James M. O'Kane, Professor of Sociology, has been teaching at Drew since 1967. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Sociology from New York University, his M.S. in Social Work from Columbia University, and his B.A. degree in Economics from St. Frances College (Brooklyn, New York). His research interests within Sociology include criminology, research methods, demography, ethnic studies, and urban problems. He has authored over 50 articles as well as two books: Pamplona- A Sociological Analysis of Migration and Urban Adaptation Patterns (1981) and The Crooked Ladder: Gangsters Ethnicity and the American Dream (1992). He currently is completing a book on homicide in the United States tentatively entitled Wicked Deeds: A Primer on Homicide in America. Professor O'Kane also is the Research Director of Social Science Research Associates, a Madison based research consulting firm specializing in survey research and other methodologies relating to problems and issues in education, crime, and community relations. Frequently interviewed by the mass media, he has been quoted in newspapers such as The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, U.S.A. Today, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Houston Chronicle, and Miami Herald. Prof. O'Kane has also been featured in an in depth interview on the McNeil-Lehrer Newshour on the topic of homicide.
