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Dr. Joseph Kotarba

  • Professor at Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • Director, Sociological Views on "Systems". October 1, 2023 - May 2024.
    Showings:
    • College of Liberal Arts. January 1, 2023 - May 1, 2024 Internet system, Texas State University.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2024). Symbolic Interactionist Methods for Studying Music. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 60(1), 93–104.
  • Storyteller, “Baptism on the Run….” Invited reading at the “Wimberley Storyfest”. September 2023 - October 2024.
    Performances:
    • Wimberley Storyfest.

2023

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2023). Exploring Team Dynamics During the Development of a Multi-Insitutional Cross-Disciplinary Translational Team: Implications for Potential Best Practices. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 6(October), 1–7.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2023). Music. In The Oxford Handbook of Symbolic Interaction. London, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Kotarba, J. A., & Melnikov, A. (2023). Existential Sociology. In Routledge International Handbook of Existential Human Science (pp. 12–22). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2023). Music in the Course of Life. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge.
  • Couve, A., & Kotarba, J. A. (2023). Music in the Everyday Life of People Living with Dementia. In Innovation in Aging (2023rd ed., Vol. 7). Gerontological Society of America.

2022

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2022). Teaching the Sociology of Popular Music: It’s All About Family. Journal of Popular Music Education, 6(1), 117–130.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2022). Teaching the sociology of popular music: It’s all about family! Journal of Popular Music Education, 6(1), 117–130. https://doi.org/10.1386/jpme_00078_1

2021

  • Kotarba, J. A., & Couve, A. (2021). The “Crush”: A Quasi-Romantic Relationship Across the Life Course. In Innovation in Aging (Supplement 1, Vol. 5, p. 283). GSA.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (Ed.). (2021). Introduction: Interactionist and Qualitative Approaches to Translational Team Science. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 53, 3–6.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2021). Norman Denzin: the Power of the Special Issue. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 53, 165–169.
  • Kotarba, J. A., Croisant, S., Anthony, A., & Singleton, C. (2021). The Sci Cafe, Health Literacy Education, and Translational Team Science. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 53, 7–21.
  • Kotarba, J. A., Tumilty, E., & Wooten, K. (2021). The Evolution of Consulting in Translational Team Science. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 53, 33–44.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2021). The Symbolic Interactionist as Writer. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 52, 53–60.

2020

  • Couve, A., & Kotarba, J. A. (2020). Ethnographic Methods, Music, and Aging. In Innovation in Aging (Supplement 1, Vol. 4, p. 565). GSA.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2020). Art of Memories: Curating at the Hermitage. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 49(5), 443–445. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094306120946390m
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2020, September 1). Art of Memories: Curating at the Hermitage: A Review. Contemporary Sociology. Thousand Oaks, U.S.A.: Sage Publishing.
  • Kotarba, J. A., & Couve, A. (2020). Music Across the Life Course: A Focus on Dementia. Gerontology: Innovation, 59(Supplement 1), S842.

2019

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2019, October). Midcentury America Through the Eyes and Ears of Popular Music. Symbolic Interaction. London, England: Wiley.
  • Kotarba, J. A., & Wooten, K. (2019). Evaluation of a Team Leadership Assessment Center Study for Scientists. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1(5), 132–132. https://doi.org/doi:10.1017/cts.2019.300
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2019). The Everyday Life Intersection of Translational Science and Music. Qualitative Sociology Review, 15(2), 44–55. Retrieved from DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.15.2.04
  • Melnikov, A., & Kotarba, J. A. (2019). Jack D. Douglas. In SAGE Research Methods Foundations: Pioneers. London, UK: Sage Publishing. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526421036754194

2018

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2018). Understanding Society through Popular Music. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge.
  • Kotarba, J. A., Travis, R., Bowman, S., Schneider, C. J., Skaggs, R., Wynn, J., & Wyrzykowska, K. M. (2018). Understanding Society through Popular Music. New York, U.S.A.: Routledge.

