Michael D. Royster
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)