Katherine Sweeney PART-TIME FACULTY, SOCIOLOGY Contact 1310 Ben Graves DriveMorton HallRoom 210Huntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.824.6190katherine.sweeney@uah.edu Biography Katherine Sweeney is a part-time instructor in the Department of Sociology. She earned her master's degree in Sociology at Middle Tennessee State University in 2020. While interested in a number of sociological topics, her primary interests lie within the criminology field. Other areas of expertise include emotional labor, juvenile delinquency, sociological law, and social psychology. Katherine's most recent research involves studying emergency 911 dispatchers and how their job satisfaction influences the many factors of emotional labor. Expertise Criminology Social Psychology Sociology of Emotions and Emotional Labor Recent Publications Rowe, Katherine. 2020. Emergency Communications: A Quantitative Survey on Emotional Labor. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. https://www.proquest.com/openview/84ef4883a2fd15fc196f085485f2d708/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y Rowe, K. “911 Dispatchers Deserve Better Pay, Recognition,” The Tennessean, 2019. Rowe, K., “Childhood Development: How the Fine and Performing Arts Enhance Neurological, Social, and Academic Traits,” East Tennessee State University EThesis, 2018.
