teaching
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There has recently been a lively discussion on the CITASA (Communication and Information Technology section of the American Sociological Association) listserv about using blogs for teaching college-level sociology. The discussion contained a lot of practical advice as well as pedagogical insight. I started a summary of the conversation and asked those who had been a…
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This week seems to be filled with the angst and anticipation of a new year as the kids (and lifelong learners) head back to school. My first day was today, and after holding my first class with bright students eager to learn more about sociology and media, I remembered why I love the classroom and…
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I hesitated when first asked to teach the workshop on diversity in the classroom. Diversity can often be a code for tokenism, or treated as a resource to be exploited by those in the majority. Aiming to avoid these approaches, I decided to focus on individualized learning, I lead new and seasoned teaching assistants through…
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Two-Dimensional Sociology If Comcast was working, which it never is, I would have created this entry on my birthday (09.13.07). I turned 29, which makes me “in my late 20s,” that ambiguous age where you are still young enough to avoid total responsibility and old enough to feel confident, or where you are awaiting some…
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This past summer, I taught a course in the Sociology of Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). In this class we discussed issues of urban space, development and consumption from the perspective of cultural sociology. After reading Richard Florida’s Rise of the Creative Class and Sharon Zukin’s chapter on North Adams in the Cultures of…
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Charlottesville, Virginia What to do when students complain about grades? Make inappropriate comments? Don’t read? Don’t speak up? In this workshop, incoming teaching assistants face their worst nightmares and learn strategies to address and prevent classroom difficulties. For more information, visit the Teaching Resource Center @ the University of Virginia.
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Wendy and I have both been thinking for a long time that we should each create a blog. Should it be a blog of our band, our teaching, our research? Well Tanya, my friend and colleague, has inspired productive procrastination http://www.todissertation.blogspot.com. This blog is still in the process of figuring out its identity…
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