Lawrence T. Nichols is professor of sociology and former chair of the Division of Sociology at West Virginia University, where he teaches courses on white collar crime, terrorism, social problems, and the sociology of business. Dr. Nichols is co-author of books on alternate dispute resolution and corporate social responsibility, and author of many articles on criminology, deviance, social problems theory and history of sociology. He has served as editor of The American Sociologist since 1998.