2017

  • Melnikov, A., & Kotarba, J. A. (2017). Jack D. Douglas. In The Interactionist Imagination (pp. 291–314). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58184-6_11
  • Melnikov, A., & Kotarba, J. A. (2017). Jack Douglas and the Vision of Existential Sociology. In The Interactionist Imagination - Studying Meaning, Situation and Micro-Social Order (pp. 291–314). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Kotarba, J. A., & Wooten, K. (2017). The Innovation Scorecard for Continuous Improvement Applied to Translational Science. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1(5), 296–300.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2017). The Positive Functions of Rock and Roll Music for Children and Their Parents. In Troubling Children (pp. 155–170). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351328524-8
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2017). Introduction. In Understanding Society through Popular Music (pp. 1–20). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315751641-1
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2017). Religion, Politics, and Popular Music. In Understanding Society through Popular Music (pp. 101–124). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315751641-6
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2017). The Family. In Understanding Society through Popular Music (pp. 41–64). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315751641-3
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2017). Class and Gender. In Understanding Society through Popular Music (pp. 125–138). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315751641-7
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2017). The Self, Identity, and the Life Course. In Understanding Society through Popular Music (pp. 65–80). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315751641-4
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2017). Youth, Deviance, and Subcultures. In Understanding Society through Popular Music (pp. 81–100). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315751641-5
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2017). Social Interaction. In Understanding Society through Popular Music (pp. 21–40). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315751641-2

2016

  • Kotarba, J. A., Wivagg, J., & Pierson, C. (2016). A Needs Assessment of Texas Military Veterans. Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas Veterans Commission.
  • Kotarba, J. A., & Kappler, P. (2016). An Evaluation of the Wimberley Village Library.
  • Kotarba, J. A., & Schneider, C. J. (Eds.). (2016). Symbolic Interactionist Takes on Music: The Couch-Stone Papers. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 48(1).
  • Kotarba, J. A., & Wooten, K. C. (2016). Evaluating the Application of the Innovation Scorecard for Continuous Improvment to Translational Science. Clinical and Translational Science, 9, 157.
  • Melnikov, A., & Kotarba, J. A. (2016, May). Existential Sociology. In The Blackewell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Hoboken, NJ, U.S.A.: Blackwell.

2015

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2015). The Long Way Home [Review of The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War, by D. Laskin]. The Sarmatian Review. New York: Harper.
  • Melnikov, A., & Kotarba, J. A. (2015). Existential Sociology. (G. Ritzer, Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sociology. Boston: Blackwell.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2015). Denver Music Summit: Review of the Research and Policy Program. Denver Music Taskforce.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2015). Socialization, Adult. In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss193.pub2
  • Melnikov, A., & Kotarba, J. A. (2015). Existential Sociology. In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeose083.pub2
  • Kotarba, J. A., Romero, R., & Dees, L. (Eds.). (2015, May). The Promise. San Marcos, TX, U.S.A.: Center for Social Inquiry.

