Intro Sociology; Ethics of Engagement; Social Problems; Science, Religion, & Knowledge; Family & Society; Social Inequality; Medical Sociology; Methods I; Methods II; Theory I; Theory II; Senior Seminar
- Stony Brook University, Ph.D. in Sociology (2001)
- Stony Brook University, M.A. in Sociology (1995)
- Stony Brook University, B.A. in History (1985)
"Fifty Most Influential Faculty, Staff and Administrators,” awarded by Center for Student Leadership and Involvement (CSLI), Spring 2015.
“Gratia, Honor, Mereo Tantus,” recognition from Faculty Senate for service as Senate Chair, Fall 2013.
“Excellence in Education – Faculty Award,” Old Westbury Alumni Association, 2012.
“Faculty Appreciation Award for Teaching,” Division of Student Affairs, SUNY Old Westbury, 2012.
“Distinguished Teaching Award,” Learning Communities Program, SUNY at Stony Brook, May 2001.
“Graduate Student Organization Campus Life Award,” SUNY at Stony Brook, April 2001.
“Senior Students' Teacher Appreciation Award,” WC Bryant High School, June, 1988
Since 2015:
Assessment Coordinator (2018) - Oversight and Coordination of campus-wide institutional assessment
Completion of Assessment Summary Report to the President (submitted March 2018).
Sociology Department Senator (2017-18) - drafted and submitted Resolution on the Conduct of Senate Meetings and Resolution to Create an Ad Hoc Open Educational Resources (OER) Faculty Committee, both adopted by the Senate on May 18, 2018.
Chaired Reappointment Review Committees (Spring 2018) - Laura Limonic; Dana Prewitt
Periodic Review Report Committee for Middle States, faculty co-Chair with Anthony Barbera (2014-18) - Coordination of data collection, research, report-writing, final report submission (2016) Accreditation reaffirmed in fall 2016; Institutional Assessment for Progress Letter (April 1, 2018), Progress Letter accepted;
MS in Applied Social Research Program Proposal, in collaboration with Jill Crocker and Ryoko Yamamoto
“Letter of Intent” submitted to SUNY (2014) - “Full Degree Proposal” submission to SUNY (March 2017); Approved by NY State Dept. of Education (March 2018);
Chair, Scheduling Software Working Group (2017-2020)
Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee Chair (2014-16) - Bylaws subcommittee, Chair; Bylaws revisions ratified in summer 2016
Old Westbury Chapter of United University Professions, AFT Local 2190, Treasurer (2015-16) - resigned over concerns of fiduciary malfeasance by other members of the Executive Committee
Chaired Reappointment Review Committee (Spring 2015) - Jill Crocker
Joint Admin-Faculty Task Force on Salary Equity, Chair (2015-16) - salary adjustments implemented in fall 2016.
Historical Sociology, Sociology of Science and Medicine, Sociology of Knowledge, Gender, HIgher Education, Public Health
- Heller, Jacob. 2019. “Constructed Gender But Unconstructed Sex? Historical Roots of Sociological Practice.” The American Sociologist, 50(1), 38-62; DOI: 10.1007/s12108-018-9396-y.
- Heller, Jacob. 2018. Guest Editor, Special Issue “Cultural Narratives in Health,” AIMS Public Health; https://www.aimspress.com/newsinfo/756.html.
- Heller, Jacob. 2016. "Trust in Institutions, Science and the Self - the Case of Vaccines." Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics. Vol 6, No. 3, 199-203. DOI: 10.1353/nib.2016.0059.
- Heller, Jacob. 2015. "Rumors and Realities: Making Sense of HIV/AIDS Conspiracy Narratives and Contemporary Legends." American Journal of Public Health Vol 105, No. 1, pp. 44-50.
- Heller, Jacob. 2011. Review of The Global Grapevine: Why Rumors of Terrorism, Immigration, and Trade Matter, by Gary Alan Fine and Bill Ellis, in Social Forces; doi: 10.1093/sf/sor039.
- Heller, Jacob. 2010. “The Social History of Vaccines,” in Controversies in Science and Technology, Vol. III (ed. by Daniel Kleinman, Jason Delborne, Karen Cloud-Hansen, and Jo Handelsman). Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press, pp. 21-31.
- Heller, Jacob. 2008. The Vaccine Narrative, Vanderbilt University Press; view partial "look inside" on Amazon.com.
- “How Stories – Narrative – Can Contend with Students’ Notions of Reality.” CRITICAL DIALOGUE: The Power of Storytelling about Social Problems panel, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Los Angeles, California; (August 2022)
- “Sociology as an Emergent System.” New Sociological Perspectives (Paper Session), Eastern Sociological Society 85th Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass; March 2022
- “Students Who Leave College - Seen from the Inside.” CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Teaching and Learning in the United States panel, Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Montreal, Canada; August 2017
- “‘From Indifference to Overt Hostility’: Multilevel Selection Theory as a Site for Inquiry into Sociological Causes.” Eastern Sociological Society 85th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, (February 2017); organized as part of “Knowledge” paper session, “Knowledge, Belief and Action – Sociology Encounters Science.” February 2017
- “Being Respectable.” Social Inequality Panel at the SSSI Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 2015.
- “Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Students Who Leave College,” Eastern Sociological Society 85th Annual Meeting, New York, February 2015.
- “College Persistence Against the ‘Rule’: Engagement and Demographics in terms of ‘Comfort Level,’” scheduled for presentation at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 2014.