The

Michigan

Sociological Association

 

And

Michigan State University

 

 

welcome you to the

 

Annual Meeting of the

MICHIGAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

 

November 3-4, 2000

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI


Sponsored in Part by:

Allyn & Bacon

Mayfield

McGraw-Hill

Prentice Hall

Wadsworth


MICHIGAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Annual Fall Conference 2000


 

Undergraduate Teaching of Sociology:

Transmitting the Sociological Imagination

 

Friday -- November 3, 2000

7 p.m. Welcome Reception at Betsy Cullum-Swan's House.

Saturday -- November 4, 2000

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Registration -- Berkey Hall

8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. - 1 p.m. Publishers Book Displays


MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

SESSION #1 Teaching Workshop for Graduate Students

Berkey Hall, Room 314

Chair: Chad M. Kimmel, Western Michigan University

Presenters:

Standpoint Epistemology in the Classroom

- Edie Fisher, Western Michigan University

Toward an Inclusive Quality of the Mind: Teaching Sociology through an African American, Female Lens

- Kiesha T. Warren, Western Michigan University

Making the Connection: Overcoming Apathy in the Sociology Classroom

- Greg Fulkerson, Lansing Community College

The Role of the Graduate Assistant in Undergraduate Social Statistics Courses

- Andrew Pfeiffer, Eastern Michigan University

Developing the Sociological Imagination through Videos

- Ellen Wagenfeld-Heintz, Western Michigan University

The Socio-critical Imagination: The use of C. Wright Mills and Neil Postman in Developing Intellectual Responsibility in the Sociology Classroom

- Chad M. Kimmel, Western Michigan University

 

SESSION #2 Teaching Sociological Practice

Berkey Hall, Room 318

Chair: Jay Weinstein, Eastern Michigan University

Presenters:

Interactively Rich and Informally Diverse Teaching Syllabi

- TR Young, The Red Feather Institute for Advanced Studies in Sociology

Fine Tuning the Teaching of Applied Sociology: Some Tips and Ideas

- Charles Thomas, University of Michigan-Flint

Sociology is Technology

- Jay Weinstein, Eastern Michigan University

  

MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS

10:30 to 12:00 Noon

SESSION #3 Teaching Sociology in the Community College

Berkey Hall, Room 314

Panel Description: Effective teaching in a community college involves outreach to diverse learning styles. In this session, community college teachers will discuss unique approaches, pedagogies and teaching strategies used for introductory so ciology in the community college.

Panel Participants: Betty B. Jones, Delta College

Deb Bishop, Lansing Community College

Sarah Smith, Delta College

 SESSION #4 Bringing Bodies Back into Sociology

Berkey Hall, Room 318

Chair: Timothy Diamond

Presenters:

Sociology's Neglect of the Sense of Smell

- Betsy Cullum-Swan, Michigan State University

Food Dance: The Social Choreography of Restaurant Work

- Daylen Dye, Western Michigan University

Nudists in the Know: A Participant Observation Study of Nudist Life

- Sandra Schroer, Western Michigan University

Embodiment and Reflexivity while Learning Sociology

- Kristen DeVall, Western Michigan University

- Timothy Diamond, Western Michigan University

- Deborah Wilson, Western Michigan University

 

SESSION #5 Sociology of the Civil Rights Movement

Berkey Hall, Room 319

Panelists: Bill Whit, Grand Valley State University

Robert Newby, Central Michigan University

 


LUNCHEON PLENARY SESSION

Kellogg Center

12:15 to 2:15 p.m.

(Luncheon tickets are required. If you did not pre-register for the conference, there will be a limited number of luncheon tickets available with on-site registration at the Registration Table located on the third floor of Berkey Hall. )

Luncheon Banquet

Emcee: Betsy Cullum-Swan, Michigan State University

Presentation of Awards

Keynote Address: Theodore Wagenaar

Miami University (Ohio)

"Deep Learning Across the Sociology Curriculum"

 


AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS

2:30 to 4:00 p.m.

SESSION #6 Teaching Introductory Sociology Round Table: What Works?

Berkey Hall, Room 314

Organizer: Bill Whit, Grand Valley State University

 

SESSION #7 The Sociology Lab in Introduction to Sociology Courses

Berkey Hall, Room 318

Panelists: Alan Hill, Delta College

Roger Nemeth, Hope College

 

SESSION #8 Student Paper Session

Berkey Hall, Room 318

Chairs: Linda Rynbrandt, Grand Valley State University

Nancy Herman, Central Michigan University

Presenters:

College Students' Perceptions of the Aged: Does Contact with the Aged in Childhood Reduce Stereotypical Perceptions of Older People?

- Justin Walworth, Lake Superior State University

A Sociological Perspective of Minorities: Snow Falling on Cedars

- Rachel Schroeder, Western Michigan University

Does the Media Support the Concept of Culture of Poverty?

- Andrea K. Miller, Western Michigan University

The Asian American Movement: A Sociological Analysis

- Mark Couturier, Central Michigan University

Title to Be Announced

- Mosoffa Sadir, Central Michigan University

 

Michigan Sociological Association Business Meeting

Berkey Hall, Room 314

4:15 p.m.

 

Optional Informal Dinner (TBA)

All are invited but dinner is not covered by the registration fee.

6:00 p.m.

 


The Michigan Sociological Association extends its thanks to the following institutions for their generous support:

Aquinas College

Calvin College

Central Michigan University

Delta College

Eastern Michigan University

Ferris State University

Grand Valley State University

Hope College

Michigan State University

Oakland University

Saginaw Valley State University

 


 

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