Department of Sociology

Sara Karkkainen Terian, PhD
Visiting Professor of Sociology (2002 - 2005)
Phone: (914) 633-2128
E-mail: sterian@iona.edu
Her areas of specialization are Sociology of Architecture, Sociology of Religion, Social Theory and Social Ethics

Publications:

Basic Guidelines for Qualitative Research in Education. Sipoo, Finland: International Multimedia and Distance Learning, 2003.

"Psychological and social Effects of Abortion--Some Recent Data." Spectrum 19 (No.4, May 1989): 59-61.

"Architecture: A Form of Grace." Faith & Form 22 (Spring 1989): 41-42.

"Psychological and Social Effects of Abortion-Some Recent Data." Spectrum 19 (No. 4, May 1989): 59-61.

"Building Evaluation Process: Gordon Hall of Science, Cranbrook, Michigan." With Neville Clouten and Jerry Lawrence. Series: Educational buildings and equipment 15. Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, November 1990.

"Communicating Grace: The Church's Role in the Abortion Controversy." Pp. 205-220 in Abortion: Ethical Issues and Options, ed. David Larson. Loma Linda, California, Loma Linda University Center for Christian Bioethics, 1992.

"Crisis Rituals" and "Marriage Rituals" in Frank Salamone, ed., Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals. New York and London: Routledge, 2004.

"Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Ethics in Pragmatism." St. Nersess Theological Review 5-6 (2000-2001): 155-171.

"Alienation and Home Design: Images of Desired Environments in an African-American Community." Proceedings of the Conference "Close Encounters of an Other Kind," University of Joensuu, Finland, 2003 (in press).

Place as a Social Entity: A Sociological Model of the Place Experience (forthcoming)

People Concepts for Architecture Students: A Primer on the Human-Environment Relationship (forthcoming)

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