Leslie McCallister

Professor of Sociology and Department Chair

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• mccallis@etsu.edu
• 423-439-4998
• Rogers-Stout Hall 223C

Dr. McCallister is the Program Advisor for the Online Sociology Program. For more information on the online program, please reach out to her. She will be happy to answer your questions!

Dr. McCallister also has 15 years of experience conducting community-based research projects and is a faculty affiliate with the Applied Social Research Lab (ASRL). Since her arrival at ETSU, she has worked with multiple community agencies such as the Church Hill Free Medical Clinic, Coalition for Kids, Project Access, the Johnson City Community Health Center (formerly the Downtown Clinic) to design and implement program evaluation strategies. Her areas of expertise include survey research, questionnaire design, focus groups, grant writing, and program evaluation.

 Current Research

I conduct community-based research projects every semester as part of my Community Sociology course. Currently, students have partnered with the Church Hill Free Medical Clinic to conduct a patient satisfaction survey; results will be used to support funding requests. Students are also partnering with Coalition for Kids to evaluate its after-school Tutoring Program. I have also recently received funding to examine the youth culture of sports; specifically, I and two graduate students are observing youth soccer games to examine interactions between parents, coaches and players, as well as how the idea of "toughness" and "appropriate" behavior is conveyed. 

Selected Publications

• McCallister, Leslie. 2008. "Lessons Learned While Developing a Community-Based Learning Initiative," Journal for Civic Commitment 11:1-18.

• McCallister, Leslie and Bobette Otto. 2008. "Exploring the Impact of E-mail and Postcard Prenotification on Response Rates to a Mail Survey in an Academic Setting," Applied Social Science 2(1):94-103.

Services

• Online Sociology Program: Student Advisor