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All TRAILS Resources
May 31, 2023

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Daniel Kleinman
Technology and Society
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Science and Technology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
In this course, students are introduced to a wide range of work on technology, the social forces shaping its development and the social impacts of its adoption. I seek to encourage students to examine their assumptions about technology and its relationship to...
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Georgi M. Derluguian
The Modern World System: Introduction to the Modern World-System, 1500-1945 C.E.
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Most people agree that something hugely important has changed in the world since the times of Columbus. Furthermore, nobody doubts that a major transformation continues in our days at an accelerating pace, but this is where the agreement stops. Different schools of...
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Robert Brulle
Environmental Movements in the United States
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Collective Behavior/Social Movements
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course provides an introduction to the processes of social change, and the key collective actors and institutions that are involved in the creation of U.S. environmental policies. The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of the historical and...
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Nadejda Chapkina, Charles Jaret, Guangya Liu, Angela Pollock
Immigrant Social and Cultural Life in Literature
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Migration/Immigration
Abstract:
Novels and short stories about the immigrants’ experiences, either in their homeland or their new country, are popular literary forms. These offer insiders’ perspectives on what life is like for an immigrant or second generation Americans. The following list...
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SANDI KAWECKA NENGA
A MOCK POSTER CONFERENCE ON ACCESSIBILITY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Step 1: Choose the Building Your Group Will Assess Step 2: Assess the Building for Accessibility Step 3: Prepare Your Final Reports
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Joyce Tang
Science & Technology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Science and Technology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
The objective of this course is to introduce a sociological conception of the nature of science and technology and of the scientific and engineering professions. The relationship between new technology and social change will also be explored. The course is designed...
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Basil Kardaras
A Selected Bibliography on Social and Political Dimensions of Modernization and Development, 1990s
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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Kathleen M. Carley
Dynamic Network Analysis
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Social Networks
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course provides an overview of the dominant perspectives on organizations and networks from a macro perspective. Topics covered include knowledge management, organizational design, organizational learning, organizational evolution and population ecology,...
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Nadejda Chapkina, Charles Jaret, Guangya Liu, Angela Pollock
Class Discussion, Projects, and Critical Thinking Exercises: Obtaining Census Maps to Illustrate Immigration Patterns
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Migration/Immigration
Abstract:
Class Discussion, Projects, and Critical Thinking Exercises: Obtaining Census Maps to Illustrate Immigration Patterns
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ROSALYN BENJAMIN DARLING
PRETEST/POSTTEST ABOUT DISABILITY AND SOCIETY
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Disabilities
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
PRETEST/POSTTEST ABOUT DISABILITY AND SOCIETY
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