Ann Lennarson Greer

Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies

Office: Bolton Hall 712
Phone: (414) 229-6944
E-mail: agreer@uwm.edu

Fall Office Hours:  W 3:30–4:30pm, R 3:00–4:00 and by appointment

Degree:
Ph.D., Northwestern University

Research Interests:
Diffusion and Implementation of Health Care Innovation with particular emphasis on contextual factors that shape outcomes in local settings, organizations, and professions.

Teaching Interests:
Health policy, Nonprofit Organizations, Medical Care variation and Quality, Professions, International Health Care, Qualitative Methods

Spring 2010 Courses
SOCIOL/URB STD 704: Seminar in Non-Profit Organization
SOCIOL/URB STD 979: Methods of Research and Analysis for Urban Social Institutions I

Fall 2009 Courses
SOCIOL 331-001: Sociology of Health Care (pdf)
URB STD 841-001: Health Policy in Urban Society

Past Course Syllabi
SOCIOL/URB STD 704: Seminar in Non-Profit Organizations (pdf)
SOCIOL/URB STD 979: Methods of Research and Analysis for Urban Social Institutions I (pdf)

Selected Publications:
"Bringing the Patient Back in: Guidelines, Practice Variations and the Social Context of Medical Practice (with co-authors)." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. Vol. 8 No. 4, October 2002.

"Persistent differences in sociodemographic determinants of use of breast conserving surgery despite overall increased adoption" (with co-authors). Medical Care 2002, 40:181 189

"The influence of patients' concerns on surgeons' recommendations for early breast cancer" (with co-authors). European Journal of Cancer Care 2001, 10:100-6.

Greer, AL "Urban Health, Politics and Policy" in The Handbook of Research on Urban Politics and Policy in the United States (ed. Ronald K. Vogel). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997: 356-371.