"Teaching What Students Know (Or Think They Know): Using Student Knowledge as a Foundation for Learning" This interactive session is designed for instructors who want to transcend the traditional teacher-centered model of learning but are not quite ready to embrace the uncertainty of the “flipped classroom” model. This presentation addresses one option for those instructors who fall somewhere between the two instructional models. Finlay will guide attendees through his practice of embracing student knowledge, even if inaccurate or incomplete, as a basis for teaching. Read more about "Teaching What Students Know (Or Think They Know): Using Student Knowledge as a Foundation for Learning"
“New Data Collection Strategies and Intervention Possibilities with Homeless Youth and Young Adults” Abstract: Read more about “New Data Collection Strategies and Intervention Possibilities with Homeless Youth and Young Adults”
SOCI 6820 Social Deviance and Mental Health Credit Hours: 3 Theory and research relating to various types of deviant behavior, including crime, family violence, substance use, and mental and physical illness. Social structural, cultural, social psychological, evolutionary, and biosocial theories will be examined. Read more about SOCI 6820 Level: Graduate
SOCI 8840 Gender, Crime, and Justice Credit Hours: 3 This course uses sociological and feminist theories to examine crime, criminology, and the criminal justice system from a gendered perspective. In doing so, the class is organized around three basic themes: the gendered nature of perpetration; gender variation in victimization; and women as participants in the legal process. Offered on a regular basis. Read more about SOCI 8840 Level: Graduate
SOCI 8650 Social Network Analysis Credit Hours: 3 Social network analysts consider relations to be the focal units of analysis – and the bases of social structure. This course surveys a mixture of mathematical and statistical techniques for analyzing social networks. Students will gain a working knowledge of relevant software packages and common approaches to network analysis. Offered on a regular basis. Read more about SOCI 8650 Level: Graduate
Justine Tinkler Receives Promotion Congratulations to Justine Tinkler on her promotion to Associate Professor with tenure. Read more about Justine Tinkler Receives Promotion
Kait Boyle Job Announcement Kait Boyle has accepted a tenure-track position in the Sociology Department at Virginia Tech, beginning fall 2016. Congratulations! Read more about Kait Boyle Job Announcement
“Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow”: The impact of the 1980s farm crisis on suicide in rural America Presenter: William Alex Pridemore, Dean and Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany – State University of New York Abstract: Read more about “Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow”: The impact of the 1980s farm crisis on suicide in rural America
“New Data Collection Strategies and Intervention Possibilities with Homeless Youth and Young Adults” Presenter: Kimberly A. Tyler, Professor, Department of Sociology,University of Nebraska – Lincoln Abstract: Read more about “New Data Collection Strategies and Intervention Possibilities with Homeless Youth and Young Adults”
"Where are the Great Women Chefs? Gender Inequality in the Professional Kitchen" Presenter: Patti Giuffre*, Professor, Department of Sociology, Texas State University Abstract: Read more about "Where are the Great Women Chefs? Gender Inequality in the Professional Kitchen"
