Dr. Ann Creighton-Zollar

Associate Professor, Sociology

Contact information

Hibbs, rm 224
PO Box 842002
Richmond, VA 23284-2002
(804) 827-0962
(804) 828-1665 fax
acreight@vcu.edu

Education

PhD (1980) in Sociology, University of Illinois

Biographical statement

Dr. Ann Creighton-Zollar is associate professor of sociology and is an affiliate faculty member of the department of African American studies. Director of the AAS program between 1993 and 1998, she earned her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Illinois. Before coming to VCU in 1981, Creighton-Zollar was a public health service trainee in applied sociology and social policy and served as the supervisor of research and evaluation at Garfield Park Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, which was a grand experiment in serving an all-black catchment area with an all-black professional staff. Creighton-Zollar’s areas of specialization are comparative family systems and race relations.

Research interests

Dr. Creighton-Zollar’s goal as a human being is to eliminate disparities in the chance to life and in life chances that result from the social construction of race. This life goal is reflected in her research with a concern for reducing and eliminating racial disparities in health and in education. More specifically her current research interests include: (1) The Black/White gap in infant mortality; (2) how increasing the parenting skills and capacities of parents and other caregivers can improve the health and educational outcomes for children; (3) How low threshold technologies can be used to improve communication.

Representative publications

Creighton-Zollar, A. A. (2006). Communication across preferences: A comparative family systems example. In R. Hamon (Ed.), International family studies: Developing curricula and teaching tools (pp. 189-197). Haworth Press.

Creighton-Zollar, A. A. (2002). Using diverse collaborative workgroups to bridge the digital divide. Journal of Teaching in Marriage and Family, 2(1), 83-112.

Hickman, G. R., & Creighton-Zollar, A. A. (1998). Diverse self directed work teams: Developing strategic initiatives for 21st century organizations. Public Personnel Management, 27, 187-200.

Creighton-Zollar, A. A., & Williams, J. S. (Winter 95/97). Race and inequality in the chance to life in Richmond, Virginia. National Journal of Sociology, 9.2, 101-112.

Creighton-Zollar, A. A., & Williams, J. S. (1994). The relative educational attainment and occupational prestige of black spouses and life satisfaction. Western Journal of Black Studies, 16, 57-63.

Reprinted in Staples, R. (1994). The black family: Essays and studies (5th Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.

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