2014

  • Kotarba, J., Croisant, S., Elferink, C., & Scott, L. (2014). Collaborating with the Community: The Extra-Territorial Translational Research Team. Journal of Translational Medicine & Epidemiology, 2(2), 1041–1044.
  • Kotarba, J. (2014). Symbolic Interaction and Applied Research: The Case of Translational Science. Symbolic Interaction, 37(3), 412–425.
  • Kotarba, J., & LaLone, N. (2014). The Scene: A Conceptual Template for an Interactionist Approach to Contemporary Music. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 42, 53–68.
  • Kotarba, J., Wivagg, J., & Pierson, C. (2014). Analysis of the 2-1-1 Texas Information and Referral Network Website and Area Information Center data. Department of Housing and Community Affairs, State of Texas: Center for Social Inquiry, Department of Sociology.
  • Kotarba, J. (2014). Existential Sociology. In The Sociologies of Everyday life (pp. 258–297). Copenhagen, Denmark: Hans Reitzel Publishers.
  • Day, S., & Kotarba, J. (2014). The Didactic Relevance of the Death of Deviance Debate. In M. Dellwing & N. Pino (Eds.), The Death and Resurrection  of Deviance (pp. 255–276). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Dellwing, M., Kotarba, J. A., & Pino, N. W. (2014). Introduction. In The Death and Resurrection of Deviance (pp. 1–8). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137303806_1
  • Day, S., & Kotarba, J. A. (2014). The Didactic Relevance of the Death of Deviance Debate. In The Death and Resurrection of Deviance (pp. 255–276). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137303806_14
  • Dellwing, M., Kotarba, J. A., & Pino, N. W. (2014). The Death and Resurrection of Deviance. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2014). Symbolic Interaction and Applied Social Research: A Focus on Translational Science. Symbolic Interaction, 37(3), 412–425. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.111
  • Kotarba, J. A., Romero, R., & Dees, L. (Eds.). (2014, May). The Promise. San Marcos, TX, U.S.A.: Center for Social Inquiry.
  • Wooten, K., Dann, S., Finnerty, C., & Kotarba, J. (2014). Translational Science Project Team Managers: Qualitative Insights and Implications from Current and Previous Postdoctoral Experiences. Journal of Postdoctoral Reseach, 2(7), 37–49.
  • panelist, Publish to Influence: Why Publish in Influential Journals? Can You Change the Scholarly Debate? January 1, 2014.
    Showings:
    • online.
  • Merrill, B., & Kotarba, J. (2014). Denver Music Summit: Review of the Research and Policy Program. Denver, Colorado: Western States Arts Federation.

2013

  • Kotarba, J., Wooten, K., Freeman, J., & Braiser, A. (2013). The Culture of Translational Science Research: A Qualitative Analysis. International Review of Qualitative Research, 5(1), 127–142.
  • Kotarba, J. (2013). Baby Boomer Rock “n” Roll Fans: The Music Never Ends. New York: Rowman & Littlefield: Scarecrow Press.
  • Kotarba, J. (2013). Preface. In S. Horsfall (Ed.), The Sociology of Music (pp. 15–16). Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2013). Symbolic interaction and Evaluation Research: The Case of  Translational Medical Research. Symbolic Interaction, 36(2).
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2013). Translational Science and the Self-Identity of the Scientist. Clinical and Translational Science, 6(2), 157.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2013). Three Stages of Cultural Change in Translational Science Research. Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston.
  • Kotarba, J. A., Mujamdar, D., & Price, B. (2013). White Paper on Diversity in the Board Room: Perception vs. Reality. Texas Healthcare Trustees.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2013). An Evaluation and Needs Assessment of Human Service Delivery in San Marcos, Texas. Human Services Advisory Board, the City of San Marcos, Texas.
  • Kotarba, J. A., Wooten, K., Freeman, J., & Brasier, A. R. (2013). The Culture of Translational Science Research. International Review of Qualitative Research, 6(1), 127–142. https://doi.org/10.1525/irqr.2013.6.1.127
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2013). Translational Science and the Self-Identity of the Scientist. Clinical and Translational Science, 6, 157–157.
  • Nowonty, K., Fackler, J., Muschi, G., Vargas, L., Wilson, L., & Kotarba, J. (2013). Established Latino Music Scenes: Sense of Place and the Challenge of Authenticity. In S. Horsfall (Ed.), Music Sociology: Examining the Role of Music in Social life. Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Paradigm Press.

2012

  • Kotarba, J. (2012). The Present and Future of Symbolic Interactionism. (A. Salvini, B. Merrill, & J. Kotarba, Eds.). Milan, Italy: FrancoAngeli.
  • Kotarba, J. (2012). Women Professional Athletes’ Injury Risk, Incidence and Care: A Community-level Analysis. In D. Malcolm & P. Safai (Eds.), The Social Organization of Sports Medicine (pp. 107–125). New York: Routledge.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2012). My Life as a Sociologist and an Interactionist. In Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Bingley, West Yorkshire: Emerald Press.
  • Salvini, A., Kotarba, J. A., & Merrill, B. (2012). Taking Chances in Everyday Life: Studying Culture Across Continents. In The Present and Future of Symbolic Interactionism (pp. 75–89). Milan, Italy: FrancoAngeli.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2012). My Life as a Sociologist and an Interactionist. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 38, 197–213.

