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May 31, 2023

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Jerome Rabow, Jill M. Stein, Terri D. Conley
Teaching students about stigmatization through first-hand experience: The gay pride pin experiment
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
In this paper we examine what a group of college students experienced when they were asked to wear a pink triangle pin1 as a part of a class experiment. The pink triangle symbol, once used to identify homosexual men in concentration camps during the Holocaust, has...
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Matthew T. Lee
Mock Trial: The Cold War Human Radiation Experiments
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Law and Society
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Instructions for class mock trial on The Cold War Human Radiation Experiments Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Steve Halebsky
Seminar on the Modern Corporation
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Organizations, Formal and Complex
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Everyone knows we live in a capitalist society. But we can be more specific: we live in a corporate society. To an extent unparalleled in history, our lives are influenced by the organizational form known as the corporation. In this course we will critically...
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Mark Auslander
Observing Workplace Rituals
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Purpose: To encourage students to consider the meaning of workplace rituals and the symbolic management of work-family relations
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Michael Capece, Kate Warner, Martha Laughlin, Kathleen S. Lowney, Ginger Macheski
TEACHING ABOUT FAMILIES
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Family sociology courses have the potential to impact how students think about families, how they live their own lives, and how they address policy issues. What is taught may also reflect what the field thinks about families, the paradigms we use to understand them,...
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William Simmons
Overview of Human Rights Abuses
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Peace, War, World Conflict, and Conflict Resolution
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Objectives • To provide the class with an overview of several different current types of human rights abuses in different parts of the world. • To have students become familiar with many standard web resources on human rights abuses • To familiarize students with...
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Lynne Woehrle
INTRODUCTION TO CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Peace, War, World Conflict, and Conflict Resolution
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
By its nature the study of conflict resolution is an interdisciplinary endeavor. To make sense of why humans engage in conflict and to develop an understanding of what moves groups beyond impasse it is necessary to utilize the theory and praxis of the Behavioral...
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Catherine White White Berheide
Work, Family, and Organizations
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Course Description Adults organize their lives around two social institutions: work and family. This course analyzesthose institutions and their relationship to one another, specifically asking how work and family do, and do not, support one another. It examines the...
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John Bowman
GUIDED FANTASY EXERCISE: IF I WERE BORN THE OTHER GENDER
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Imagine that you are a member of the other gender. In what ways would your life be different? What would you specifically like or dislike about being a member of the other gender? For example, as a child, would your parents have treated you differently? (If...
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Richard King
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND AMERICAN CULTURE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Peace, War, World Conflict, and Conflict Resolution
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Liberty and justice have never been for all in the United States. In fact, from its inception, a number of troubling contradictions have structured American culture--a democracy in which many could not vote, 'a more perfect union' in which freedom for some meant...
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