Class Notes
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
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