Dr. Frank Beck
Associate Professor
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Beck works in the area of community economic development, local policy, and persistent poverty. He is currently researching the relationship between geography, spatial inequality, place labeling, and the historical consequences of negative labels for community well-being.
Current Courses
SOC 361.001 Architecture, Power, and Interaction: Urban Social Life
SOC 497.001 Capstone Research
SOC 287.002 Independent Study
SOC 271.001 Introduction To Sociological Research
SOC 271.002 Introduction To Sociological Research
SOC 398.005 Professional Practice:Internship In Sociological Research
Teaching Interests & Areas
Community and Urban Sociology; Community Development; Demography; Sociology of Education; Social Statistics (undergraduate and graduate); Urban Soc.; Community; Intro. Soc.; Senior Experience; Foundations of Inquiry.
Research Interests & Areas
Community and economic development practice, rural community well-being, spatial inequality, persistently poor communities
Ph D Sociology
The Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pennsylvania
MS Sociology and Demography
The Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pennsylvania
BA Sociology
University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award
Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciences
2008
University Teaching Initiative Award
Illinois State University
1999
Panhellenic Council Outstanding Teacher
Illinois State University Panhellenic Council
1998
Grants and Contracts
Methamphetamine, opioids & fentanyl in rural Illinois: An ethnographic exploration of current and emerging issues
Joshua Stout, Kate Sheridan, Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Frank Dwight Beck, Cherrill Stockmann, Anjelica Dominguez, Ralph Weisheit, Christopher Brewer, Kim.
Illinois State University. 2025 - 2026
BNCRC: Bloomington Normal Climate Responsive Community
Guang Jin, David Kopsell, Liangcheng Yang, John Christian Kostelnick, Frank Dwight Beck.
US Environmental Protection Agency. August 1 2024 - April 30 2025
Methamphetamine, Opioids & Fentanyl in rural Illinois: An ethnographic exploration of current and emerging issues.
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Kate Sheridan, Ralph Weisheit, Christopher Brewer, Cherrill Stockmann, Frank Dwight Beck, Doris Houston, Joshua Stout.
Advancing Research and Creative Scholarship. August 2023
Data Analysis for McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Frank Dwight Beck.
McLean County, IL. January 2020 - December 2020
Scott M. Elliott Cross-Disciplinary Pilot Grant
Jin Jo, Eric Godoy, Matt Ryan Aldeman, David G Loomis, Frank Dwight Beck, Liangcheng Yang.
Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. August 1 2020 - June 1 2021
Data Analysis for McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Frank Dwight Beck.
McLean County, IL. January 2019 - December 2019
Data Analysis for McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Frank Dwight Beck.
McLean County, IL. January 2018 - December 2019
Data Analysis for McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Frank Dwight Beck.
McLean County, IL. July 2017 - December 2018
Data Analysis for McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Frank Dwight Beck.
McLean County, IL. July 2016 - June 2017
Data Analysis for McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Frank Dwight Beck.
McLean County. July 2015 - June 2016
Data Analysis for McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Frank Dwight Beck.
McLean County. July 2014 - June 2015
Data Analysis for McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Frank Dwight Beck.
McLean County. July 2013 - June 2014
Data Analysis for McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Frank Dwight Beck.
McLean County. July 2012 - June 2013
The Social, Economic, and Educational Correlates of Rural School Closure: A Longitudinal Analysis of Predictors and Outcomes
Sherrilyn M Billger, Frank Dwight Beck, Durflinger Norman, Pacha Joseph.
USDA National Research Initiative. 2006 - 2009
Book, Chapter
Overview of sexual practices and attitudes within relational contexts
Marion Willetts, Susan Sprecher, Frank Dwight Beck.
(2004), 57-85, The Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships
Journal Article
The influences of Buddhism and development on the well-being of Bhutan's street dogs
Marion C Willetts, Frank D Beck.
Animal Studies Journal, 9 (2), 56-86, (2020)
The Determinants of School Closures: Lessons from Longitudinal Data throughout Illinois
Sherrilyn M Billger, Frank Dwight Beck.
Journal of Education Finance, 38 (2), 83-101, (2012)
Presentations
Methamphetamine, Opioids & Fentanyl in rural Illinois: An ethnographic exploration of current and emerging issues.
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Kate Sheridan, Ralph Weisheit, Frank Dwight Beck, Christopher Brewer, Cherrill Stockmann, Marta Carbajal Dominguez, Cj Hamilton.
University Research Symposium, Normal IL, April, 2024
Race, DUIs, and Policing
Frank Dwight Beck.
Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April, 2022
When Can One Point to Systemic Racism? Evidence from a Jail Study
Frank Dwight Beck.
Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April, 2022
African Americans Spend More Time in Our Jail than Whites. Why?
Frank Dwight Beck, Alexis Swanson.
Sociology and Anthropology Colloquium Series, Normal, IL, January, 2021
Strategies for Jail Reduction
Frank Dwight Beck.
Endurance, Expansion, & inclusion: Adult Redeploy Illinois - Criminal Justice Coordinating Councils Summit, Bloomington, IL, May, 2019
Gross National Happiness in Promoting the Well-Being of Bhutan's Street Dogs
Marion C Willetts, Frank D Beck.
University Club, Normal, IL, November 2, 2018
Trends in Use of the McLean County Jail
Frank Dwight Beck.
Westminster Village Community Forum, Bloomington, IL, March, 2015
Managing an Interdisciplinary, Applied Graduate Sequence: Relationship Lessons
Frank Dwight Beck, Beverly A Beyer, Ali Riaz, Brad Merryman.
Higher Learning Commission, Chicago, April, 2014
ADP initiatives I: Incorporating pedagogy for civic and political engagement in the classroom
Stephen Hunt, J Murphy, Lance Lippert, Frank Dwight Beck, H Steinbach, C Ruszkowski.
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Symposium on Teaching and Learning, Bloomington, IL, January, 2010
Presenting the new civic engagement and responsibility minor
Lance Lippert, Frank Dwight Beck, J McDade, Stephen Hunt, K Sammis.
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Symposium on Teaching and Learning, Bloomington, IL, January, 2010
Best practices and institution values: Development of an interdisciplinary minor in civic engagement
Frank Dwight Beck, Stephen Hunt, Lance Lippert.
Annual Meeting of the American Democracy Project, Baltimore, MD, June, 2009