Teaching is mostly listening, and learning is mostly telling.
                                                                        Meier, Deborah

I often say sociology is a martial art, a means of self-defense.
Basically, you use it to defend yourself, without having the right to use it for unfair attacks.
                                                                       Pierre Bourdieu

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Teaching Philosophy

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Spring 2010 Classes

           SOC 100    Introduction to Sociology
                             Mon/Thur 8:00--9: 15 a.m.
                               
           SOC 337    SOCIAL CHANGE
                             Tue/Fri 1:40--2:55 p.m.

           SOC 387    SOCIOLOGICAL OF SPORT
                             Mon/Thur 10:50--12:05 p.m.

Spring 2010 Office Hours:   

            Monday & Thursday 9:30--10:30 a.m.
            Tuesday 3:00--5:00 p.m
            or by appointment

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Selected Publications

    2010    “Playing and Protesting: Sport as a Vehicle for Social Change” (with Eli A. Wolff). Journal of Sport and Social Issues forthcoming.

    2010    “’Some of These Students are So Dumb’: The Zero Sum Game of Denigrating Students.” Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, forthcoming.

    2009    “Last But Not Least: The Pedagogical Insights of ‘Intellectual Craftsmanship’” (with Todd Schoepflin). Teaching Sociology Volume 37(1): 20-30.

    2009    “Writing Children’s Books.” In Sociology through Active Learning. Edited by Kathleen McKinney and Barbara S. Heyl. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.

    2009    “Speed Discussion.” In Sociology through Active Learning. Edited by Kathleen McKinney and Barbara S. Heyl. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.

    2008    “Boos, Bans, and Backlash: The Consequences of Being an Activist Athlete.” Humanity and Society 32(3):215-237.

    2008    "Sociology as Pedagogy: How Ideas from the Discipline can Inform Teaching and Learning" (with Judith Halasz). Teaching Sociology 36(4):301-317.

    2008    “Gaining Voice through Silence.” Feminist Teacher 18(2):175-177.

    2008    “Critical Pedagogy in the Sociology Classroom: Challenges and Concerns” (with Catherine Fobes). Teaching Sociology 36(1):26-33.

    2006    Critical Pedagogy in the Sociology Classroom, 2nd Edition. Washington, D. C.: American Sociological Association Teaching Resource Center.

    2005    “Middle-Class Social Reproduction: The Activation and Negotiation of Structural Advantages” Sociological Forum. 20(2):245-270.

    2004    “Forming Identities in College: A Sociological Approach.” Research in Higher Education (with Kenneth A. Feldman). 45(5):463-496.

    2004    “Fitting In and Fighting Back: Stigma Management Strategies Among Homeless Kids.” Symbolic Interaction (with Anne R. Roschelle). 44(1):23-46.

    2003    “Learning to Not Labor:  How Working-Class Individuals Construct Middle-Class Identities.” The Sociological Quarterly. 44(3):481-504.

    2001    "All the News Not Fit to Print:  Using Censored Stories as an Exercise in Critical Pedagogy." Teaching Sociology 29:80-87.

    1999    "The Contrasting Orientations Toward Work and Family Between Female and Male College Students." Sociological Focus.  32(3):229-246.

    1997    "Michael Jordan Meets C. Wright Mills:  Illustrating the Sociological Imagination with Objects from Everyday Life." Teaching Sociology 25:309-314.

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SUNY New Paltz Links

Awosting Falls
 

 You should also take a walk or a ride on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail

Magnolia (aka Maggie) named after the Magnolia Bakery in New York City

Maggie is even faster than this!
 

Here are some other pictures of Maggie and her friends:




Click here to see a YouTube video montage of Three Greyt Friends


(forever in our hearts)