COURSE SCHEDULE

***All readings are located in the “Readings” tab on Blackboard and are organized in weekly folders as outlined in the reading schedule below. Any audiovisual material will be linked below. All OER and Open Access materials are labeled accordingly.***

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGICAL THINKING AND IMAGINATION

WEEK ONE

Tuesday, February 1^st – Introductions and syllabus overview

Thursday, February 3^rd – What is Sociology?

Reading: Introduction to Sociology 2e – Chapter 1: What is Sociology? (OER)

WEEK TWO

Tuesday, February 8^th – *No Class Meeting*

Thursday, February 10^th – Sociological Thinking

Read: Browne, C. (2015). Change is Central to Sociology. In G. Bammer (Ed.), Change!: Combining Analytic Approaches with Street Wisdom (pp. 55–80). ANU Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt16wd0cc.9 (Open Access)

WEEK THREE

Tuesday, February 15^th – Social Life as Socially Constructed

Read: Introduction to Sociology 2e – Chapter 4: Society and Social Interaction (OER)

Thursday, February 17^th – Culture, Norms, & the Individual

Read: Introduction to Sociology 2e – Chapter 3: Culture (OER)

SECTION II: POWER AND STRUCTURAL INEQUALITY

WEEK FOUR

Tuesday, February 22^nd – Socialization

Read: Introduction to Sociology 2e – Chapter 5: Socialization (OER)

In Class: Go over Sociological Autobiography instructions

Thursday, February 24^th – Intersectionality

Read: Tony P. Love, Jenny L. Davis (2021), “Racial Differences in Women’s Role-Taking Accuracy: How Status Matters, Sociological Science, https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v8-8-150/  (Open Access)

WEEK FIVE

Tuesday, March 1^st – Structural Inequality & Lived Experiences

Explore: The Eviction Lab

Read: Peter Hepburn, Renee Louis, Matthew Desomnd (2020), “Racial and Gender Disparities among Evicted Americans” Sociological Science: https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v7-27-649/ (Open Access)

Thursday, March 3^rd – Housing & Neighborhood Segregation

Read: Kendra Bischoff and Laura Tach (2020), “School Choice, Neighborhood Change, and Racial Imbalance Between Public Elementary Schools and Surrounding Neighborhoods” Sociological Science, https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v7-4-75/ (Open Access)

WEEK SIX

Tuesday, March 8^th – Race *No Class Meeting*

Watch: RACE: THE POWER OF AN ILLUSION (PART 3) – “The House We Live In” – take notes for discussion in class on Thursday

DUE: Sociological Autobiography Outline submitted to BB before the start of class (9:30 AM)

Thursday, March 10^th – Race

Read: David Brady, Ryan Finnigan, Ulrich Kohler, Joscha Legewie (2020), “The Inheritance of Race Revisited: Childhood Wealth and Income and Black-White Disadvantages in Adult Life Chances, Sociological Science, https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v7-25-599/ (Open Access)

WEEK SEVEN

Tuesday, March 15^th –  Gender and Sexuality

Read: Sofia P. Caldeira, Sander De Ridder, & Sofie Van Bauwel. (2018). Exploring the Politics of Gender Representation on Instagram: Self-representations of Femininity. DiGeSt. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, 5(1), 23–42. https://doi.org/10.11116/digest.5.1.2 (Open Access)

Thursday, March 17^th – Gender and Sexuality

Read: Long Doan and Trenton D. Mize (2020), “Sexual Identity Disclosure among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals” Sociological Science, https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v7-21-504/ (Open Access)

WEEK EIGHT

Tuesday, March 22^nd – Midterm Exam Review

Thursday, March 24^th – Midterm Exam *No Class Meeting*

            Submit Midterm Exam on BB by end of day (11:59 PM)

WEEK NINE

Tuesday, March 29^th  – Social Class

Read: Pablo A. Mitnik, Victoria Bryant, and Michael Weber (2019) “The Intergenerational Transmission of Family-Income Advantages in the United States” Sociological Science,  https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v6-15-380/ (Open Access)

Thursday, March 31^st – COVID-19 Pandemic & Inequalities

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/intersectionality-matters/11-part-2-under-the-blacklight-the-intersectional-vulnerabilities-that-covid-lays-bare

WEEK TEN

Tuesday, April 5^th – COVID-19 Pandemic & Inequalities

Read: Thomas Marlow, Kinga Makovi, Bruno Abrahao, “Neighborhood Isolation during the COVID-19 Pandemic” Sociological Science: https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v8-9-170/ (Open Access)

Thursday, April 7^th – *No Readings*

In Class: Share Sociological Autobiographies; Go over final project instructions

DUE: Sociological Autobiography submitted to BB before the start of class (9:30 AM)

SECTION III: LIVED EXPERIENCES IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

WEEK ELEVEN

Tuesday, April 12^th – Families

Read: Nieuwenhuis, R., & Maldonado, L. C. (2018). The triple bind of single-parent families: resources, employment and policies. Bristol University Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2204rvq.7?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents (Open Access)

Thursday, April 14^th –  Families

Listen: “How Coronavirus Could Widen the Gender Wage Gap” NPR

DUE: Final Project Draft Submitted to Blackboard before the start of class (9:30 AM)

WEEK TWELVE

Tuesday, April 26^th – Policing and Public Space

Read: Dessources Figures, Kalisha and Legewie, Joscha (2019). “Visualizing Police Exposure by Race, Gender, and Age in New York City” Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023119828913 (OER)

Thursday, April 28^th – Mass Incarceration           

Read: Roehrkasse, Alexander F. (2021). “Race, Poverty, and U.S. Children’s Exposure to Neighborhood Incarceration” Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211067871 (OER)

WEEK THIRTEEN

Tuesday, May 3^rd – Labor and Work

Read:  Taniguchi, Hiromi and Kaufman, Gayle (2021). “Working from Home and Changes in Work Characteristics during COVID-19” Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211052784 (OER)

Thursday, May 5^th – Education

Read: Oh, B. (2022). Do Parents Matter for Student Loan Repayment after Graduation? Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211072683 (OER)

WEEK FOURTEEN

Tuesday, May 10^th – Climate Change

Read: Grant M. Gutierrez, Dana E. Powell, and T.L Pendergrast (2021), “The Double Force of Vulnerability” Environment and Society, https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/environment-and-society/12/1/ares120105.xml?rskey=hvDE9t&result=8 (Open Access)

Thursday, May 12^th – Social Movements

Read: Hamilton, E.R., Patler, C., and Langer, P.D. (2021). “The Life Course Timing of Legalizaton: Evidence from the DACA Program” Socius, https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211058958 (OER)

DUE: Last day to submit extra credit assignments for the semester

WEEK FIFTEEN

Tuesday, May 17^th – Final Project Presentations

DUE: Final Projects submitted on Blackboard before the start of class (9:30 AM)

Thursday, May 19^th – Final Project Presentations

WEEK SIXTEEN

Tuesday, May 24^th – *No Class Meeting*

DUE: Self-assessment submitted on Blackboard by the end of class (10:45 AM)