Theodore Wagenaar is Professor of Sociology at Miami University (Ohio) and is a Carnegie Teaching Fellow for the year 1999-2000. He received his A.B. degree from Calvin College in sociology and elementary education and the masters and Ph.D. degrees from the Ohio State University. He is a member of the Department Resources Group of the American Sociological Association and has conducted over 50 external reviews of sociology programs as part of that affiliation. He has also led over a hundred workshops on the evaluation of teaching, teaching methods, and curriculum development.

Professor Wagenaar served as the inaugural editor of Teaching Sociology and has served on the editorial board of The Teaching Professor, as well as on the boards of various sociology journals. He participated in the Study in Depth Project sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and co-authored the sociology report. Teaching awards include the Excellence in Teaching awards (Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities), Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award (American Sociological Association), Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award (North Central Sociological Association), and the Mauksch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Sociology (Section on Undergraduate Education, American Sociological Association). He has served as a Research Fellow at the National Center for Education Statistics and has received several grants from NCES.

His publications include study guides to accompany leading introductory and methods textbooks in sociology, several volumes published by the Teaching Resources Center of the American Sociological Association on the capstone course and other courses, several articles in Teaching Sociology on student journals, study in depth, and evaluating teaching, and several articles in various journals on youth and the transition to adulthood.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Preregistration is $35 for faculty and $15 for students; on-site registration is $5 more. On-site registration will begin at 8:00 a.m., November 4, 2000.

Fee includes coffee and pastries, lunch, one-year membership in MSA and subscription to MICHIGAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, which will be handed out at the conference.

To qualify for the discount, your check or money order must reach
us no later than October 23, 2000.


Send the preregistration fee together with your name(s),
telephone number, address and e-mail address (if available) to:

             Alan Hill, Treasurer, MSA
             Sociology Department
             Delta College
             University Center, MI 48710

(Make checks payable to Michigan Sociological Association.) 

CONFERENCE HOTEL

Participants who wish to stay overnight may call the University Quality Inn, 3121 East Grand River, Lansing, MI 48912 at 517-351-1440.

We encourage you to stay at this hotel since they are offering a special MSA meeting rate of $67 single or $77 double. This includes a welcome cocktail and a full hot breakfast. Reservations must be made by September 3, 2000, to be guaranteed the special rate. Ask for the MSA rate.

Please also e-mail the Conference Coordinator (see below) that you will be staying at this hotel since she needs to get an accurate count.

Click on University Quality Inn here or above to go to their web page for more information.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

MSU AND EAST LANSING: MAPS AND INFORMATION

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR: Betsy Cullum-Swan

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