Faculty - [ Sociology Faculty - Dr. Domenico "Mimmo" Parisi ]
Dr. Domenico "Mimmo" Parisi
Professor of Sociology
Director, nSPARC
Ph.D., Rural Sociology with Minor in Statistics, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Domenico "Mimmo" Parisi is the director of nSPARC and Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology Anthropology and Social Work at Mississippi State University.
As part of his research activity, he has developed a research center that conducts groundbreaking work integrating agency administrative databases as a source of comprehensive analysis of policy issues in the area of place-based economic and workforce development, created a performance management system to assist the state of Mississippi with the management and allocation of public resources, and assessed community resiliency, workforce needs, and economic risks.
He is extensively published with his main work appearing in technical reports, book chapters, policy briefs, and journals such as Demography, Rural Sociology, Social Science Quarterly, Community Development Society, Society and Natural Resources, and Journal of Poverty.
