at Baylor university. He has completed his Ph.D., Sociology, University of Georgia in 1980 & M.A., Sociology, Baylor University in 1975 & B.A., Sociology, Baylor University in 1973. Dr. Charles Tolbert has been involved with graduate education since 1980 and came to Baylor in 2000. He returned to his alma mater (class of 1973) nearly 25 years later to build on the potential of the the small and highly effective applied sociology doctoral program. He is the chair of the sociology department. His areas of research include social stratification, social demography, rural sociology and quantitative applications. Dr. Tolbert teaches basic data analysis, advanced quantitative methods, and demographic techniques.
Research Interest
social stratification, social demography, rural sociology and quantitative applications
Publications
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Halbesleben, Katie L. and Charles M. Tolbert. “Small, local, and loyal: How firm attributes affect workers’ organizational commitment.†Local Economy 29:795-809, 2014.
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Charles M. Tolbert, F. Carson Mencken, Troy C. Blanchard and Jing Li. “American Civic Community over Space and Time.†2016 in Reclaiming Space: New Middle-Range Theory in Spatial Demography.(F. Howell and J. Porter (eds.), Springer Press.* Chapter 12: 235-252.
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F. Carson Mencken and Charles M. Tolbert. 2016. "Restructuring of the Financial Industry and Implications for Sources of Start-up Capital for New Businesses in Nonmetropolitan Counties'." Journal of Rural social Sciences 31(1):71-82.
