Frank M Howell

Biographic Data

ID3632159
NAMEFrank M Howell
GIVEN NAMESFrank M
FAMILY NAMEHowell
SIGNATUREHOWELL F M
AFFILIATIONSMississippi State University
ORCID0000-0002-3185-9016
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS37
TOTAL CITATIONS177
AUTHOR COUNT37
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1978
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX8

  • Land Reform Versus Repression in Counterinsurgency: Evidence From El Salvador

    Open AccessT David Mason, Jesse Hamner et al.ARTICLEJournal of Conflict Resolution2024References: 19

    Land reform has been employed as a component of counterinsurgency strategies to inoculate peasants against rebel appeals by giving peasants their own land. However, the remedial effects of land reform can be undermined by right wing violence and rebel violence intended to subvert land reform implementation. We used municipio level data on land reform and election results from El Salvador to test propositions on the competing effects of land refor…

  • When Faith, Race, and Hate Collide: Religious Ecology, Local Hate Cultures, and Church Burnings

    Open AccessFrank M Howell, John Bartkowski et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research2018Cited by: 7References: 63

    This study explores the extent to which the spate of church burnings that occurred throughout the South during the 1990s may have been influenced by local religious ecologies, diverse forms of civic engagement, and broader community support for racial animus that we call local hate cultures (e.g., prior hate crime incidents, hate group presence). We use county-level data from a variety of sources to determine the degree to which church arsons wer…

  • Old Times Are Not Forgotten: The Institutionalization of Segregationist Academies in the American South

    Jeremy R Porter, Frank M Howell et al.ARTICLESocial Problems2014Cited by: 20References: 78

    Brown v. Board of Education is considered a crowning achievement of racial equality yet, to date, there remains marked racial segregation in U.S. public schools. One explanation for continuing segregation lies in the reproduction of racialized institutions initially designed to preserve the color line. In this article, we examine the persistence of one such institution, drawing on historical institutionalism and rational choice theory to identify…

  • Implementing research in the social sciences with spatial data and ‘Not-So-New’ issues to watch out for

    Open AccessJeremy R Porter, Frank M HowellARTICLEJournal of Maps2013

    If one listens to thought leaders in the computing industry, we are being deluged with a tsunami of spatial data arising from one form of telecommunications technology after another. If one listens

  • Metropolitan Influence and Land Use Competition in Potential Biomass Crop Production: A Spatial Demographic Analysis

    Open AccessJeremy R Porter, P Mason et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2013References: 21

  • Unpacking' the Domestic Ecological Footprint of the United States

    Frank M Howell, Jeremy R Porter et al.ARTICLESociological Spectrum2013References: 23

    Ecological footprint analysis has become a popular method for exposing excess appropriation of limited biophysical resources on a global scale. Here we test the thesis that these discrepancies are both among countries and within the sub-regions of a country. We use U.S. county-level human footprint estimates, consumer expenditure information, and local air emissions estimates from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to explore the patterns …

  • Mapping innovations in spatial demography

    Open AccessJeremy R Porter, Frank M HowellARTICLEJournal of Maps2012

    Recently, advances in spatially centered analytic methods and the application of geographic information systems (GIS) to the investigation of social processes have made the use of maps and mapping

  • Gender and the Transmission of Civic Engagement: Assessing the Influences on Youth Civic Activity

    Open AccessT L Matthews, Lynn M Hempel et al.ARTICLESociological Inquiry2010Cited by: 4References: 47

    The study of civic activity has become a central focus for many social scientists over the past decade, generating considerable research and debate. Previous studies have largely overlooked the role of youth socialization into civic life, most notably in the settings of home and school. Further, differences along gender lines in civic capacity have not been given sufficient attention in past studies. This study adds to the literature by examining…

  • Existing Biomass Infrastructure and Theoretical Potential Biomass Production in the U.S

    Open AccessJeremy R Porter, Frank M Howell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Maps2009

    The recent and projected status of energy production and consumption in the U.S., resulting in substantial dependencies upon foreign oil, has continued to provide pressure on domestic energy security. All told, bio-energy systems, and biomass crop production in particular, will be important elements of national security, economic vitality, and public policy. Using biomass crop estimates based upon models developed at the Oak Ridge National Labora…

  • On the ‘Urbanness’ of Metropolitan Areas: Testing the Homogeneity Assumption, 1970–2000

    Open AccessJeremy R Porter, Frank M HowellARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2009References: 14

  • Promoting Civic Culture: The Transmission of Civic Involvement from Parent to Child

    T L Matthews, Frank M HowellARTICLESociological Focus2006Cited by: 2References: 14

    For the past decade, the study of social capital and civic involvement has been of primary importance to sociologists and other social scientists. Concern over perceived declines in civic participation has troubled many, since such participation has been linked to a variety of positive outcomes both for the individual and the broader social groups in which the person takes part. To date, most research on the factors influencing participation has …

  • Lord, We're Just Trying to Save Your Water: Environmental Activism and Dissent in the Appalachian South , by Suzanne Marshall

    Open AccessFrank M HowellARTICLERural Sociology2004

  • Metropolitan Proximity and U.S. Agricultural Productivity, 1978–1997

    Open AccessJohn K Thomas, Frank M HowellARTICLERural Sociology2003Cited by: 5References: 6

    Metropolitan encroachment into surrounding countrysides has had noticeable consequences on American agriculture. This research examines gross farm sales in five categories of crops and five categories of livestock and poultry by county proximity to metropolitan areas. A seven‐category classification of counties was derived from the 1983 and 1993 Economic Research Service/Beale rural‐urban codes and used in the analysis. Our findings showed a sign…

