Series: Introduction to Sociology
Over the 2023-2024 academic year, we’ll be publishing a series on teaching Introduction to Sociology as a form of public sociology. Intro to Sociology is often the first contact students have with the discipline of sociology, but Intro students are also “first publics” for instructors who want to teach public sociology engagement and reflection.
In this series, we ask contributors to think of their own experiences in Intro to Sociology courses as teachers and students and invite them to reflect on how public sociology can be imagined and fostered in this early stage of sociological study. We invite Class Notes and Reflections on teaching Intro as public sociology, following our submissions guidelines here.
Old School Intro in a 21st Century World
I have to be honest. When I first got the invitation to write an essay for First Publics, I wasn’t … Read More
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
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
Intro Textbooks as Public Sociology: A Conversation with Kathleen Korgen
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: A Conversation with 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: A Conversation with Shamus Khan
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: A Conversation with Dalton Conley
Intro to Sociology classes are frequently the first and only contact many students will have with the discipline, which also … Read More
Public Sociology’s Expression
I can still recall that 2016 election night gathering filled with sociology faculty and graduate students from across Rhode Island. Read More
Over the 2023-2024 academic year, we’ll be publishing a series on teaching Introduction to Sociology as a form of public sociology. Intro to Sociology is often the first contact students have with the discipline of sociology, but Intro students are also “first publics” for instructors who want to teach public sociology engagement and reflection.
In this series, we ask contributors to think of their own experiences in Intro to Sociology courses as teachers and students and invite them to reflect on how public sociology can be imagined and fostered in this early stage of sociological study. We invite Class Notes and Reflections on teaching Intro as public sociology, following our submissions guidelines here.
Old School Intro in a 21st Century World
I have to be honest. When I first got the invitation to write an essay for First Publics, I wasn’t … Read More
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
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
Intro Textbooks as Public Sociology: A Conversation with Kathleen Korgen
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: A Conversation with 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: A Conversation with Shamus Khan
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: A Conversation with Dalton Conley
Intro to Sociology classes are frequently the first and only contact many students will have with the discipline, which also … Read More
Public Sociology’s Expression
I can still recall that 2016 election night gathering filled with sociology faculty and graduate students from across Rhode Island. Read More