Douglas F. Challenger, Professor of Sociology

M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University
B.A. High Point College

Douglas F. Challenger is a professor of sociology at Franklin Pierce University
where he has been on the faculty since 1992. Professor Challenger has a Ph.D. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where he studied in the Sociology and American Studies Program.

Doug is an associate of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, a research foundation whose primary objective is to learn how democracy can work better. He has been involved with the foundation’s research on the question: How can higher education contribute to rebuilding public life and develop more effective strategies for civic education?

Challenger was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Slovenia (1996-1997), where he was a visiting professor at the University of Ljubljana. In Slovenia, he lectured on topics related to religion, politics, and foundations for democracy, and studied how civic education is taught in the public schools of that country.

Teaching Interests
Social and Political Theory, Social Ethics,
Civic Education and Citizenship

Publications
Authored a book entitled: Durkheim Through the Lens of Aristotle: Durkheimian, Postmodernist, and Communitarian Responses to the Enlightenment, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1994.

Service
Professional:
Directed the New Hampshire Center for Civic Life Program, Coordinated National Issues Forums Public Policy Institute and Workshops.
Director of the Diversity and Community Project.
Associate of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation
Senior Fulbright Scholar in Slovenia and visiting Professor at the University of Ljubljana. (1996-1997)

Contact Information
Douglas F. Challenger, Ed.D.
E-mail: Challedf@franklinpierce.edu