Biography
PhD (2008) Sociology University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Dissertation: Migrating Money: Remittances in a Global Setting
MA (2004) Sociology Middle Tennessee State University
BS (1975) Sociology Middle Tennessee State University
Teaching History:
Sociology Courses Taught and Developed
In-Seat Online Specialty designs*
Introduction to Sociology Introduction to Sociology Honors Introduction to Sociology
Social Problems Deviance* Sociology of War and Violence
Social Theory Sex and Gender Islam in America
Civil Society and Social Responsibility Introduction to Gerontology* The African-American Experience in the 20th Century
Introduction to Social Research Death and Dying* Race and Music: African-American Impacts on Popular Music
Qualitative Research Methodology Aging and Social Policy* Motorcycles and Mayhem: Deviance in American Biker Films
Social Psychology Medical Sociology* Rick’s World: Philosophy and the Walking Dead
Social Stratification Introduction to Social Work* More Human Than Human: Humanity and Robots
Globalization Introduction to Social Research Days of Rage: A comparison of the 1969-1970 school year and violence among the left
with current violence erupting in the U.S.
Film and Society Kinship and Family Inked: Studies in Subcultures
Social Movements and Social Change Race and Ethnicity
Immigration and the American Experience Globalization
Social Interaction Social Theory
Visual Sociology Symbolic Interaction
Kinship and Family Building a Multicultural Society
Music and Culture Senior Seminar
Sociology of Sports Social Movements
Comparative Global Poverty
The Civil Rights Movement
Sociology of Politics
Senior Seminar
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