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May 31, 2023

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Lisa D. Brush
RESEARCH REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
Five of the recitation sections will be devoted to presentations of research reports on empirical issues related to gender and society. The purposes of the research reports and presentations are: (1) To build skills required to gather, assess, array, interpret, and...
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Peter Kivisto
Small Group Discussion Questions Postmodernism – Kivisto/Ritzer
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 400
Abstract:
Small Group Discussion Questions on Postmodernism and Kivisto/Ritzer.
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Warren Belasco
American Food
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
Confused? Bemused? Fed up? (Pardon the pun.) Good! Now you’re ready to study food--the first of the essentials of life, our biggest industry, our most frequently indulged pleasure, and also the object of major anxiety, for food may be the single most important cause...
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James Mahoney
Historical Sociology
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This course provides a broad introduction to the field of historical sociology. The overall objective is to help students understand, appreciate, and critique excellent works of historical sociology. These skills, in turn, should help students, who want to pursue...
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Robert Heiner
Drugs and Society
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Alcohol and Drugs
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
This course will examine the influence of drugs on society and of society on drug behavior, the role psychoactive drugs have played in cultures throughout the world, the history and politics of drug control, and various sociological controversies involving drugs and...
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Trina Smith
THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT GENDER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Abstract:
A series of questions to promote thinking critically about gender discussions.
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Paul DiMaggio
Sociology Of Culture
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
This mini-seminar sur¬veys the field, exposing you to major research traditions, themes, and areas of study. In so doing, it provides an overview for the cur¬ious and a platform for those who wish to do further work (research, com¬prehen¬sive exam, teaching) in the...
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Harriet Friedmann
Sociology of Food6
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Cultural Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 200
Abstract:
This course offers global and comparative perspectives on both social structures and social meanings related to food. Social structures determine how people acquire food, share it, prevent others from having it, and cope (or not) with lack of food and with too much...
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William G. Roy
Organizational Documents Exercise
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Development
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Graduate
Abstract:
Find a document or cultural artifact created by a non-governmental organization for an organizational purpose (that is, its content should not be incidental to how the organization operates, as say, a book would be for publisher), created in some or place other than...
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Peter Kaufman
From Greyhounds to Global Conflict
April 26, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Animals and Society
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Abstract:
Synopsis: I brought my greyhound, Maggie, and her best greyhound friend, Cassie, to my sociology class on interpersonal relationships. Maggie and Cassie were part of a theoretical argument that I was presenting to the class. I began by asking the class to observe...
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