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A farmer in a tractor spraying their field
Andrew R. Smolski, Abbey E. Piner, Angel Cruz, Rebecca Shisler, Emma Brinkmeyer
Systemic Racism and the Food System
September 28, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Race, Class and Gender, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Rural Sociology, Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity, PowerPoint
Class Level(s):
College 100, College 200
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

Racial inequality is (re)produced in a multitude of ways, reflective of the different components that make up social systems: structure, institution, culture, and agents. In the United States, we are socialized to focus only on the agent (personal/individual)...

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A college student sitting at a table with her laptop
Florencia Rojo
Positionality Memo
September 28, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Community, Ethnography, Other, Qualitative Methodology, Research Methods
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200, College 300, College 400
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

This assignment aims at developing students’ analytic perspectives about how identities and social location within systems of power shape community-engaged research. Students are typically practiced at identifying and acknowledging their various identities...

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A blue geometric design
Anne Nurse
Introduction to Sociology: Flipped and Organized by Core Components
September 20, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

This introduction to sociology course is organized according to Ferguson et al’s (2016) core concepts in sociology.  The classroom is flipped with content taught through readings and videos.  Class time is used to engage in activities and discussion that reinforce...

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