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  A History of ASA (2005), Appendix 22  
     
 

Appendix 22:

Academic and Professional Affairs Program (APAP)

Products from the Teaching Resources Center (TRC) (retrieved from the ASA homepage, Summer 2005)

 

Products Currently Under Development (2005), including name of person(s) leading the project:

Aging and the Life Course: Teaching the Sociology of Aging and the Life Course, Diane Zablotsky.

Applying to and Surviving Graduate School, Victoria Hougham.

The Capstone Course in Sociology (Fourth Edition), Theodore Wagenaar.

Community College: Teaching Sociology in a Community College, Carol A. Jenkins.

Criminology: Teaching Criminology: Resources and Issues, Andrew Austin.

Disseminating Computational Modeling in the Social Sciences, James A. Kitts.

Emotions: Sociology of Emotions: Syllabi & Instructional Materials, Ann Branaman, Leslie Irvine, and Kathryn Lively.

• HIV/AIDS-Teaching the Sociology of HIV/AIDs: Syllabi, Lectures & Other Resources for Instructors and Students (Third Edition), Eric R. Wright.

Internationalizing: Internationalizing Sociology in the Age of Globalization, Alan Brown-Hart.

Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts (Fourth Edition), Edward L. Kain and Sandi Nenga.

The Internship Handbook, edited by Richard Salem (2005; previous edition in 1999).

Law: Syllabi and Instructional Materials for Sociology of Law, Lloyd Klein.

Mental Health: Teaching Materials for the Sociology of Mental Health and Illness, Teresa Scheid.

Preparing Graduate Students to Teach: Preparing Graduate Students to Teach—Syllabi and Related Material from Graduate Courses on the Teaching of Sociology, Marilyn Krogh.

Recruiting and Retaining Quality Majors, Susan L. Caulfi eld, Edward L. Kain, Sarah S. Willie, and Esther I. Wilder.

Research Methods Courses: Syllabi, Assignments and Projects (Sixth Edition), Kevin Mulvey and Augusto Diana

The Role of the Department Chair, Katherine O’Donnell and Tom Van Valey.

Social Statistics-Syllabi and Instructional Materials for Social Statistics, Rhoda Estep Macdonald.

Software and Sociology: Software and Sociology, Kevin D. Henson.

Theory: Resource Book for Teaching Sociological Theory, (editor to be determined).

Theory—Integrating Women into Theory Courses, Jan E. Thomas.

Welfare: The Welfare State Revisited, Robin Roth.

When you are What you Teach: Experiences of Women of Color Professors at Historically White Colleges and Universities, Marcia Hernandez.

 

Curriculum Development and Department Leadership

Assessment

Assessing Student Learning in Sociology, edited by Charles S. Hohm and William S. Johnson (revised 2001).

Creating an Effective Sociology Assessment Plan, Janet Huber Lowry and the Task Force on Assessing the Undergraduate Sociology Major.

 

Curriculum Development

Directory of Programs in Applied Sociology and Sociological Practice, edited by Jeffrey Breese and copyedited by Sarah H. Grzesik (2000).

The Capstone Course in Sociology (Third Edition), edited by Theodore C. Wagenaar and updated by Meghan Rich (2001).

Classroom Research: Implementing the Scholarship of Teaching, by K. Patricia Cross and Mimi Harris Steadman. Published by Jossey-Bass (1996).

Community-based Research, edited by Sam Marullo and Kerry Strand (2004).

Constraints and Opportunities for Sociology Curricula, edited by Frederick L. Campbell. Special issue of The American Sociologist 15:1 (Feb.1980).

Cultivating the Sociological Imagination: Concepts and Models For Service-Learning in Sociology, edited by James Ostrow, Gary Hesser, and Sandra Enos. Published by the American Association for Higher Education in cooperation with the American Sociological Association (1999).

Distance and Cross-Campus Learning, edited by Meredith Redlin and Susan Hilal (2003).

