John F. Krol

Associate Professor

Sociology Department

Washington & Jefferson College

John F. Krol received his B.A. in economics from Bowdoin College in the state of Maine. As an undergraduate, he developed an interest in human behavior in organizations and tried to develop simulations of such behavior. Heading away from snow country after graduation, he earned an M.A. in sociology from the University of Delaware. His thesis for this degree examined negotiations in tetrads. His doctorate in sociology was granted by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The doctoral dissertation examined the process of finding a job and employed the notion of status passages.

While a graduate student, Dr. Krol taught courses in Crime and Delinquency at Virginia Tech. For a few terms he also taught at New River Community College in southwestern Virginia. For 10.5 years he taught at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His courses included The Sociology of Deviant Behavior, a series of undergraduate and graduate courses in both social theory and quantitative research, social stratification, and several courses in various aspects of the sociology of science. While at Charlotte he was a reviewer of proposals for research to be funded by the National Science Foundation.

Since coming to Washington & Jefferson College in the Fall of 1990, Dr. Krol has taught courses in social theory and in some of society’s major institutions (law, religion, science). He continues to teach the sociology of deviant behavior in Intersession.

Dr. Krol has published in the fields of decision-making in The United States Supreme Court and deviant behavior, among other areas.

A recent sabbatical (Intersession, Spring of 2001) fed Dr. Krol’s interests in Russia. He is in the process of picking up elementary language skills in Russian and, at the same time, trying to follow a studio for young journalists (ages 12-16) in Moscow. He has taught a course on management and organizations for the International University of Moscow and this coming spring will offer “Organizing for Profit – Russia” at Washington & Jefferson College.