TEACHING AND INTERNSHIPS

My teaching goal is to create an engaging classroom where students learn and exchange ideas that can change the world.  I teach multiple sections of Research Methods, an exciting opportunity to share tools and techniques for data collection and analysis.  Some of my elective courses investigate the problems of poverty and inequality, and others examine changes in families, communities, and work.   Often, we compare social conditions in rural and urban communities in the United States , and increasingly we study global inequalities and international issues.

I also coordinate the internships for sociology majors.  Students have recently interned at the Brattleboro Retreat, Salvation Army, Southwestern Community Services, ServiceLink, YMCA, Monadnock Family Services, Many Options, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Head Start, Second Start, Cheshire House of Corrections, U.S. Attorney's Office, KSC Residential Life, Pheonix House, Monadnock Community Hospital, NH-NARAL, Antrim Girls Shelter, St. Joseph's School summer children's programs, and Rehabilitation Services of Vermont.   Normally student interns work for 8-10 hours per week for 15 weeks in addition to course meetings.

SOC 475 Social Stratification      

SOC 390 Nicaragua Studies

SOC 345 Sociology of Families

SOC 335 Sociology Practicum     

SOC 304 Qualitative Analysis  

SOC 301 Sociological Research Methods & Lab  

SOC 203 Sociology Proseminar

WS 201 Introduction to Women's Studies         

SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology

As part of the Nicaraguan Studies course, sociology students traveled to Nicaragua with Dr. Eleanor Vander Haegen and me in March 2004.  We will return in 2007.  Click to view our slideshow (PC only).

WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM

Keene State College offers a variety of interdisciplinary courses through our women's studies program.  For more information about courses click here: http://academics.keene.edu/ws

Above: The beautiful Nicaraguan countryside.