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May 31, 2023

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Sharon Kantorowski Davis
TOWARD TEACHING A HUMANIST SOCIOLOGY REVISITED
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Abstract:
few years ago, I wrote that the challenge of teaching a humanist sociology seldom lies in motivating the student to accept the humanist approach, but rather in giving ourselves permission to present it. At least a few sociologists have struggled with the notion of...
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William T. Phelan
Guidelines for Course Paper
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Each student should write a nine to twelve page (typed, double-spaced) paper on an issue of significance for educational excellence and equity. This paper should synthesize and apply selected course readings and course-related literature. It may include information...
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Patricia Yancey-Martin, Emily Boyd
QUALITATIVE METHODS FOR SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Qualitative Methodology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Field researchers study social settings where people live, work, and play in their actual habitats (rather than in laboratories or through self reports via social surveys). According to Michael Burawoy (1991), participant observation methods exemplify "what is...
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Daniel Thomas Cook
Advertising 493: Social and Cultural Contexts of Advertising and Consumption
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
In this course, we will examine various ways that people infuse social meaning into material things. Course materials were selected to emphasize a cultural perspective on the social meaning of goods, rather than a marketing one. Instead of an exclusive focus on...
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Emily Mieras
Beauty and Body Image
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
This course is an intensive, upper-level seminar that analyzes perceptions of beauty and the body. Course themes include: the intersection of ideas about beauty with cultural attitudes about race, gender, and class; the link between commercial culture and changing...
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Scott R. Harris
Technique 19: Dramaturgy, Breaching Experiment
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Teaching Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes: To encourage students to apply the dramaturgical perspective to their own behavior and the behavior of others; and to challenge students to directly experience and investigate how much they are concerned with managing...
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David L. Brunsma
Lead Discussion
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Education
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Each student will be responsible to come prepared to lead discussion on about three readings in the course packet throughout this term. Leading means you have paid very close attention to one reading out of those for that day; that you have prepared several questions...
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Colin Jerolmack
Urban Ethnography
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Qualitative Methodology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Course Description: This course is designed as a practice-oriented, interactive seminar. In the tradition of classic Chicago school ethnography, students are encouraged to "get their hands dirty" by performing original ethnographic research of their own choosing....
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Kurt Borchard
WOULD YOU STEAL $1,000,000? A CLASSROOM EXPERIMENT
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Criminology/Delinquency
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100
Abstract:
Every year, in my Criminology class I conduct an experiment. When we are beginning to discuss theories (starting with Classical Criminology), I ask the students to take out a blank sheet of paper, and to not write their name on it. I then ask them to respond to the...
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Laura Mamo
Theories of Science, Medicine, and the Body
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course is a seminar addressed primarily to graduate students to explore major theoretical themes salient to the social and cultural study of science(s), medical knowledge(s) and practice(s), and material bodies. Specific attention will be paid to three...
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