This course focuses on the structure and essential features of social groups, the value of social networks for accessing organizations and for social mobility, gender dynamics, power hierarchies, the “vanishing” hierarchical organization and its implications for...

This course provides students with an introduction to the sociology of sexualities, exploring how sex and sexuality are socially constructed, experienced, regulated, and contested in society. The course is organized into three units: (1) sociological theories of...

This assignment is designed to cultivate in students an approach to studying and applying social theory based on thoughtful ambivalence. Thoughtful ambivalence is a skill, a habit of mind, and a value. As a skill, thoughtful ambivalence is the ability to identify...

This course introduces students to the sociological study of men and masculinities. It is structured around three units: (1) sociological theories of masculinity, (2) masculinity through the life course and across institutions, and (3) masculinity’s intersections...

Science and Technology Studies (STS) represents an interdisciplinary nexus of various academic disciplines. As a field, STS offers excellent tools to not only examine, but also help improve the troubled and ever-evolving relationships between society, the...

Assigning podcasts to your classes can be a great way to create a compelling assignment that most students will complete (Oslawski-Lopez and Kordsmeier 2021). At the same time, however, many students, when encountering podcasts in the classroom for the first time,...

This activity utilizes Pinterest not only in an icebreaker activity for helping students build connections (particularly in online courses where the opportunity to interact with classmates is limited), but also to teach about subject specific concepts in an...

Writing assistance using artificial intelligence (AI) made its way into the mainstream in the early 1980s. Since then, technology has become more sophisticated. Today, instructors must grapple with the notion of embracing (or not) the world of AI in our...

The language we use to discuss death reveals much about our social norms and cultural practices regarding bereavement. This classroom activity engages students in a content and discourse analysis of bereavement cards, with a focus on the sociolinguistic choices...

Syllabus for course in Social Theory, which includes authors solidly within the sociological canon and beyond. Students are required to complete either a semester paper explaining why a social problem exists using social theory, or to create an independent, "free...