Class Notes
Crafting Effective Feedback
One of the main tasks we have as instructors and teaching assistants is reading students’ writing and assisting them in … Read More
Pop Culture Fridays
My first semester of teaching Introductory Sociology was to a class of 120 students, and I had just completed my … Read More
Small-Scale CBL: Establishing Trust and Equity in Benefits
In a classic piece on community-based learning (CBL) in sociology, Mooney and Edwards define CBL as a broad term … Read More
Rethinking Service-learning to be More Public and Creative
In higher education, instructors are encouraged to incorporate service-learning into their curricula— activities that provide the chance for students to … Read More
Ungrading: Reassessing Assessment
According to Jesse Stommel (2021), “’Ungrading’ means raising an eyebrow at grades as a systemic practice, distinct from simply … Read More
Comics and the Ethnographic Sensibility
Students of ethnography are often encouraged to develop an ethnographic sensibility, or an attunement to the material and social relations … Read More
Sociology in Film as a Direct Public Connection
When I took on the task of teaching a sociology in film class, I was motivated by the opportunity to … Read More
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Crafting Effective Feedback
One of the main tasks we have as instructors and teaching assistants is reading students’ writing and assisting them in … Read More
![](https://thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/files/2024/02/AnnaRogers_pic1-e1707572468891-430x300-c-center.jpg)
Pop Culture Fridays
My first semester of teaching Introductory Sociology was to a class of 120 students, and I had just completed my … Read More
![](https://thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/files/2024/02/CN004_Clark-Diaper-Photo-p3-430x300-c-center.jpeg)
Small-Scale CBL: Establishing Trust and Equity in Benefits
In a classic piece on community-based learning (CBL) in sociology, Mooney and Edwards define CBL as a broad term … Read More
![](https://thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/files/2023/12/E.-Meiser-Headshot-430x300-c-center.jpeg)
Rethinking Service-learning to be More Public and Creative
In higher education, instructors are encouraged to incorporate service-learning into their curricula— activities that provide the chance for students to … Read More
![](https://thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/files/2023/09/image8-scaled-430x300-c-center.jpg)
Ungrading: Reassessing Assessment
According to Jesse Stommel (2021), “’Ungrading’ means raising an eyebrow at grades as a systemic practice, distinct from simply … Read More
![](https://thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/files/2023/08/EthnographyComic5-1-1-430x300-c-center.png)
Comics and the Ethnographic Sensibility
Students of ethnography are often encouraged to develop an ethnographic sensibility, or an attunement to the material and social relations … Read More
![](https://thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/files/2023/08/image13-430x300-c-center.jpg)
Sociology in Film as a Direct Public Connection
When I took on the task of teaching a sociology in film class, I was motivated by the opportunity to … Read More