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Heard of the Hot Ones? It’s a YouTube interview series where celebrities are asked questions while eating spicy hot wings. You might get hungry but it’s a good place to learn semi-structured interview technique, probing, rapport building, and content analysis.
Teaching a whole semester of a Sociology class can be exhausting sometimes. To deal with the end of the semester burn-out and bring out that spark among the students, these meaningful public‑facing activities might be helpful! Check out this teaching resource: Teaching with Students as Your First Audience!
When fertility isn’t just a personal choice, try Oslawski-Lopez and Tabor’s class activity, allowing students to discussion gendered decision-making of different sex, married couples.
Zombie movies have evaded pop culture. Here is how instructors could put them in a good use! Social institutions, the issues of governance, law and order! You name it.
Looking to teach and conduct research on religion? ASA has shared Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures datasets See here.
Sociologist Nicole Bedera explains the sociological science behind observation as de-escalation in Minneapolis, MN in the context of ICE violence. A piece to consider when talking about this in class.
Bored of just lecturing on social class? Try this boardgame-like activity, “Life Still Happens.” This gamified activity teaches about family’s life chance.
AI but for the instructor! Francisco Olivos and colleagues document how using GAI as a “grader” promotes fairness and efficiency for essay-type grading. Learn more from this link!
Struggling to make your online class more interactive? Try this single image approach to invite sociological debate and perspective-taking.
Victor Ray contextualizes recent events in Minnesota in this piece “America’s ‘dual state’ is a racial state.”
Heard of the Hot Ones? It’s a YouTube interview series where celebrities are asked questions while eating spicy hot wings. You might get hungry but it’s a good place to learn semi-structured interview technique, probing, rapport building, and content analysis.
Teaching a whole semester of a Sociology class can be exhausting sometimes. To deal with the end of the semester burn-out and bring out that spark among the students, these meaningful public‑facing activities might be helpful! Check out this teaching resource: Teaching with Students as Your First Audience!
When fertility isn’t just a personal choice, try Oslawski-Lopez and Tabor’s class activity, allowing students to discussion gendered decision-making of different sex, married couples.
Zombie movies have evaded pop culture. Here is how instructors could put them in a good use! Social institutions, the issues of governance, law and order! You name it.
Looking to teach and conduct research on religion? ASA has shared Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures datasets See here.
Sociologist Nicole Bedera explains the sociological science behind observation as de-escalation in Minneapolis, MN in the context of ICE violence. A piece to consider when talking about this in class.
Bored of just lecturing on social class? Try this boardgame-like activity, “Life Still Happens.” This gamified activity teaches about family’s life chance.
AI but for the instructor! Francisco Olivos and colleagues document how using GAI as a “grader” promotes fairness and efficiency for essay-type grading. Learn more from this link!
Struggling to make your online class more interactive? Try this single image approach to invite sociological debate and perspective-taking.
Victor Ray contextualizes recent events in Minnesota in this piece “America’s ‘dual state’ is a racial state.”