UK Department of Sociology

Richard Maurer

Professor, Department of Community and Leadership Development
Ph.D., 1977, Ohio State University
509 Garrigus
(859) 257-7582
email: rmaurer@uky.edu

Professor Maurer's interests include rural and economic development. Dr. Maurer's most recent work appears in Journal of the Community Development Society, Family Relations, Journal of Extension, Rural Sociology, Social Science Quarterly, and Journal of Community Development. He has also authored Rural Data, People, and Policy. Dr. Maurer is Assistant Director of the Cooperative Extension Service for Rural and Economic Development Programs. Dr. Maurer currently serves as the University of Kentucky contact for the Kentucky Economic Expansion Program. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Kentucky Certified Community Partnership. Dr. Maurer's current projects are generally in the area of rural, community, and economic development, business retention and expansion, community planning, community health, migrant labor.