This research page lists research projects that might be of interest to students. It also indicates professional presentations and publications that have come from these projects. If you are a current UWEC student and want to join in researching one of these topics, or a topic of your own, please get in touch with me. Many opportunities exist to not only get involved with research, but to receive grants to pay for projects. (YES, that can include money for your time.)

2005 Casey Anderson and Jeff Erge.r "Constructing "Face" in Faceless Communities: Impression Management and Cliché Use, Language, and Norms on Usenet." Summer 2005.

2003 Hacker Lore: The Culture of Online Community as Reflected in the Jargon File. Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago.

2002 Jeff S. Erger, A. Tompkins, and M. Miceli. "What Should I Do?: Helping Behavior in Internet Communities" ." Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Milwaukee.

2002 Melinda S. Miceli, Tompkins, Amanda and Erger, Jeff S. "Tell Me Who I Am: A
Qualitative Analysis Of Identity Construction And Performance In Internet Communities" Annual meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston.

2002 Amanda Tompkins, M. Miceli and J. Erger. Analyzing Identity Performance and Helping Behavior in Internet Communities. UWEC Student Research Day Poster Session.

2007 Jeff S. Erger and Stacy Bonneville. "Social Structural Effects on Evaluations of the Ethics of Medical Decisions". Midwest Sociological Association Annual meetings, Chicago.

2005 Erger, Jeff S and Meghan McDonald. Does the Development of an Identity as "Cardiac Survivor" Increase Adherence to Medically Prescribed Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs?. Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis.

2004 Meghan McDonald and Erger, Jeff S. Does the Development of an Identity as "Cardiac Survivor" Increase Adherence to Medically Prescribed Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs?. UWEC Student Research Day Poster Session.

2002 Jeff S. Erger and Beger, R.. "Geriatic Nursing in Prisons is a Growing Concern"
Corrections Today. 64: (7), 122-127, December 2002.

2000 Jeff S. Erger, Mann, T., Marelich, W.D., & Grusky, O. "HIV Health Care Provider/patient Interaction: Observations on the Process of Providing Antiretroviral Treatment". AIDS Patient Care and STDs 14: (5) 259-268 MAY 2000

2000 Marelich, W.D., Grusky, O., Mann, T., Erger, J., & Roberts, K. J. (2000). Medical
Markers, Adherence Myths, and Organizational Structure: a Two-stage Model of HIV Healthcare Provider Decision Making. In J. Kronenfeld (Ed.), Research in the Sociology of Health Care (Vol. 17, pp. 99-117). Stamford, Conn.: JAI.

2000 Traci Mann, O. Grusky, W. Marelich, J. Erger & E. Bing, "The Implementation of the DHHS Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected Adults: a Pilot Study." AIDS CARE (2000), Vol. 12, No. 2, pp.187-192.

2005 Erger, Jeff S and Nicholas Harberg. "I Better Get Out of Bill's Chair": Enforcement of Formal and Informal Rules at a Coffee Shop. Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis.

2003 William Mac Millan and Erger, Jeff S. They SUCK! The Social Construction and Maintenance of Reputation in a Heavy Metal Subculture. Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago.

2003. William Mac Millan. "They Suck!: The Social Construction and Maintenance of a Reputation in a Local Heavy Metal Subculture." 17th National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Salt Lake City, UT, 13-15 Abstract Book. Salt Lake City: University

2003 William Mac Millan and Erger, Jeff S. They ROCK! The Social Construction and Maintenance of Reputation in a Heavy Metal Subculture. UWEC Student Research Day Poster Session.

2000 Girts Racko and J. Erger. The Comparative Analysis of the Changes in Value Orientations Among International Students in the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire and Harvard University. UWEC Student Research Day Poster Session.

The above link will take you to a complete list of my past research publications, presentations, and grants.