Intro to Sociology Dialogues Series – A Review
During the Fall of 2023, First Publics published a series of interviews with four authors of Intro to Sociology textbooks:… Read More
From Incarceration to Hope: Teaching in Youth Jail Facilities
In my almost twenty years of working with system-impacted individuals my goals have always been two-fold: 1. Advocate for those… 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
Teaching in the Era of Social Media and Soundbite News
I started my teaching career as an Assistant Professor in August 2020. Three out of the five sociology courses I… Read More
Sociological Character Arc… When the Adventure Finds You!
In screenplays and novels, the character arc is the protagonist’s journey. Customarily, via afantastical trajectory of transformation and self-discovery, the… Read More
Intro Textbooks as Public Sociology: Kathleen Korgen
Intro to Sociology classes are frequently the first and only contact many students will have with sociology, which also makes… 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
Intro Textbooks as Public Sociology: Lisa Wade
Intro to Sociology classes are frequently the first and only contact many students will have with sociology, which also makes… Read More
Intro Textbooks as Public Sociology: Shamus Khan
Intro to Sociology classes are frequently the first and only contact many students will have with sociology, which also makes… Read More