Dr. Ree Wells

Ree Wells, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University                        

Office: WH-232

Phone:  (417) 625.9762

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Teaching and Research interests:

Professor Wells earned her Ph.D. from Louisiana State University in Sociology, with a minor in Cultural Anthropology in 1993. Beginning in graduate school, Professor Wells incorporated medical sociology into most of her academic, applied and community service pursuits. She received a Medical Sociology Research Internship Award from the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association, 1989-90. Her doctoral dissertation completed in 1993 is entitled, Worksite Health Promotion in America: the Impact of Organizational Context on Corporate Wellness Programming. Seven of Dr. Wells’ research monographs result from health and illness/medical sociology projects. Dr. Wells is especially proud of a collaborative effort with Norm Dolch as co-editors of a special issue in the Sociological Spectrum: “Medical Sociology: Health and Illness Issues for the New Millennium” (Vol. 21:2, July 2001).

Courses that Dr. Wells teaches:

Intro. to Sociology

Social Problems

Social Stratification

Sociology of Education

Sociology of Health and Illness

Gender Roles