Truman State University
American Law and Society
An advanced seminar examining law in action using an interdisciplinary social science approach. Students analyze the ways social, cultural, political, and economic forces shape and are shaped by the practice and evolution of law.
Social Problems: Health and Illness
A 200-level topics course using a sociological perspective to assess sociological aspects of health and illness. The course introduces students to how sociological analysis can identify and held solve social problems related to the organization of healthcare, social determinants of health, social construction of illness, and the practice of medicine.
Research Design and Methods
The first of two advanced courses for sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice students designed to help students become active participants in the discovery of social patterns and creation of new knowledge as researchers.
Social Institutions
This course applies a sociological lens to social institutions, with an emphasis on how institutions intersect with the criminal justice system.
Deviance and Social Control
An advanced seminar exploring approaches to the study of deviance, from religious explanations to social constructionist explanations, and the ways social groups attempt to control it.
Babson College
Instructor
Introduction to Consumer Society
This course addresses both long-standing and emerging debates about consumer society: Who is in control, consumers or advertisers and producers? How has the role of consumers changed in the digital era and with social media? How does consumption help us structure and communicate our identit(y/ies)? In what ways does consumption affect the environment and how does this then change consumption patterns? How does the consumption of social media shape our lives? Special attention is paid to the ways in which consumer culture structures division by class, status, gender, and race.
Boston University
Teaching Fellow
Sociology of Health and Healthcare
This course explores the social, cultural, and intercultural factors contributing to health and illness. We discuss the social determinants of health, training and socialization of medical professionals, roots of medical power and authority, medicalization, and the organization and operation of healthcare facilities. This course also examines the U.S. healthcare system and its limitations, and compares it with models from other countries.
Principles of Sociology (online and in person)
A large lecture course and survey of the discipline with 120-180 students