Michael D. Royster

Dr. Michael Royster
Michael D. Royster, DMin.
Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
Office: 304A G.R. Woolfolk Social & Political Science Building
Phone: (936) 261-3221
Email: mdroyster@pvamu.edu

Education

  • Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    Candler School of Theology
    Doctor of Ministry (2018)
  • Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX
    Master of Arts (2006)
    Major: Sociology
  • Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
    Perkins School of Theology
    Master of Divinity (2005)
  • Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
    Bachelor of Arts (1992*)
    Major: Mathematics

* Requirements were completed in the Fall 1992. At the time the University did not confer degrees during the Fall Term; therefore, the degree was conferred in the Spring 1993.

Selection of Courses Taught

  • Social Stratification
  • Seminar in Race Relations
  • Sociology of Minorities
  • Social Deviance
  • General Sociology
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Sociology of Probation and Parole
  • Criminology
  • Poverty
  • Correctional Treatment and Public Policy
  • Sociology of Gender and Sex Roles
  • Social Statistics
  • Social Problems
  • Urban Sociology
  • Sociological Theory
  • Theory of Criminal Justice System
  • Aspects of Poverty
  • Classical Sociological Theory
  • Contemporary Sociological Theory
  • Social Stratification in America
  • Political Sociology
  • Sociology of Religion
  • Sociology of Comparative Religions
  • Sociology of Education
  • Collective Behavior and Social Change
  • Social Movements

Selected Research Activities

Publications

  • African American Civil Religion: The Pendulum Guided by the Invisible Hand, London, UK: Routledge Publishing, a part of the Classical and Contemporary Social Theory Series (under contract)
  • Racial Healing from the Pulpit: Reconciliation and Rebuilding, Portland, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishing, (under contract)
  • Snead-Greene, Cheryle D. and Michael D. Royster. “Labeled Public Enemy Number One: Popular Media Portrayal of the Souls of Imprisoned Black Women” in Caged Women: Incarceration, Representation, and Media. Shirley A. Jackson and Laurie Gordy, eds. (New York, NY: Routledge) pp. 64-74 (2018)
  • “Ambivalence in Counterterrorism Efforts: The Case of South Africa” in The Palgrave Handbook of Global Counterterrorism, ed. Scott Romaniuk, (Palgrave MacMillan: London, UK) pp. 1055- 1068 (2017)
  • “The Message from the Wilderness” in Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality, ed. Andre E. Johnson, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books) pp 21-36 (2013)
  • “The African American Context” in Religious Leadership: A Reference Handbook, ed. Sharon Henderson Callahan, (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication), pp 11-19 (2013)
  • Royster, Michael D. and Kamesha S. Spates; “Religious Convictions” in Crime and Criminal Behavior, a part of Key Issues in Crime and Punishment Series, ed. William Chambliss (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication), pp 197-212 (2011)
  • Spates, Kamesha S. and Michael D. Royster, “Religious Rights” in Corrections, a part of Key Issues in Crime and Punishment Series, ed. William Chambliss, (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication), pp 245-260 (2011)
  • Hadnot, Kathryn, Michael D. Royster “Emotional Withdrawal”, The Sage Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives; ed. Paul I. Joseph; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication, pp. 549- 551(2017)
  • “War Crimes Tribunals”, Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice; ed. Margaret Beare, (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication) pp 453-457 (2012)
  • “Faith-Based Initiatives”, Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; ed. Shannon M. Barton-Bellessa, (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication), pp. 153-157(2012)