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May 31, 2023

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MARLENE HUFF
DISABILITY AND POVERTY: A CLASSROOM EXERCISE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
The experience of persons with disabilities who live in poverty is an important one for students to encounter. The objectives of the classroom exercise are as follows: •To provide an overview of the effects of poverty upon persons with disabilities; •To create an...
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Janet Atkinson-Grosjean, Charles Barbour
Spaces of Interdisciplinarity: Science, Technology, and Discourse
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Science and Technology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
An appreciation of the major themes and dominant narratives in the study of science and technology as social accomplishments. An integrative understanding of the discursive underpinnings of science and technology and their application to interdisciplinary study,...
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Basil Kardaras
A Selected Bibliography on Modernization and Development and Women and Development to 1990
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
This is one of Thirty three selected bibliographies spanning over one hundred pages are presented focusing on scholarship on the Sociology of Development and Women in Development organized by social, political, and economic themes, by global regions (Africa, Asia,...
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Ed Collom
Sociology 380: Social Network Analysis
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Networks
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to master the major concepts within the field of social networks. Social network theory should be of interest since it explains how our connections to other individuals, to organizations, and to major...
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Nadejda Chapkina, Charles Jaret, Guangya Liu, Angela Pollock
Attitudes Towards Immigrants
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Migration/Immigration
Abstract:
The United States is said to be a nation of immigrants and descendants of immigrants. No other society has accepted more immigrants, and few countries have provided them with as many political and civil rights or economic opportunities. Yet, openness and positive...
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CAROL BROOKS GARDNER
DISCUSSION EXERCISE ON THE FILM FREAKS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
The movie you are about to see is set in a traveling circus somewhere in Europe; the time is the 1930s. The movie is primarily concerned with the struggle between a group of carnival "Freaks" and two of the "normal" circus performers who seek to cheat one of the...
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Roberta L. Coles
Soc 198 Urban Neighborhoods and Community
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Internship/Service Learning
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
This course’s purpose is to apply concepts, theories, and information about urban sociology to a concrete city—Milwaukee. Readings, lecture, and discussion will help inform you about the larger context, but your main mission is to get to know a neighborhood,...
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Basil Kardaras
A Selected Bibliography on Globalization, 2000-2004
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
Bibliography on globalization, 2000-2004. This is one of Thirty three selected bibliographies spanning over one hundred pages are presented focusing on scholarship on the Sociology of Development and Women in Development organized by social, political, and economic...
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Ed Collom
Sociology 380: Social Network Analysis- Laboratory Exercises 4
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Networks
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This assignment is based on material covered in Scott’s chapters 4 and 5. You need to be familiar with the following network measures: density, degree, closeness, and betweenness.
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Y. Michal Bodemann
A SOCIOLOGY OF DIASPORA J
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This seminar on modern diaspora Jewry will examine a variety of problems concerning ethno-national solidarity, ethnic relations, racism and genocide from a sociological perspective. First, how do sociologists think and write about these issues, and where do the Jews,...
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