Cynthia B. Struthers
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1999
Associate Professor of Sociology
Research Associate, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
Contact Info
Courses
- WS 410 / Soc 410 Women and Poverty
- Soc 200 Contemporary Social Problems
- Soc 345 Rural Social Organizations
- Soc 312 Community
- Soc 370 American Family
Areas of Specialization
- Family, Community, Rural Sociology
Publications/Presentations
- Struthers, Cynthia B. 2005. Housing Conditions and Housing Options
for Older Residents: A Question of Need, A Question of Acceptable
Alternatives. Journal of Housing for the Elderly. 19
(1):
- Struthers, Cynthia B. 2004. Meeting Senior Housing Needs as
a CD (Community Development) Strategy. Vanguard 36 (2):13-15.
- Struthers, Cynthia B. and Janet L. Bokemeier. 2003. Stretched
to Their Limits: Rural Mothers, the ‘New’ Economy,
and the Rural Work Ethic. Pp. 291-315 in Communities of Work:
Rural Restructuring in Local and Global Contexts, A. Tickamyer,
W. Falk, and M. Schulman (Eds.). Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.
- Merrett, Christopher and Cynthia B. Struthers. 2002. Globalization
and the Future of Rural Communities in the American Midwest. Transnational
Law & Contemporary Problems 12 (1): 34-64.
- Struthers, Cynthia B. and Janet L. Bokemeier. 2000. Myths and
Realities of Raising Children and Creating Family Life in a Rural
County. Journal of Family Issues 21 (1): 17-46.
Organizational Memberships/Affiliations
- Rural Sociological Society, Community Development Society, American
Sociological Association.
Dr. Struthers serves as the Faculty Advisor to
W.I.U. Habitat for Humanity and is Unity Ally.
Dr. Struthers joined the Department in 1999.