Eileen Avery recipient of the University of Missouri's Provost Awards for University Citizenship
Eileen Avery, associate professor of Sociology at the University of Missouri, was recently a recipient of the university’s Provost Awards for University Citizenship. She was awarded the service award. Recipients of the service award have made exceptional contributions to achieving one or more goals of the university, while embodying the values of the university. Examples of service include, but are not limited to, committee work, campus-wide programming or initiatives, and community service at local, state, regional, national, or international level. Avery’s research focuses on economic, social, and built environments, residential change, and health and well-being in rural and urban context. She teaches courses in sociology of health, urban sociology, and criminology.