Sociology

David Boyns - Recent Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journals/Book Chapters 

Boyns, David and Daniele Loprieno. Forthcoming, 2013. “Feeling through Presence: Toward a Theory of Emotion and Parasociality in Online Social Worlds.” In Benski and Fisher, Internet and Emotions. London: Routledge. 

Wonser, Robert and David Boyns. 2012. “The Caped Crusader: What Batman Films Tell Us About Crime and Deviance.” In Sutherland and Feltey (eds.), Cinematic Sociology: Social Life in Film, 2nd Edition. Sage Publications. 

Boyns, David and Desiree Stephenson. 2011. “Rozumienie telewizji bez telewizji: studium na temat zawieszonego oglądania telewizji” (“Understanding Television without Television: A Study of Suspended Television Viewing.”). Panoptikum:10 (17). (Revised for Polish Translation). 

Boyns, David and Scott Appelrouth. 2011. “Studies in the Suspension of the “Flow” of Social Life.” Sociological Spectrum 31(2):193-223. 

Boyns, David, Amy Denissen and Alexandra Gerbasi. 2011. "Economic Crisis and the California State Public University: The Institutional, Professional and Personal Effects on Faculty and Students." Pp. 145-170, in Orfield and Gandara (eds.), The CSU Crisis and California’s Future. UCLA Civil Rights Project Publication. 

Boyns, David. 2011. "Culture, Agency and the Means of Simulation." Pp. 69-88, in Zake and DeCesare (eds.), New Directions in Sociology: Essays on Theory and Methodology in the 21st Century. McFarland Press. 

Boyns, David. 2010. "The Savory Deviant Delight: A Study of Trust & Normative Order in an Online World." Pp. 71-90, in Latusek and Gerbasi (eds.), Trust and Technology in a Ubiquitous Modern Environment: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives. IGI Global. 

Boyns, David, Elena Sosnovskya and Sima Forghani. 2009. MMORPG Worlds: On the Construction of Social Reality in World of Warcraft.” Pp. 67-92, in Heider (ed.), Living Virtually: Researching New Worlds. Peter Lang Publishing. 

Boyns, David and Jesse Fletcher. 2007. “Reflections on Public Sociology.” Pp. 119-148 in Public Sociology: The Contemporary Debate, edited by L. Nichols. Transaction Publishers. 

Boyns, David. 2007. “Postmodern and Poststructural Social Theories.” In Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era, edited by S. Appelrouth and L. Edles. Pine Forge Press. 

Boyns, David. 2007. “Jurgen Habermas.” In Contemporary Sociological Theory Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era, edited by S. Appelrouth and L. Edles. Pine Forge Press. 

Boyns, David. 2006. “Emotion-Based Self Theory.” Pp. 254-275 in Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions, edited by Jan E. Stets and Jonathan H. Turner. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers. 

Boyns, David and Michael DeCesare. 2006. “Assessing Student Learning in Service-Learning Internships.” In Quick Hits for Educating Citizens. Indiana University Press. 

Boyns, David and Jesse Fletcher. 2005. “Reflections on Public Sociology: Public Relations, Disciplinary Identity and the Strong Program in Professional Sociology.” The American Sociologist. 36(3-4): 5-26. 

Boyns, David and Eileen Ie. 2005. “Mass Media ‘Fast’ for a Fast Media.” In Teaching about the Mass Media in the Classroom. Edited by Heather Laube and Sarah Sobieraj. New York: American Sociological Association. 

Boyns, David. 2005. “Explorations in Un-Tv.” In Teaching about the Mass Media in the Classroom, edited by Heather Laube and Sarah Sobieraj. New York: American Sociological Association. 

Boyns, David and James David Ballard. 2004. “Developing a Sociological Theory for the Empirical Understanding of Terrorism.” The American Sociologist. 35(2): 5-25. 

Boyns, David and Desiree Stephenson. 2003. “Understanding Television without Television: A Study of Suspended Television Viewing.” The Journal of Mundane Behavior. 4.1: 9-28. 

Turner, Jonathan and David Boyns. 2002. “Expectations, Need-States, and Emotional Arousal in Encounters.” In The Growth of Social Knowledge: Theory, Simulation, and Empirical Research in Group Processes, edited by Jacek Szmatka, Michael Lovaglia, Kinga Wysienska, Praeger Publishers. 

Turner, Jonathan and David Boyns. 2001. “The Return of Grand Theory.” In Handbook of Sociological Theory. New York: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers. 

Encyclopedia Entries 

Boyns, David. Ethnomethodology. 2000. In The World of Sociology. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Cengage Publishers. 

Boyns, David. Generalized Other. 2000. In The World of Sociology. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Cengage Publishers. 

Boyns, David. 2000. Institute of Social Research (Frankfurt School). In The World of Sociology. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Cengage Publishers. 

Boyns, David. 2000. Looking-glass Self. In The World of Sociology. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Cengage Publishers. 

Boyns, David. 2000. Mass Media Research. In The World of Sociology. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Cengage Publishers. 