Included in Sociology: Learning Climates that Cultivate Racial and Ethnic Diversity, edited by Jeffrey Chin, Catherine White Berhide, and Dennis Rome. Published by the American Association for Higher Education in cooperation with the American Sociological Association (2002).

Liberal Learning and the Sociology Major. A cooperative project with the Association of American Colleges (1991).

Service Learning and Undergraduate Sociology: Syllabi and Instructional Materials (Second Edition), edited by JoAnn DeFiore, Morten G. Ender, and Brenda Marsteller Kowalewski, (revised 2005).

Teaching Introduction to Sociology as a Hybrid Course, edited by Lynn H. Ritchey (2005).

 

Department Leadership

Chairing the Multidisciplinary Department, edited by Beth Rushing (2003).

Preparing Future Faculty in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Guide for Change, by Jerry Gaff, Anne S. Pruitt-Logan, Leslie B. Sims, and PFF program participants (2003).

The Role of the Department Chair (out of print), by Lee H. Bowker, Hans O. Mauksch, Barbara Keating, and Dennis R. McSeveney (1997).

The Social World of Higher Education, edited by Bernice A Pescosolido and Ronald Aminzade (1999).

Teaching Sociology at Small Institutions, edited by Eric P. Godfrey (1998).

The Sociology Student Club Tool Kit, created by Steve Hoffman (1999).

Teaching Sociology in the Community College, edited by Maria I. Bryant (1995).

Teaching Sociology: The Quest for Excellence, edited by Frederick L. Campbell, Hubert M. Blalock Jr., and Reece McGee (1984).

 

Graduate Education

Preparing Graduate Students to Teach (Third Edition), edited by Kimberly Mahaffy (2000).

Graduate Student Instructor and Teaching Assistant Program Development: Materials for the Selection and Preparation of Teaching Assistants in Sociology Courses (Third Edition), edited by Melinda Messineo (revised 2001).

 

Guidelines

Applying for a Faculty Position in a Teaching-Oriented Institution, by Kathleen Piker-King, Edward L. Kain, Keith A. Roberts, and Gregory L. Weiss (2001).

Employment of Part-Time Faculty in Departments of Sociology, Guidelines, approved by ASA Council 1986 (1986).

Equity Issues for Women Faculty in Sociology Departments, prepared by the ASA Committee on the Status of Women (1988).

Initial Appointments in Sociology, Guidelines for, prepared by the ASA Committee on Freedom of Research and Teaching (1978).

New Faculty Discuss Academic Job Searching, by Shelia R. Cotten, Jammie Price, Shirley Keeton, Russell P.D. Burton, and Janice E. Clifford Wittekind.

New Faculty Discuss the First Year as an Assistant Professor, by Jammie Price, Shelia R. Cotten, Shirley Keeton, Russell P. D. Burton, and Janice E. Clifford Wittekind.

Preparing for Promotion & Tenure Review: A Faculty Guide, by Robert M. Diamond. Published by Anker Publishing Company (1995).

Serving on Promotion, Tenure, and Faculty Review Committees: A Faculty Guide, by Robert M. Diamond (2002).

 

Teaching Resource Guides

• Aging—Teaching Sociology of Aging and the Life Course (Fifth Edition), edited by Diana K. Harris (2000).

• Alcohol and Drugs—The Sociology of Alcohol and Drugs: Syllabi and Teaching Materials, edited by Carrie B. Oser, Richard Dembo, and Paul M. Roman (2005).

• Animals and Society—Teaching About Animals and Society: A Collection of Syllabi, Projects, Assignments, Web Sites, Articles and Bibliographies, edited by Janet M. Alger, Tracey Smith-Harris, Shawn McEntee, and Kim W. Smallwood.

• Appalachian Studies—Appalachian Studies: Syllabus Guide and Teaching Materials (Second Edition), edited by Chris Baker (2000).

• Applied Sociology—Teaching Applied Sociology, edited by Duane Dukes, James Petersen, and Tom Van-Valey (2003).

