Maxine P. Atkinson is professor and head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina State University. She formerly directed and now serves as the faculty developed for NC State's First Year Inquiry Program and is a member of ASA's Departmental Resources Group. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards including ASA's Hans O. Mauksch Award and the Southern Sociological Society's Distinguished Contributions to Teach Award. In spring of 2009, she became the first woman from NC...