Boyns, David. 2000. Postmodernism. In The World of Sociology. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Cengage Publishers. 

Boyns, David. 2000. Ritual. In The World of Sociology. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Cengage Publishers. 

Boyns, David. 2000. Role. In The World of Sociology. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Cengage Publishers. 

Boyns, David. 2000. Role Theory. In The World of Sociology. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Cengage Publishers. 

Boyns, David. 2000. Sociological Theory. In The World of Sociology. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Cengage Publishers. 

Boyns, David. 2000. Sui Generis. In The World of Sociology. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Cengage Publishers. 

Technical Reports/Program Evaluations 

Boyns, David. 2013. The Nexus Project: Student Professional Development through Service-Learning and Evaluation Research. For CSUN Center for Innovative and Engage Learning Opportunities. Funded by the CIELO Interdisciplinary Community Engagement Grant. 

Boyns, David. 2013. CSUN Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing, Student Evaluation Research Summary Report. For the CSUN Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing. 

Boyns, David. 2012. Valley CARES Family Justice Center Evaluation. For Valley Trauma Center, Northridge, CA. Funded by CSUN Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (RIMI). 

Boyns, David, Nereida Alonso, Mayra Lugo, and DeAndre Rowles. 2011. CSUN Sociology Alumni Study. For the CSUN Department of Sociology. 

Boyns, David. 2011. Copernicus Project Comprehensive Evaluation Report. For University of California, Riverside’s Department of Education, Copernicus Project. Funded by the United States Department of Education. 

Boyns, David, Herman DeBose, and Esther Villegas. 2010. Community Peacebuilder and Conflict Resolution Evaluation Report. For Western Justice Center. Funded by the Western Justice Center. 

Boyns, David. 2010. Copernicus Evaluation Report. For University of California, Riverside’s Department of Education, Copernicus Project. Funded by the United States Department of Education. 

Boyns, David. 2009. Copernicus Evaluation Report. For University of California, Riverside’s Department of Education, Copernicus Project. Funded by the United States Department of Education. 

Boyns, David. 2008. Copernicus Evaluation Report. For University of California, Riverside’s Department of Education, Copernicus Project. Funded by the United States Department of Education. 

Boyns, David, Douglas Mitchell, et al. 2007. California Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment and Intern Alternative Certification Evaluation Study: Technical Report. Funded by the California Department of Education. 

Boyns, David. 2007. Copernicus Evaluation Report. For University of California, Riverside’s Department of Education, Copernicus Project. Funded by the United States Department of Education. 

Boyns, David. 2006 Copernicus Evaluation Report - Science Summer Institute Evaluation Report: An Analysis of the Impact of an Intensive, Five-Day Institute for Science Teachers. For University of California, Riverside’s Department of Education, Copernicus Project. Funded by the United States Department of Education. 

Boyns, David. 2006. Copernicus Evaluation Report. For University of California, Riverside’s Department of Education, Copernicus Project. Funded by the United States Department of Education. 

Boyns, David. 2005. Copernicus Evaluation Report – Science Summer Institute Evaluation Report: An Analysis of the Impact of an Intensive, Five-Day Institute for Science Teachers. For University of California, Riverside’s Department of Education, Copernicus Project. Funded by the United States Department of Education. 

Boyns, David. 2005. Copernicus Evaluation Report. For University of California, Riverside’s Department of Education, Copernicus Project. Funded by the United States Department of Education. 

Boyns, David and Douglas Mitchell 2000. California Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Statewide Quantitative Evaluation Study, Local Program Reports, 2000-2001. California Educational Research Cooperative. 

Boyns, David, Douglas Mitchell, and Lori Turk-Bicakci. 2000. California Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Statewide Quantitative Evaluation Study, 1999-2000. School Improvement Research Group 

Boyns, David, Douglas Mitchell, and Linda Scott. 2000. California Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Statewide Quantitative Evaluation Study, Local Program Reports, 1999-2000. California Educational Research Cooperative. 

Boyns, David and Linda Scott. 2000. The Effectiveness of Part-time and Full-time Mentor Support in New Teacher Induction Programs. California Educational Research Cooperative. 

Boyns, David and Douglas Mitchell 2000. How Beginning Teachers Cope With Complexity and Uncertainty. California Educational Research Cooperative. 

Boyns, David, Douglas Mitchell, and Linda Scott. 1999. California Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Statewide Quantitative Evaluation Study, 1998-1999. California Educational Research Cooperative. 

Boyns, David, Douglas Mitchell, Linda Scott, and Irving Hendrick. 1998.California Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Statewide Quantitative Evaluation Study, 1997-1998. California Educational Research Cooperative. 

Boyns, David, Douglas Mitchell, Linda Scott, and Irving Hendrick. 1998. California Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Statewide Qualitative Evaluation Study, 1997-1998. California Educational Research Cooperative. 

Boyns, David, Douglas Mitchell, Linda Scott, and Irving Hendrick. 1998. California Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Statewide Quantitative Evaluation Study, Local Program Reports, 1997-1998. California Educational Research Cooperative.