• Chicano/Latino Studies—Chicano and Latino Studies in Sociology: Syllabi and Instructional Materials (Fifth Edition), edited by Jose Calderon and Gilda Ochoa (2002).

• Children—Sociology of Children/Childhood (Second Edition), edited by Sue Marie Wright (2003).

• Clinical Sociology—The Clinical Sociology Resource Book (Fifth Edition), edited by Jan Marie Fritz. In cooperation with the Sociological Practice Association (2001).

• Comparative & Historical—Syllabi & Instructional Materials for Teaching Comparative & Historical Sociology, edited by Linda B. Deutschmann (2001).

• Consumption—Syllabi & Teaching Resources for Teaching the Sociology of Consumption, edited by George Ritzer, Todd Stillman, and Meghan Rich (2002).

• Criminology—Teaching Criminology: Resources and Issues, edited by Richard A. Wright (2000).

• Culture—Course Syllabi on the Sociology of Culture (Third Edition), edited by William G. Holt III (2005).

• Death and Dying—Death, Dying & Bioethics: A Teaching Resource Manual for Courses on the Sociology of Death, edited by Gerry R. Cox and Timothy B. Gongaware (2005).

• Demography—Syllabi and Instructional Material in Demography (Fourth Edition), edited by Loretta E. Bass and Rebecca Nees (2003).

• Development—Syllabi and Teaching Resources for the Sociology of Development and Women in Development, compiled and edited by Basil Kardaras (2005).

• Deviance/Social Control—Teaching the Sociology of Deviance, edited by Marty Schwartz and Michael

Maume (2003).

• Disabilities—Instructional Materials for Teaching Sociology and Disability Studies (Second Edition), edited by Lynn Schlesinger and Diane E. Taub. Sponsored by the ASA Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities (2004).

• Economic—Economic Sociology: Syllabi & Instructional Materials (Second Edition), edited by Gary P. Green and David Myhre (2002).

• Education—Teaching the Sociology of Education: A Resource Manual (Sixth Edition), edited by Jeanne Ballantine, Richard Arum, Floyd Morgan Hammack, Edith King, Caroline Hodges Persell, and Theodore C. Wagenaar (2004).

• Emotions—Sociology of Emotions: Syllabi and Instructional Materials, edited by Catherine G. Valentine, Steve Derné, and Beverly Cuthbertson Johnson (revised 1999).

• Environmental—Syllabi and Instructional Material in Environmental Sociology (Fifth Edition), edited by Rik Scarce and Michael Mascarenhas (2003).

• Families—Teaching About Families: A Collection of Essays, Syllabi, Projects, and Assignments, Websites, and Bibliographies, edited by Ginger Macheski, Kathleen Lowney, Michael Capece, Kate Warner, and Martha Laughlin (2004).

Food: Sociology of Food, edited by Denise A. Copelton and Betsy Lucal (2005).

Teaching About Family Violence: A Collection of Instructional Materials (Third Edition), edited by Barbara Keating and Amy Skatter (2003).

• Gender—The Sociology of Gender: Syllabi & Other Instructional Materials (Fifth Edition), edited by Amy Blackstone and Betsy Lucal (2002).

• Genocide/Holocaust—The Sociology of the Holocaust and Genocide: A Teaching and Learning, edited by Jack Nusan Porter and Steve Hoffman (1999).

• Teaching About Genocide: A Guidebook for College and University Teachers (Third Edition), edited by Joyce Apsel and Helen Fein (2002).

Hate Crimes—Teaching About Ethnoviolence and Hate Crimes (Second Edition), compiled by Howard J. Ehrlich and Regina Fidazzo (2000).

• HIV/AIDS—Teaching the Sociology of HIV/AIDS: Syllabi, Lectures & Other Resources for Instructors and Students (Second Edition), edited by Eric R. Wright (revised 2001).

Human Rights: Teaching about Human Rights, edited by Joyce Apsel (2005).

