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Dr. Brett Zoliinger
Director of the Docking Institute and the Institute's Center for Survey Research
Fort Hays State University
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Brett Zollinger is the Director of the Docking Institute and the Institute's Center for Survey Research. He is also an associate professor of sociology at Fort Hays State University. Brett's work has been nationally recognized. He received the Rural Sociological Society's Dissertation Award in 1997. He co-authored a report on labor force dynamics in Northwest Missouri that won Best of Class awards from the National Rural Economic Development Association and the American Economic Development Council. Brett has published in several academic journals including, Economic Development Quarterly, Journal of the Community Development Society, Research in Community Sociology, Rural Sociology and Complimentary Health Review. He also has a chapter in the peer reviewed book, Mad About Wildlife, focusing on conflict resolution. He is a member of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, Rural Sociological Society, Community Development Society, Society for Applied Sociology, American Sociological Association, Midwest Sociological Society and the International Association for Society and Natural Resources. Brett has designed and conducted a wide variety of survey and evaluation research projects at local, state and regional levels on such topics as consumer confidence, labor availability, health campaigns, health care assessment, housing and city services satisfaction, quality of life, crime victims' issues, and attitudes toward wildlife management issues. He is also active in strategic planning and community development efforts in the region. Brett received his Ph.D. in sociology from Utah State University in 1998.