Teaching Portfolio and Documents
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Current Social Problems
A survey of sociological theories and approaches to understanding social problems, emphasizing sociology’s unique way of viewing and interpreting the world around us.
Latinx Civil Rights Seminar
An immersive, experiential learning course tracing the history of Latinx Civil Rights activism and culminating in a trip to Southern California to visit key sites and activists.
Sociology of Immigration
A capstone course examining key theories and debates on the sociology of immigration, culminating in an original research project utilizing qualitative interview data.
Ethnographic Research Techniques
Graduate-level training on the purposes, methods, and limitations of ethnographic research, with a focus on experimentation and practice collecting and analyzing ethnographic data.
Women and Global Migration
A capstone course examining key theories and debates on the sociology of global migration, with a focus on the experiences of women and families, culminating in an original research project utilizing qualitative interview data.
Sociology of Citizenship
A capstone course examining key theories and debates on the sociology of citizenship in an attempt to deconstruct this social and legal construct and examine it from various angles, culminating in an original research project utilizing qualitative interview data.