  • Spatial Variations in Church Burnings: The Social Ecology of Victimized Communities in the South

    Open AccessJohn Bartkowski, Frank M Howell et al.ARTICLERural Sociology2002Cited by: 9References: 5

    In recent years, church burnings in the South have attracted a great deal of attention. Many commentators have charged that they are a product of strained race relations throughout the South, and particularly of severe racial tensions in Southern rural areas. In this study we evaluate these claims. We begin by mapping the spatial coordinates of recorded church burnings from 1990 to 1997, and find that church arsons indeed are concentrated in the …

  • Modeling delinquent behavior: Social disorganization, perceived blocked opportunity, and social control

    Paul R Vowell, Frank M HowellARTICLEDeviant Behavior1998Cited by: 6References: 26

    The linkages among several popular theories in the delinquency literature—social disorganization, strain, and social control theory—as well as their effects on delinquent behavior are investigated in this study. Social disorganization has been primarily studied with aggregate‐level data in prior work, and we note certain theoretical and empirical issues associated with this approach. In this study of public high school students in Mississippi (n …

  • Visualizing Trends in the Structure of U.S. Agriculture, 1982 to 1992 1

    Open AccessJohn K Thomas, Frank M Howell et al.ARTICLERural Sociology1996Cited by: 6References: 6

    Multiple indicators of the structure of agriculture were extracted from the U.S. Census of Agriculture for the years 1982, 1987, and 1992, and used to extend previous work by Wimberley (1987). Exploratory factor analysis results for each year yielded three dimensions of agri‐structure: corporate‐commercial, farming‐firm, and small‐farm. Factor‐scores used to estimate scales had high reliabilities (omega coefficients > .9) and strong inter‐tempora…

  • The Journey to Work and Gender Inequality in Earnings: A Cross-Validation Study for the United States

    Open AccessFrank M Howell, Deborah Richey BronsonARTICLESociological Quarterly1996Cited by: 3References: 22

    It has been well documented that women tend to work closer to home than men. One interpretation of this finding has been that women face more spatially constrained labor markets than men, and these constraints are thought to be a factor in the gender gap in earnings. A recent study of Tel Aviv, Israel, by Moshe Semyonov and Noah Lewin-Epstein (1991) also found that working women clearly tend to hold employment more in the vicinity of their homes …

  • Oil in Troubled Waters: Perceptions, Politics, and the Battle over Offshore Drilling

    Frank M Howell, William R Freudenburg et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1995

  • Turning to family, friends, or others: A model of social network usage during stressful events

    Cynthia K Wade, Frank M Howell et al.ARTICLESociological Spectrum1994Cited by: 4References: 17

    In this study, we describe and partially explain patterns of network participation among family, friends, and others by focusing on social network usage during periods of stress. Using a national sample of adults (the National Opinion Research Center's General Social Surveys), we describe patterns of whom individuals would turn to for assistance during a range of hypothetical events, using first and second mentions of responses to six hypothetica…

  • From the new editors

    Frank M Howell, J Gipson WellsARTICLESociological Spectrum1991

  • A measurement model for subjective marital solidarity: Invariance across time, gender, and life cycle stage

    Open AccessBarbara Stanek Kilbourne, Barbara Kilbourne et al.ARTICLESocial Science Research1990Cited by: 4References: 45

  • High School Athletics and Adult Sport–Leisure Activity: Gender Variations across the Life Cycle

    Frank M Howell, James A McKenzieARTICLESociology of Sport Journal1987Cited by: 7References: 1

    There is a significant investment by schools and local communities in the athletic programs offered by secondary schools. A growing issue is, to what extent does the functioning of these sports programs coincide with the formal academic goals of the school? Using a structural equations model, we examine one theme within this major issue by estimating the effect of high school sports participation on sport and leisure activity later in adulthood. …

  • On the Trail of the “Turkey Trotters”: The Effect of Previous Sport Involvement and Attitudes on Commitment to and Skill in Running

    Colin Rees, C Roger Rees et al.ARTICLESociology of Sport Journal1986Cited by: 5

    This study tests the degree to which previous sport involvement (PSI) and attitudes toward PSI (APSI) influence present attitudes toward running (ARUN) and commitment to and skill in running. A questionnaire measuring these variables was mailed to a random sample of 210 participants drawn from a local 5-mile race; it was returned by 103 males (60%) and 38 females (90%). Commitment was operationalized as respondents’ training mileage per week, ski…

  • Sex and Mobility in the Dual Economy: From Entry to Midcareer

    Open AccessFrank M Howell, William A ReeseARTICLEWork and Occupations1986Cited by: 4References: 20

    Recent work using a dual-economy approach to labor markets has documented heterogeneities in descriptive profiles of workers and returns to human capital by core-periphery sector of the economy. However, an important need that has gone relatively uninformed is an understanding of movement across sectors of the economy as a dimension of individual careers. This study explores how sex is related to core-periphery placement and mobility from labor f…

  • Do High School Athletics Pay? Some Further Evidence

    J Steven Picou, Virginia Mccarter et al.ARTICLESociology of Sport Journal1985Cited by: 8

    This research summary expands previous studies of the consequences of interscholastic athletic participation for socioeconomic attainment. Data from five southern states were used for applying multiple regression techniques to estimate athletic participation effects. The findings suggest that white males receive substantial payoffs from athletic participation; the lack of consequences for other subgroups are briefly discussed