Sociology classes (Fall 2006 SO 226 Social Research Analysis students and 2004 SO 226 Social Research Analysis students)

Publications

The department emphasizes teaching excellence and believes that teaching and scholarship are mutually enriching activities. All members of the department are actively involved in research and publication, with research interests generally coinciding with teaching interests.

Here are some examples of books and articles by department faculty:  


Walzer book

Thinking About the Baby: Gender and Transitions into Parenthood by Susan Walzer. ( Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998.

The Anthropology of Self and Behavior by Gerald Erchak. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1998.

"A Young Woman's Support Group: Prevention of a Different Kind," Health and Social Work, 1998.

Fox book

Margaret Tacardon, "The Sexual Politics of Widowhood: The Virgin Rebirth in the Social Construction of 19th and Early 20th Century Feminine Reality," Journal of Family History, January 1998.

Social Statistics by William Fox. Fourth edition, Thomson Wadsworth, 2003.

John Brueggemann, "Realizing Solidarity: Sources of Interracial Unionism During the Great Depression," Work and Occupations, 1998.

Karp book

Susan Walzer, "Contextualizing the Employment Decisions of New Mothers," Qualitative Sociology, 1997.

Community Justice: An Emerging Field by David Karp

Susan Bender, "Alternative Networks in the Career of Marian E. White," in Alice Kehoe (ed.), Assembling the Past, University of New Mexico Press, 1998.

 

Scarce book

Dances of the Tewa Indians by Jill Sweet.  

Fishy Business: Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of Nature by Rik Scarce.