This course will introduce you to the field of sociology, which is the scientific study of human social behavior and involves studying interactions, culture, and social structures. Sociology, and therefore this course, focuses on the relationship between society and the individual, how society functions and is organized, and how power and inequality operate within our social world. Through these examinations, we will build a sociological perspective, which helps us connect the broader social world and our individual positions within it. In this course, you will learn about various sociological perspectives and concepts, social inequalities such as class, race, gender, and sexual orientation, as well as social institutions like the family, education, work and the economy, and healthcare, and the criminal justice system. Finally, this course also emphasizes intuitive understandings of data, critical thinking, creativity, and developing writing skills through assignments that ask you to examine messages in the media as well as how your educational experiences have been shaped by various social forces. 

Fall     2021    West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Fall     2021    West Chester University of Pennsylvania. 7-week accelerated. 

Fall     2021    West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Online asynchronous.

Sum    2021 University of Connecticut, Student Support Services.

Sum    2021 West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Online asynchronous. 

Sum    2021 West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Online asynchronous. 

Spring 2021 West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Fall      2020 West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Sum     2020  University of Connecticut, Student Support Services.

This course will introduce you to the field of sociology, which is the scientific study of human social behavior and involves studying interactions, culture, and social structures. The core of the course will examine Race, class, and gender, as they structure identities, opportunities, and social outcomes. In this course, students will explain: 1) how race, class and gender are causes of social and economic inequalities in the society; 2) how race, class, and gender shape life opportunities, including education, health, and occupation; and, 3) how race, class, and gender shape interactional patterns among people. Finally, this course also emphasizes intuitive understandings of data, critical thinking, creativity, and developing writing skills through assignments that ask you to examine messages in the media as well as how your educational experiences have been shaped by your identities.

Fall 2022         University of Connecticut, Hartford campus.

Fall 2022         Writing-intensive. University of Connecticut, Hartford campus.

Spring 2021    Writing-intensive. University of Connecticut, Stamford campus.

Spring 2021    Writing-intensive. University of Connecticut, Hartford Campus.

Winter 2019    Online Asynchronous. University of Connecticut. 

This review guides students through the topic of sociology with a focus on core theoretical and methodological concepts that often show up on the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). 

Spring 2022 University of Connecticut, Medical Doctor Preparatory Program

Spring 2021 University of Connecticut, Medical Doctor Preparatory Program (co-taught with Amy Lawton).

Graduate Quantitative Methods for Continuous Outcomes with Dr. Mary Bernstein (1 section)

This course reviews models in which the dependent variable is continuous. These include the linear regression model, seemingly unrelated regressions, and systems of simultaneous equations.

Graduate Quantitative Methods for Categorical Outcomes with Dr. Simon Cheng (1 section)

This course deals with regression models in which the dependent variable is limited or categorical. Such models include probit, logit, ordered logit, and Poisson regression, among others.

Undergraduate Quantitative Methods with Dr. Weakliem and Dr. Pais (6 sections)

This course is an introduction to the basic quantitative methods used in sociological research.  The major topics are:  (1) describing the distribution of a variable; (2)  measuring the relationship between two variables by comparing means, cross-tabulations, correlation, and simple regression; (3) using multiple regression to distinguish the effects of different variables on an outcome of interest; (4) confidence intervals and significance (hypothesis) tests.  

Sociology Theory with Dr. Phoeby Godfrey (1 section)

Review classical and contemporary sociological theory for advanced undergraduate students. 

Introduction to Criminology with Dr. Bradley Wright

Theories and research on crime, criminal law, and the criminal justice system. 

Introduction to Sociology with Dr. Davita Glasberg (2 sections)

Modern society and its social organization, institutions, communities, groups, and social roles: the socialization of individuals, family, gender, race and ethnicity, religion, social class, crime and deviance, population, cities, political economy, and social change. 

Courses Tutored: Undergraduate Sociology Research Statistics; Graduate Research Methods for Educational Psychology; Graduate Research Statistics for Psychology; Graduate Introduction to Epidemiology 1; Graduate Introduction to Epidemiology 2; Graduate Introduction to Biostatistics 1; Graduate Introduction to Biostatistics 2; Intermediate and Applied Resource Economics; Race, Class, and Gender; Society in Global Perspective; Introduction to Criminology; Social Well-Being; Social Welfare and Social Work; Introduction to Criminal Justice.