Office: 463 Strong Hall

Phone: (417) 836-5985

E-Mail: GaryBrock@MissouriState.edu

Spring '08 Office Hours:  11:00-12:00 MW; 2:00-3:30 TR; or by appointment. 

Gary Brock grew up in Los Angeles, received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Saint Louis University in 1983, and began teaching at Missouri State University that same year.  He joined the Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology Department in 1987.  His academic areas of specialization include religion, social change, and social movements. His most recent research involves the Holocaust Movement in Judaism, conservative religion in American society.  Dr. Brock recently served as Case Media Fellow regarding American religion and the millennium (2000) and was invited to Oxford University in 2005 to discuss, with other international scholars, the interface between religion, education, and government in society.

Dr. Brock teaches SOC 150 (Introduction to Society), SOC 152 (Social Problems), SOC 284 (Social Movements), SOC 390 (Religion in Society), SOC 485 (Society and the Future) and SOC 498 (Senior Seminar).  Dr. Brock continues to expand his international experiences by participating in scholar exchange programs.  Recently he has been in Turkey (1996), Russia (1997) and spent a semester teaching for the Missouri London Program in London, England (2000).  He is active in the local and state community and serves as a consultant to religious, educational and law enforcement organizations.