Publications (Books):
LaGory, M. and J. Pipkin. 1981. Urban Social Space. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Blau, J., M. LaGory and J. Pipkin (eds.). 1983. Professionals and Urban Form. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Pipkin, J., M. LaGory and J. Blau (eds.). 1983. Remaking the City. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Ward, R., M. LaGory and S. Sherman. 1988. The Environment for Aging: Interpersonal, Social and Spatial Contexts. University, AL: University of Alabama Press.
Fitzpatrick, K. And M. LaGory. 2000. Unhealthy Places: The Ecology of Risk in the Urban Landscape. London and NY: Routledge.
Publications (Articles in Refereed Journals):
LaGory, M. 1975 "An Ecological Analysis of Leadership Strength in Native South America." Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 5. 2:73-87.
Meadows, P., M. LaGory, L. Leue and P. Meadows 1976 Recent Immigration to the United States: The Literature of the Social Sciences. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press.
Meadows, P., M. LaGory, L. Leue and P. Meadow 1977 "Recent Immigration to the United States: A Bibliographical Guide." Race Relations Abstracts 2, (June), 1-30.
LaGory, M. and J. Nelson 1978 "An Ecological Analysis of Urban Growth Between 1900 and 1940." The Sociological Quarterly 19, (Autumn): 590-603.
LaGory, M. 1979 "Twentieth Century Urban Growth: An Ecological Approach." Sociological Focus 12, 3: 187-201,
LaGory, M. and R. Magnani 1979 "Structural Correlates of Black-White Occupational Mobility." Social Problems 27, 2: 157-169.
LaGory, M., R. Ward, and T. Juravich 1980 "The Age Segregation Process: Explanation for American Cities." Urban Affairs Quarterly 16, 1:59-80.
LaGory, M., R. Ward, M. Mucatel 1981 "Patterns of Age Segregation." Sociological Focus 14, 1: 1-14.
LaGory, M. 1982 "Toward A Sociology of Space: The Constrained Choice Model." Symbolic Interaction, 5, 1:65-78.
LaGory, M. 1983 "Cities and City Life." Chapter in R. Perucci, D. Knudsen, Sociology: Basic Structures and Processes. St. Paul, Minn.: West.
Ward, R., S. Sherman and M. LaGory 1984 "Subjective Network Assessments and Subjective Well Being." Journal of Gerontology, 39, 1: 93-101.
Ward, R., M. LaGory and S. Sherman 1984 "Informal Networks and Knowledge of Services for Older Persons." Journal of Gerontology , 39, 2:216-223.
Sherman, S., R. Ward and M. LaGory 1984 "Higher Education and Peer Socialization: A Promising Partnership." Gerontology and Geriatrics Education; 4, 1:15 -2 1.
Sherman, S., R. Ward and M. LaGory 1985 "Socialization and Aging Group Consciousness: The Effect of Neighborhood Age Concentration." Journal of Gerontology 40, 1:102-109.
Ward, R., M. LaGory and S. Sherman 1985 "Neighborhood and Network Age Structure: Does Age Homogeneity Matter for Older People?" Social Psychology Quarterly 48, 2:138-149.
LaGory, M., R. Ward and S. Sherman. 1985 "The Ecology of Aging: Neighborhood Satisfaction in an Older Population." The Sociological Quarterly, 26, 3:405-418.
Ward, R., M. LaGory and S. Sherman 1985 "Social Ties and Morale of the Elderly." Sociology and Social Research, 70, 1:102-106.
Ward, R., M. LaGory and S. Sherman. 1986 "Fear of Crime Among the Elderly as Person Environment Interaction." The Sociological Quarterly, 27, 3:327-342.
Fitzpatrick, K. and M. LaGory 1987 "The Demography of Real Estate Firms in the South. 1960-1985." Sociology and Social Research. 72, 1:13-16.
Sherman, S., R. Ward, and M. LaGory 1988 "Women as Caregivers of the Elderly: Instrumental and Expressive Support." Social Work. 33, 2:164-168.
LaGory, M. 1988 "The Organization of Space and the Character of the Urban Experience." Publius: The Journal of Federalism 18 (Fall):71-89.
LaGory, M., F. Ritchey, J. Mullis and T. O'Donoghue 1989 "The Homeless of Alabama." Pp. 1-20. In J. Momeni (ed.) Homelessness in the United States. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
Fitzpatrick, K. and M. LaGory 1989 "The Limits to Growth: Ecological Determinants of Aggregate Mortality Rates Among Southern Real Estate Firms." The Sociological Quarterly. 30, 4:545-559.
LaGory, M., F. Ritchey, and J. Mullis 1990 "Depression among the Homeless." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 3 1, (March): 8 7-10 1. Reprinted in The Sociology of Medicine, William Cockerham (ed.), 1994, Cheltenham, UK:Edward Elgar Publishing.
LaGory, M., K. Fitzpatrick and F. Ritchey. 1990 "Environmental Use Among the Homeless: Differences between Street and Sheltered Persons." Sociology and Social Research 74, 3: 162-167.
Ritchey, F., M. LaGory, K. Fitzpatrick, and J. Mullis 1990 "A Comparison of Homelessness, Community-wide and Selected Distressed Samples on the CES-Depression Scale". American Journal of Public Health 80,11:1384-1386.
Ritchey, F., M. LaGory, and J. Mullis 1991 "Gender Differences in Health Risks and Physical Symptoms among the Homeless." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 32, 1:33-48.
LaGory, M., F. Ritchey, and K. Fitzpatrick 1991 "Homelessness and Affiliation." The Sociological Quarterly 32, 2:201 218.
