Events
- Annual Convention
- Great Teaching Round-up
- Leading from the middle
- fall conference for faculty leaders
- Webinars
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Events: 2010 Sociology Schedule
Sociology Summary
Friday, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
"The Power of the Social"
Speaker: Michael S. Kimmel, Professor of Sociology, State University of New York-Stony Brook
Saturday, 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
“Community Involvement and the Helping Professions”
Speaker: John Carl, Professor of Sociology, Rose State College
Friday, March 5th, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Friday, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
"The Power of the Social"
Speaker: Michael S. Kimmel, Professor of Sociology, State University of New York-Stony Brook
Sociology is the subject that emphasizes the "power of the social" and helps students connect to the world around them. The changes in society in the past three decades have been enormous -- from the types of students we teach, to the issues we teach about, to the different types of people we instructors are. How do we integrate these changes into our courses? How does the large structural processes that we call globalization, or the micro-level experiences of our identity that typically are called multiculturalism, change the way we teach sociology: what we teach and how we teach it?
Biography:
Michael S. Kimmel is a Professor of Sociology at SUNY at Stony Brook. He is the main author of the introductory sociology text, Sociology Now, as well as a number of books on the sociology of gender: Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men, Changing Men; Men’s Lives; Against the Tide: Profeminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990; The Politics of Manhood; Manhood: A Cultural History; and The Gendered Society. Michael also co-edits The Encyclopedia on Men and Masculinities and Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities; is founder and editor of the journal Men and Masculinities and a book series on Gender and Sexuality at New York University Press; and edited the Sage Series on Men and Masculinities. He lectures extensively to corporations and on campuses in the U.S. and abroad. Michael lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his wife and Sociology Now co-author, Amy Aronson, and their son, Zachary.
Saturday, March 6th, 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
“Community Involvement and the Helping Professions”
Speaker: John Carl, Professor of Sociology, Rose State College
In this session, Dr. Carl will investigate the challenges and opportunities available to sociology students and program coordinators to encourage community involvement and find careers in the helping professions. The use of classroom and textbook activities will be discussed. Opportunities for in depth learning abound when students take the step from the classroom and move into the community. The use of service learning is a vehicle to help students find a rewarding career directions. Dr. Carl will discuss with participants how this can be used to assist faculty to improve students learning outcomes while at the same time increase awareness of social factors outside of the classroom.
Biography:
John Carl, Ph.D., is a tenured professor at Rose State College, a community college in Midwest City, Oklahoma. He holds a Masters in Social Work and a Ph.D. in Sociology both from the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of two text books, Think Sociology, and Think Social Problems, both available through Pearson Higher Education. Prior to joining the faculty of Rose State, John worked as a social worker in hospitals, hospice, and prisons. He serves as a faculty mentor for students interested in sociology and social work, and regularly assists students in finding a direction in the social sciences and helping professions.
Sociology Section Co-chairs:
Dina Neal, Vernon College
Randy Jarvis, South Texas College