2011

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2011). The Culture of Translational Research: An Ethnographic Report. Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston.

2010

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2010). Coda: Sticking to the Wall. Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies, 10, 334–336.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2010). The Impact of Popular Music on Symbolic Interaction: An Introduction. Studies in Symbolic Interaction, 35, 3–4.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2010). A Preliminary Report on the Qualitative Evaluation of the CTSA Program at UTMB. Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2010). Coda: Sticking to the Wall. Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 10(4), 334–336. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708610365473
  • Kotarba, J. A., Fackler, J., Johnson, B. D., & Dunlap, E. (2010). The Melding of Drug Markets in Houston After Katrina: Dealer and User Perspectives. Substance Use & Misuse, 45(9), 1390–1405. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826081003682917
  • Dunlap, E., Johnson, B. D., Kotarba, J. A., & Fackler, J. L. (2010). Macro-Level Social Forces and Micro-Level Consequences: Poverty, Alternate Occupations, and Drug Dealing. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 9(2), 115–127. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332641003772611
  • Nowotny, K. M., Fackler, J. L., Muschi, G., Vargas, C., Wilson, L., & Kotarba, J. A. (2010). Established Latino Music Scenes: Sense of Place and the Challenge of Authenticity, 35, 29–50.

2009

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2009). Existential Sociology. In Encountering the Everyday (pp. 139–161). Macmillan Education UK. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-01976-9_6
  • Kotarba, J. A., Fackler, J. L., & Nowotny, K. M. (2009). An Ethnography of Emerging Latino Music Scenes. Symbolic Interaction, 32(4), 310–333. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.2009.32.4.310
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2009). “I’m just as Rock ’n’ Roll fan” : Popular music as a meaning resource for aging. Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2009.1.5573
  • Dunlap, E., Johnson, B. D., Kotarba, J. A., & Fackler, J. (2009). Making Connections: New Orleans Evacuees’ Experiences in Obtaining Drugs. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 41(3), 219–226. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2009.10400532

2008

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2008). Drugs, Clubs and Young People: Sociological and Public Health Perspectives. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 37(1), 46–48. https://doi.org/10.1177/009430610803700125

2007

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2007). Existential Sociology. In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeose083
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2007). Socialization, Adult. In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss193

2006

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2006). Introduction: Conceptualizing Popular Music. Symbolic Interaction, 29(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.2006.29.1.1

2005

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2005). Rock ’n’ Roll Experiences in Middle Age. American Behavioral Scientist, 48(11), 1524–1537. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764205277193

2003

  • Kotarba, J. A., Haile, B., Landrum, P., & Trimble, D. (2003). INNER STRENGTH AND THE EXISTENTIAL SELF: IMPROVING MANAGED CARE FOR HIV+ WOMEN THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF NURSING AND SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS. In Research in the Sociology of Health Care (pp. 87–106). Emerald (MCB UP ). https://doi.org/10.1016/s0275-4959(03)21005-x
  • Kotarba, J. A. (2003). Popular Music and Everyday life: Three Styles of Scholarly Appreciation. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 32(3), 360–368. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891241603032003005

2002

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2002). Rock ‘n’ Roll Music as a Timepiece. Symbolic Interaction, 25(3), 397–404. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.2002.25.3.397

2001

  • Kotarba, J. A. (2001). Conceptualizing Sports Medicine as Occupational Health Care: Illustrations from Professional Rodeo and Wrestling. Qualitative Health Research, 11(6), 766–779. https://doi.org/10.1177/104973201129119523

