Publications
Note: Italicized names represent student co-authors.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Patricia Drentea, Melinda Goldner, Shelia R. Cotten, and Timothy M. Hale. The Association among Gender, Computer Usage and Online Health Searching, and Mental Health. Information, Communication, and Society, Forthcoming, June 2008.
Shelia R. Cotten. Students’ Technology Usage and the Impacts on Well-Being. Invited chapter submission for New Directions in Student Services, Impacts of Technology on Students, Wiley Periodicals (Eds. R. Junco, D.M. Timm, and B. Elkins-Nesheim), Forthcoming, 2008.
John Earle, Philip Perricone, Kenneth Davidson, Nelwyn Moore, Catherine Harris, and Shelia R. Cotten. “Premarital Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors at a Religiously Affiliated University: Two Decades of Convergence and Divergence.” Sexuality and Culture, 11: 39-61, 2007.
Shelia R. Cotten and Shameeka Jelenewicz. “A Disappearing Digital Divide Among College Students? Peeling Away the Layers of the Digital Divide.” Social Science Computer Review, 24(4): 497-506, 2006.
Jammie Price and Shelia R. Cotten. “Teaching, Research, and Service: Expectations of Assistant Professors.” The American Sociologist, 37(1): 5-21, 2006.
Shelia R. Cotten and Bonnie Wilson. “Student-Faculty Interactions: Dynamics and Determinants.” Higher Education, 51: 487-519, 2006.
Shelia R. Cotten and Sipi Gupta. “Characteristics of Online and Offline Health Information Seekers and Factors that Discriminate Between Them.” Social Science and Medicine, 59(9): 1795-1806, 2004.
Shelia R. Cotten, Russell P.D. Burton, and Beth Rushing. “The Mediating Effects of Social Support and Psychosocial Resources on the Relationship Between Marital Quality and Psychological Distress.” Journal of Family Issues, 24(4): 547-577, 2003.
Davison, Elizabeth and Shelia R. Cotten. “Connection Discrepancies: Unmasking Further Layers of the Digital Divide.” First Monday, 8(3), 2003.
Charlie Morgan and Shelia R. Cotten. “The Relationship Between Internet Activities and Depressive Symptoms in a Sample of College Freshmen.” CyberPsychology & Behavior, 6(2): 133-142, 2003.
Rohall, Dave, Shelia R. Cotten, and Charlie Morgan. “Internet Use and the Self Concept: Linking Specific Uses to Global Self-Esteem.” Current Research in Social Psychology, 8(1): 1-18, 2002.
Shelia R. Cotten, Jammie Price, Shirley Keeton, Russell P.D. Burton, and Janice Wittekind. “Reflections on the Academic Job Search in Sociology.” The American Sociologist, 32(3): 26-42, 2001.
Shelia R. Cotten. “Implications of the Internet for Medical Sociology in the New
Millennium.” Sociological Spectrum, 21(3): 319-340, 2001.
Shelia R. Cotten, Katherine Skinner, and Lisa Sullivan. “Social Support Among Women Veterans.” Journal of Women and Aging, 12 (½): 39-62, 2000.
Shelia R. Cotten. “Marital Status and Mental Health Revisited: Examining the Importance of Risk Factors and Resources.” Family Relations, 48(3): 225-233, 1999.
Schulman, Michael D. and Shelia R. Cotten. "Adaptations to The Farm Crisis: Macro Level Implications of Micro Level Behaviors." Applied Behavioral Science Review, 1(1): 93-111, 1993.
Schulman, Michael D. and Shelia R. Cotten. "Saving The Farm: Strategies For Success Or Distress." Research in Rural Sociology and Development, 5: 241-258, 1991.
Other Peer-Reviewed Publications
Shelia R. Cotten, Jammie Price, Shirley Keeton, Russell Burton, and Janice Wittekind. Advice From the Field: New Faculty Discuss Job Searching in Sociology. American Sociological Association: Washington, DC, 2002.
Jammie Price, Shelia R. Cotten, Shirley Keeton, Janice Wittekind, and Russell Burton. What to Expect During Your First Year as an Assistant Professor. American Sociological Association: Washington, DC, 2002.
Book Reviews
Shelia R. Cotten. Review of Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, by A. Tashakkori and C. Teddlie (Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1998). In Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 28:6, p. 752-753, 1999.
Non Peer-Reviewed Publications
Claudia Morrell, Shelia R. Cotten, Alisha Sparks, and Alyson Spurgas. “Computer Mania Day: An Effective Intervention for Increasing Youth’s Interest in Technology.” Report to the Maryland Commission for Women, November 2004.
Shelia R. Cotten, Joseph Kirchner, and Donald F. Norris. “Maryland Residential Consumer Survey: Views About Electricity Service and Deregulation.” Report to the Office of People’s Counsel (OPC), State of Maryland, March 2003.
Shelia R. Cotten. “Take a Stroll Through Baltimore.” The Southern Sociologist Newsletter, Spring 2002.
Shelia R. Cotten. “Baltimore: A ‘Charming’ Mixture of History, Entertainment, and Diverse Cultures.” The Southern Sociologist Newsletter, Fall 2001.
Schulman, Michael D. and Shelia R. Cotten. "Farm Family Survival Strategies." North Carolina Farm & Rural Life Study. Vol. 2:5, June 1989.
Schulman, Michael D. and Shelia R. Cotten. "Farm Operator Survival." North Carolina Farm & Rural Life Study. Vol. 2:4, May 1989.
Journal Articles Under Review
Henna Budhwani and Shelia R. Cotten. Gender Differences in Online Prescription Purchasing. Submitted to Women’s Health Issues, April 15, 2008.
Shelia R. Cotten, Will Anderson, and Zeynep Tufekci.. Old Wine in a New Technology or a Different Type of Digital Divide? Submitted to New Media & Society, January 2, 2008.
Journal Articles in Preparation
Shelia R. Cotten, William Anderson, and Cullen Clark. “The Impact of Resources and Type and Frequency of Contact on the Stress Process.”
Shelia R. Cotten, Melinda Goldner, Patricia Drentea, and Tim Hale. Internet Usage and Mental Health. To be submitted to Social Science & Medicine (June).
Shelia R. Cotten and Sarah Ray. Gender Differences in Multitasking Among Youth.
Zeynep Tufekci and Shelia R. Cotten. Gender Differences in Computer and Internet Usage Among Middle School Students. To be submitted to Gender & Society (June).
Shelia R. Cotten, Brian Ward, and Zeynep Tufekci. Racial Differences in Computer and Internet Usage Among Middle School Students: Persisting Inequalities or Declining Significance? To be submitted to American Sociological Review.
Shelia R. Cotten, William Anderson, and Cullen Clark. “Determinants of ICT Use Among Older Adults.” To be submitted to Journal of Aging Studies. (June)
Brian Ward, Shelia R. Cotten, and Jill Feick. “Gender Differences in Alcohol Use and Depression Among College Students.”
Shelia R. Cotten. “Social Roles, Control, and Suffering Among Older Women.” To be submitted to Journal of Aging Studies.
Shelia R. Cotten and Shameeka Bowman. “IM Me! Examining the Links Through Which Internet Usage Impacts Well-Being.”
Shelia R. Cotten. “Forging Into Computer Mediated Social Support: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity.” To be submitted to Social Science and Medicine.
Shelia R. Cotten and Dave Rohall. “The Use of Emotional Support and Online and Offline Social Networks in Mediating the Effects of Chronic Student Stress Among College Freshmen.”
