Teaching Victimology When Trauma Is in the Room
Creating responsible spaces for learning about harm, prevention, and justice. I have been teaching Victimology in one form or another … Read More
Interview with Sarah Lageson
Dr. Sarah Lageson, Associate Professor of Technology and Social Power at Northeastern University with a joint appointment in the … Read More
Methods for/as Public Engagement
Amid attacks on higher education generally, and sociology, in particular, sociologists are feeling more pressure to show the value … Read More
Teaching Tourism through Community Voices
Recent news coverage of tourism worldwide has shown how prioritizing uncontrolled economic growth results in unsustainable visitor numbers in … Read More
Teaching Education Policy through Multiple Lenses
A section of my Sociology of Education course is devoted to primary and secondary education policy. We tackle one of … Read More
Teaching Methods in Times of Crisis
Let’s face it, teaching sociological research methods is always challenging, even in so-called “normal” times. It’s part of the … Read More
“A Clingy Friend”: AI and the First Public
When I first designed an assignment called Seeing with the Machines, I wanted students to move beyond using artificial intelligence … Read More
Toward a More Inclusive First Publics
In August 2023, we launched First Publics as an online space for exploring the politics, pedagogy, and practice of teaching … Read More
Teaching Consent Before Content
I was tasked with acting as a guest lecturer for a Sociology of Gender course on the topic of BDSM … Read More
Seven Principles for Teaching Social Theory
I’ve taught social theory to undergraduate students at public institutions for over a decade, and among the instructional challenges this … Read More