Robert Futrell specializes in social movements, environmental sociology, sociology of science and technology, and sustainability. His research includes a series of articles on the U.S. white power movement with Dr. Pete Simi (Univ. Nebraska-Omaha). Futrell and Simi's forthcoming book-American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement's Hidden Spaces of Hate-is scheduled for release in Fall 2009 by Rowman & Littlefield. Dr. Futrell also studies science, technology and sustainability issues in the southwestern United States. He is presently co-directing the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area Social Survey (LVMASS) to assess Las Vegas area residents' attitudes about ecological, economic, and social sustainability. Dr. Futrell just finished a four-year stint as co-principal investigator for the Nevada Test Site Oral History Project (with Dr. Andy Kirk [History] and Dr. Mary Palevsky [History], an $830,000 federally-funded project documenting the experiences of people affiliated with the Nevada Test Site, the continental site for the U.S. nuclear testing program - http://digital.library.unlv.edu/ntsohp/.

Dr. Futrell has published in a variety of journals including: Social Problems (2009, 2008, 2004), Sociology Compass, (2009), The Sociological Quarterly (2006), Journal of Political and Military Sociology (2006), Sociological Inquiry (2003), Science, Technology, and Human Values (2003), and the American Behavioral Scientist (2003). He teaches undergraduate, honors, and graduate level courses in Principles of Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Social Movements, Social Change, and Sociology of Sport, and Teaching Sociology. He has received several awards for teaching, most recently the 2005-2006 UNLV Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award.

Recent Courses Taught
Soc 101 – Principles of Sociology
Soc 413/613 – Sociology of Sport
Soc 407/607 – Environmental and Society
Soc – Teaching Sociology
Soc 755 – Graduate Seminar Social Movements

Contact Dr. Futrell:
Office location: CBC-B 204
Email: robert.futrell@unlv.edu