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May 31, 2023

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Ivy Kennelly
Classical Sociological Theory
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
Sociological theory is a tool that enables us to analyze and explain things that happen (and don’t happen). Adopting a theoretical approach in social analysis—especially one that is critical and challenges long-held assumptions about the social world—is an important...
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Barbara R. Keating
Social Science Perspectives on Wife Abuse
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Lecture
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Part I: Social Research for Social Policy: Exploratory, Descriptive, Theoretical/Explanatory. Part II: Social Science Perspectives: Family Violence, Feminist.
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L.A. Visano
CRIME AND DEVIANCE
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Law and Society
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This course examines the differential impact of ideologies on institutionalizing injustice. Exploring the ideological and institutional elements of law is important and regrettably much of the mainstream literature on law ignores both dimensions. Typically,...
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C. A. Caronna
Project on Isomorphism
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Organizations, Formal and Complex
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Project 1: Towson University’s Isomorphism (This project could be adapted to suit any university’s standing in the rankings and its "competitors." Comparisons could be made "upwards" by looking at higher ranked universities and "downwards" by looking at lower...
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Jennifer Glass
Work and Family Module 10
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
This course is designed to give you the information and critical skills necessary to address the modern conundrum of work and family life. We will read from a variety of disciplinary perspectives in the social sciences – sociology, economics, public health, law, and...
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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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