1998

  • Kotarba, J. A. (1998). Black Men, Black Voices: The Role of the Producer in Synthetic Performance Ethnography. Qualitative Inquiry, 4(3), 389–404. https://doi.org/10.1177/107780049800400305

1996

  • Kotarba, J. A. (1996). Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction. Contemporary Sociology, 25(5), 676. https://doi.org/10.2307/2077591

1995

  • Kotarba, J. A., & Hurt, D. (1995). An Ethnography of an AIDS Hospice: Toward a Theory of Organizational Pastiche. Symbolic Interaction, 18(4), 413–438. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.1995.18.4.413
  • Ragsdale, D., Kotarba, J. A., Morrow, J. R., & Yarbrough, S. (1995). Health locus of control among HIV-positive indigent women. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 6(5), 29–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1055-3290(05)80020-2

1994

  • Ragsdale, D., Kotarba, J. A., & Morrow, J. R. (1994). How HIV+ Persons Manage Everyday Life in the Hospital and at Home. Qualitative Health Research, 4(4), 431–443. https://doi.org/10.1177/104973239400400406

1993

  • Kotarba, J. A. (1993). NEW ETHNOGRAPHIES. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 21(4), 504–506. https://doi.org/10.1177/089124193021004010

1992

  • Ragsdale, D., Kotarba, J. A., & Morrow, J. R. (1992). Quality of Life of Hospitalized Persons with AIDS. Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 24(4), 259–266. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1992.tb00731.x
  • Martin, S. S., Brady, M. P., & Kotarba, J. A. (1992). Families with Chronically Ill Young Children. Remedial and Special Education, 13(2), 6–15. https://doi.org/10.1177/074193259201300203

1990

  • Kotarba, J. A. (1990). Ethnography and AIDS: Returning to the Streets. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 19(3), 259–270.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (1990). ETHNOGRAPHY AND AIDS. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 19(3), 259–270. https://doi.org/10.1177/089124190019003001

1988

  • Kotarba, J. A., & Bentley, P. (1988). Workplace wellness participation and the becoming of self. Social Science and Medicine, 26(5), 551–558. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(88)90388-7

1987

  • Kotarba, J. A. (1987). Introduction. Youth and Society, 18(4), 323–325. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118x87018004001

1986

  • Kotarba, J. A., & Lang, N. G. (1986). Gay Lifestyle Change and AIDS: Preventive Health Care. In Social Dimensions of AIDS (pp. 127–144). Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798216015680.ch-007

1984

  • Kotarba, J., & Fontana, A. (Eds.). (1984). The Existential Self in Society. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

1983

  • Kotarba, J. (1983). Chronic Pain: Its Social Dimensions. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
  • Kotarba, J. A. (1983). Social Control Function of Holistic Health Care in Bureaucratic Settings: The Case of Space Medicine. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 24(3), 275. https://doi.org/10.2307/2136577
  • Kotarba, J. A. (1983). Perceptions of death, belief systems and the process of coping with chronic pain. Social Science & Medicine, 17(10), 681–689. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(83)90374-x

1981

  • Kotarba, J. A. (1981). Chronic Pain Center. American Behavioral Scientist, 24(6), 786–800. https://doi.org/10.1177/000276428102400605

1980

  • Douglas, J. D., & Kotarba, J. (1980). Introduction to the Sociologies of Everyday Life. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

1979

  • Kotarba, J. A. (1979). The accomplishment of intimacy in the jail visiting room. Qualitative Sociology, 2(2), 80–103. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02390152

1977

  • Kotarba, J. A. (1977). AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF A CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC, James B. Cowie and Julian Roebuck, New York: The Free Press, 1975. 162 pp. $8.95. Urban Life, 5(4), 499–501. https://doi.org/10.1177/089124167700500407

1975

  • Kotarba, J. A. (1975). American Acupuncturists. Urban Life, 4(2), 149–177. https://doi.org/10.1177/089124167500400202