Ph.D., Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A., Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A., Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
​Fields Of Study
Community, Service & Civic Engagement
Education & Experiential Learning
Leadership
​Courses Taught
Social Action Capstone, Speech Intensive (SOC 470)
Green Societies, service-learning course (GEOG/SOC/SUST 410)
Sociology of Leadership and Organizations, service-learning course (SOC 360)
Writing for the Social Sciences (GEOG/POL/SOC 341)
Community Sociology (SOC 312)
Introductory Sociology (SOC 203)
​Selected Publications
Kendall, Diana, and Laura C. Atkins. 2026. . Cengage Publishers.
Atkins, Laura. 2025. . Cengage Blog.
Atkins, Laura C. and Grant, Shelley. 2021. Diverse Applications of Sociological Imagination:
A Qualitative Study of Service-Learning Mentoring. Journal of Applied Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1177/19367244211021390
Selected Awards
Co-PI, NSF STEM Grant, Project-based Service Learning and Career-training to Support
Graduation and Career Readiness of Engineering and Computing Science Majors with Mini
Zeng (PI), Lee Ann Clements, Emre Selvi and Steven Davis. $943,266. 11/2020-12/2025 
Community Engagement Educator Award, Florida Campus Compact, 2018
Department of Sociology
Linda Berry Stein College of Arts & Sciences
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