• Humanist—’Professing’ Humanist Sociology, edited by Glenn A. Goodwin and Martin D. Schwartz (2000).

Humanist Sociology: 'Professing' Humanist Sociology, edited by Marty Schwartz and Glenn Goodwin (2005).

• Immigration—Issues in U.S. Immigration: Resources and Suggestions for High School Teachers and College Instructors, edited by Nadeja Chapkina, Charles Jaret, Guangya Liu, and Angela Pollock (2004).

• International—Internationalizing Sociology in the Age of Globalization, edited by Nathan Rouseau for ASA Committee on International Sociology (1999) (under revision).

• Introduction—Introductory Sociology Resource Manual (Sixth Edition), compiled by James Sikora and

Njeri Mbugua (2004)

• Jewry—The Sociology of Jewry: A Curriculum Guide, edited by Jack Nusan Porter with Steve Hoffman (1998).

• Juvenile Delinquency—Syllabi and Instructional Materials for Courses in Juvenile Delinquency, edited by Michael O. Maume and Rick A. Matthews (revised 2001).

Law Syllabi and Instructional Materials for Sociology of Law (Second Edition), edited by Lloyd Klein (2000).

• Life Course—The Life Course: A Handbook of Syllabi and Instructional Materials, edited by Danielle Fettes, Fang Gong, Sigrun Olafsdottir, and Eliza K. Pavalko (2002).

• Mass Media—Teaching about Mass Media in the Classroom, edited by Heather Laube and Sarah J. Sobieraj (2005).

• Marxist—Teaching Sociology from a Marxist Perspective (Second Edition), edited by Martha E. Gimenez and Brian V. Klocke, in cooperation with the ASA Section on Marxist Sociology (2002).

• Medical—A Handbook for Teaching Medical Sociology (Fourth Edition), edited by Robin D. Moremen (2001).

• Mental Health—Teaching Materials for the Sociology of Mental Health and Illness, edited by Teresa Scheid and William Magee (2000).

• Organizations—Organizational Sociology: A Handbook of Syllabi and other Teaching Resources, edited by Donna C. Bird (2002).

• Peace/War—Teaching the Sociology of Peace and War: A Curriculum Guide (Fourth Edition), edited by John McDougall and Morten G. Ender (2003).

• Political—Political Sociology: Syllabi and Instructional Materials (Fifth Edition), compiled and edited by Sarah Sobieraj (2005).

• Proseminars—Proseminars in Sociology: Graduate and Undergraduate Programs (Second Edition), edited by Jean Beaman (2004).

• Race and Ethnic Relations—Teaching Race and Ethnic Relations: Syllabi and Instructional Materials (Fourth Edition), edited by Donald Cunnigen (revised 2001).

• Race, Gender, & Class—Race, Gender, and Class in Sociology: Toward an Inclusive Curriculum (Fifth Edition), edited by BarBara Scott, Joya Misra, and Marcia Segal (2003).

• Religion—Teaching the Sociology of Religion (Fourth Edition), edited by Lutz Kaelber and Douglas E. Cowan (2004).

• Research—Qualitative Research Methods: Syllabi and Instructional Materials (Third Edition), edited by James David Ballard (2001) (out of print; under revision).

• Research Methods Courses: Syllabi, Assignments and Projects (Fifth Edition), edited by Kevin P. Mulvey (2000) (under revision).

• Rural—Rural Sociology: Teaching About the Complexities and Diversities of American Rural Life, compiled by Carol A. Jenkins and Cathy Rakowski (2000).

• Science/Technology—Syllabi & Instructional Materials for the Sociology of Science, Knowledge, & Technology (Fourth Edition), edited by Jennifer Croissant (2003).

• Sexuality—The Sociology of Sexuality & Sexual Orientation: Syllabi & Teaching Materials (Fourth Edition), edited by Tracy Ore (revised 2002).

• Social Movements—Social Movements and Collective Action: Syllabi and Instructional Materials (Third Edition), edited by Bob Edwards, Marieke Van Willigen, and Tisha Yelverton (2003).

