Teaching Law as a Social Process

I have long been interested in the educational value of studying lawmaking. To help students understand how law is both … Read More

The Quiet Architecture of Active Learning

Reflecting on Active Learning, Student Participation, and the Challenge of Silence One of the reasons I love teaching sociology is … Read More

Decentering Technology: A Pedagogy of the Senses

Over the last few decades, instructors have been increasingly encouraged to integrate technology into their classrooms. Whether through the use … Read More

We Got Ghosted: A Failed Collaboration

We got ghosted. Not in a dating app kind of way, but in a way that seemed surprisingly similar: messages … Read More

Public Engagement Pedagogy across the Methods Curriculum

Our latest webinar focused on how — and why — we teach methods. Joined by Drs. Vanessa Gonlin (Assistant … Read More

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