Categories Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Dedman College Research Faculty News Sociology Sociology (Faculty) Lucas Kirkpatrick, Sociology, Reinventing Detroit Post author By Katherine Nickles Post date October 10, 2015 New assistant professor Lucas Owen Kirkpatrick’s book Reinventing Detroit was released this week. The book addresses the questions of what went wrong with Detroit and what can be done to reinvent the Motor City. Tags faculty research, sociology, sociology faculty ← Meet anthropologist and coffee master Ryan Fisher, Dedman College alumnus ’05, ’11 → Louis Jacobs, Earth Sciences and paleontologist Anthony Fiorillo announced the discovery of a new species of ancient mammal.