• Social Problems—Instructor’s Resource Manual on Social Problems (Third Edition), edited by Lutz Kaelber and Walter Carroll (2001).

• Social Psychology—Teaching Social Psychology (Second Edition), edited by Robert Kettlitz (2003).

• Social Statistics—Syllabi and Instructional Materials for Social Statistics, edited by Cynthia Line (2000).

• Social Stratification—Social Stratification Courses: Syllabi & Instructional Materials (Fifth Edition), edited by Scott Sernau and Johnnie Griffin (2004).

• Sport—The Sociology of Sport, edited by James Steele (2003).

• Theory—Resource Book for Teaching Sociological Theory (Fourth Edition), edited by Terri LeMoyne (revised 2001).

• Utopias—Utopian Thinking in Sociology: Creating the Good Society, edited by Arthur B. Shostak (2001).

• Violence—Violence in American Society: A Curriculum Guide, edited by Suzanne Goodney-Lea (2002).

• Welfare—The Welfare State Revisited: A Review of Research, an Annotated Bibliography, & A Set of Course Syllabi (Second Edition), edited by Bernice Pescosolido and Norman Furniss (1996) (under revision).

• Work and Occupations—The Sociology of Gender and Work: Syllabi and Teaching Materials (Second Edition), edited by Carrie Yang Costello (2002).

Sociology of Work and Occupations (Fifth Edition), edited by Carol Auster (2004).

 

Teaching Techniques

• Passing On Sociology: The Teaching of a Discipline, by Charles Goldsmid and Everett K. Wilson (1985).

 

Classroom Techniques

The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, by Parker J. Palmer (1998).

Critical Pedagogy in the Classroom, edited by Peter Kaufman (2002).

Critical Thinking in the Sociology Classroom, edited by Agnes Caldwell (2004).

Data Analysis: Integrating Data Analysis into the Undergraduate Curriculum, edited by Susan Hilal and Julie Chiders (2005).

Discussion in the College Classroom (Second Edition), edited by Jay Howard (2004).

Gender: Teaching Sociological Concepts and the Sociology of Gender, edited by Marybeth Stalp (2005).

Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts (Third Edition), edited by Edward L. Kain and Robin Neas (1993) (under revision).

Managing Hostility in the Classroom: A Book of Resources for Teaching, edited by Rebecca Bach and Betsy Lucal (2002).

Research Methods in Cyberspace: Internet Exercises for Social Science Research Courses, by Norah D. Peters-Davis and Susan G. Lehmann (2002).

Simulation and Gaming and the Teaching of Sociology (Ninth Edition), compiled by Richard L. Dukes (2004).

Software and Sociology: An Annotated Bibliography of Programs, Journals, and Articles (Second Edition), by Dan Cover (revised in 1998).

Teaching and Learning in Large Classes, compiled by George S. Bridges and Scott A. Desmond (2000).

Teaching Sociological Concepts and the Sociology of Gender, edited by Marybeth C. Stalp and Julie Childers (2005).

Voices from the Classroom: Interviews with Thirty-Six Sociologists About Teaching, compiled by Dean S. Dorn (1996).

 

Videos/Films

Visual Sociology: Teaching with Film/Video, Photography, and Visual Media (Fifth Edition), edited by Diana Papademas (2002).

 

Writing

Handbook of the Mechanics of Paper, Thesis and Dissertation Preparation, compiled by Joan Krenzin and James Kanan (1997).

Writing in the Undergraduate Sociology Curriculum: A Guide for Teachers (Second Edition), edited by Kay Stokes, Keith Roberts, and Marjory Kinney (2002).

 

Reference Materials

Teaching Sociology: Twenty-Seven Year Index, compiled by Tara Burgess, Pauline Pavlakos, and Jeffrey Chin (2000).

Teaching Sociology: Twenty-Seven Year Index (MAC or DOS version of index).