LaGory, M., Ritchey, F., and K. Fitzpatrick 1991 "Depression: An Unexplored Aspect of the Homeless Problem." Depression Briefing 1, 1:21-24.
LaGory, M. and K. Fitzpatrick 1992 "The Effects of Environmental Context on Elderly Depression." Journal of Aging and Health. 4, 3: 459-479.
Fitzpatrick, K., LaGory, M. and F. Ritchey 1993 "Criminal Victimization among the Homeless." Justice Quarterly, 10. 3:353-368.
LaGory, M. 1993 "Spatial Structure and the Urban Experience." In New Perspectives in Urban Sociology: Research in Urban Sociology, Volume 3, pp. I I l- 125, ed. R. Hutchison. JAI Press.
Ritchey, F., M. LaGory and J. Mullis 1993 A Response to the Comments of Walter R. Gove on Gender Differences in Health Risks and Physical Symptoms among the Homeless. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 34,2:182-5.
Wrigley, M. and M. LaGory 1994 "The Role of Religion and Spirituality in the Rehabilitation of People with Disability." Journal of Religion in Disability 1,3: 27-40.
Clair, J., K. Fitzpatrick and M. LaGory 1995 "Psychosocial Resources and Caregiver Depression: Sociological Variations on a Gerontological Theme." Sociological Perspectives. 3 8,2:195 -2 15.
LaGory, M. 1996 "Comments on the Suburban Revolution". Sociological Focus. 28:413 415.
LaGory, M., F. Ritchey, and T. Sells 1997 "Gender Differences in Social Support: Mental Health Consequences among the Homeless." Sociological Focus 30: 207-222.
Lindquist, C., M. LaGory, and F. Ritchey 1999 "The Myth of the Homeless Migrant: An Exploration of the Psychosocial Consequences of Migration." Sociological Perspectives 42: 691-709.
Fitzpatrick, K., M. LaGory and F. Ritchey. 1999 "Dangerous Places: Exposure to Violence and Its Mental Health Consequences for the Homeless." Journal of Orthopsychiatry 69:438- 47.
LaGory, M., K. Fitzpatrick and F. Ritchey. 2001 "Life Chances and Choices: Assessing Quality of Life among the Homeless." The Sociological Quarterly. 42:633-651.
Mitchell, C. and M. LaGory. 2002 "Social Capital and Mental Distress in an Impoverished Community.” City and Community 1:199-222.
Fitzpatrick, K., M. LaGory and F. Ritchey. 2003 "Factors Associated with Risk Taking Behavior among the Homeless." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 14 (February). 70-87.
Fitzpatrick, K. and M. LaGory. 2003 “Placing Health in an Urban Sociology: Cities as Mosaics of Risk and Protection.” City and Community. 2: 33-46.
Fitzpatrick, K., B. Piko, D. Wright and M. LaGory. 2005 “Depressive Symptomatology, Exposure to Violence, and the Role of Social Capital Among African American Adolescents.” Orthopsychiatry:75:1-13.
Moren-Cross, J., D.R. Wright, M.LaGory, and R.G. Lanzi. 2006 “Perceived Neighborhood Characteristics and Problem Behavior Among Disadvantaged Children.” Child Psychiatry and Human Development.
Fitzpatrick, K., J. Irvin, M. LaGory and F. Ritchey. 2007. “Just Thinking About It: Social Capital and Suicide Ideation among Homeless Persons”. Journal of Health Psychology, 12(5):750-760.
Irwin, J., M. LaGory, F. Ritchey and K. Fitzpatrick. 2008. “Social Assets and Mental Distress among the Homeless: Exploring the Role of Social Support and Other Forms of Social Capital on Depression.” Social Science and Medicine. Forthcoming.
Other Publications (Book Reviews, Symposia, etc.):
LaGory, M. and J. Pipkin 1979 Theory and Practice: The Interface Between the Social Sciences and Urban Planning. S.U.N.Y. Conversations in the Discipline.
LaGory, M. 1980 Review of The Determinants of Human Migration. Richard Cebula. In International Migration Review 16, 4: 587-8.
LaGory, M. 1983 Review of Appalachian Migrants in Urban America: Cultural Conflict on Ethnic Group Formation? W. Philliber. In International Migration Review 17, 1:155-56.
LaGory, M. 1985 Review of Interregional Migration. Gordon Clark. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Allanheld. In International Migration Review.
LaGory, M., F. Ritchey, and J. Mullis 1987 "The Homeless of Alabama: Final Report of the Homeless Enumeration and Survey Project." Birmingham Healthcare for the Homeless Program.
LaGory, M. 1988 Review of American Urbanism. H. Gillette and Z. Miller (eds.). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. In Contemporary Sociology.
LaGory, M. Review of Rethinking Rental Housing. J.Gilderbloom and R.Applebaum. 1990 Philadelphia: Temple. In Social Forces.
LaGory, M. Review of C. Hoch and R. Slayton, New Homeless and Old. Philadelphia: 1991 Temple. In American Journal of Sociology.
Baumhover, L., J. Gillum, M. LaGory, L. Burgio, and S.C.Beall 1995 A Statewide Study to Determine the Status and Needs of Elderly Persons with Developmental Disabilities. Montgomery, AL: Alabama Developmental Disabilities Planning Council.
LaGory, M., F. Ritchey, and L. Gerald. 1995 Homelessness in Birmingham and Jefferson County: A Needs Assessment. City of Birmingham, Office of Community Development, and Jefferson County, Office of Planning and Community Development.
LaGory, F. Ritchey, K. Fitzpatrick and J. Irwin. 2005 Needs Assessment of Jefferson County's Homeless Population. City of Birmingham, Office of Community Development and Jefferson County, Department of Community Development.
