Teaching

I teach sociology as a way of understanding how individual lives are shaped by social structures, institutions, and relationships. Across my courses, I ask students to move between sociological ideas and empirical evidence: developing questions, evaluating claims, analyzing data, and communicating what they find.

My teaching combines rigorous expectations with structured opportunities to develop the skills needed to meet them. I use explicit learning goals, scaffolded assignments, low-stakes practice, feedback, and revision to help students build increasingly independent analytical skills. In methods-oriented courses and independent research, this includes hands-on experience working with quantitative and qualitative data and learning tools such as R.

I also want students to leave my courses able to use sociology beyond the classroom. Whether we are studying inequality, education, the environment, race and ethnicity, or statistical methods, I emphasize how sociological reasoning can help students understand institutions, evaluate evidence, and make sense of the social conditions shaping people’s lives.

Courses and Materials

Introduction to Sociology (SOCI 110)

Syllabus (PDF)

Syllabus (PDF)
R Statistical Workbook — A workbook I developed to accompany Exploring Statistics: Tales of Distributions (13th ed.).

Teaching

Courses and Materials

Introduction to Sociology (SOCI 110)

Social Statistics (SOCI 210)

Race and Ethnicity (SOCI 270)

Sociological Research Methods (SOCI 335)

Environmental Sociology (SOCI 375)

Sociology of Education (SOCI 385)

Social Inequality and Identity (ANTH/SOCI 390)

Advanced Research and Writing (ANTH/SOCI 497)