The purpose of the Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology is to provide a professional organization for improving the teaching of sociology from the high school through graduate level. It encourages and facilitates innovative and effective pedagogy and research. This Section addresses the common and unique needs of faculty in two-year and four-year colleges and universities.

Section Officers, 2008-2009

Chair: Betsy Lucal, Indiana University - South Bend

Chair-Elect: Kathleen McKinney, Illinois State University

Past Chair:  Susan A. Farrell, Kingsborough Community College-CUNY

Secretary-Treasurer: Kathleen A. Tiemann, University of North Dakota

Council Members:
Maxine P. Atkinson, North Carolina State University
Susan J. Belair, Monroe Community College
Susan J. Ferguson, Grinnell College
Darlaine C. Gardetto, St. Louis Community College
John E. Glass, Colin County Community College
Marion R. Hughes, Towson University
Kathleen Lowney, Valdosta State University
Kerry J. Strand, Hood College
Diane E. Taub, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne

Student Representative: Alexis Bender, Georgia State University

Newsletter Editor: Kathy Rowell, Sinclair Community College

Committees:

• Awards Committee: Rebacca Bach (Chair); Vinetta Witt, Lynn Ritchey, and Cathy Zimmer

• Cooperative Initiatives Committee: Norah Shultz (Chair); Marion Hughes, Carol Jenkins, Jerry Shepard, Bruce Keith, Nancy Greenwood, Alexis Bender

• Membership Committee: Susan St. John (Chair); Robert S. Bausch, Robin Kreider, Melodye Lehrener, Norah Peters Shultz

• Nominations Committee: John Zipp (Chair)

• Program Committee: Betsy Lucal (Chair); Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur, Tanya Gladney, Nancy Greenwood, Meg Wilkes Karraker, Kathleen McKinney, Andrea D. Miller, and Eleanor Townsley

• Publications Committee: Stephen Sweet (Chair); Newsletter editor: Kathy Rowell, Monte Bute, Todd Callais, Marilyn Krogh, Helen Moore, Jan Thomas, John Zipp

AD HOC COMMITTEES

• STLS and SOTL Committee: Kathleen McKinney (Chair); Maxine Atkinson, Idee Winfield
• Use of Section Funds Committee: Wava Haney (Chair); Ed Kain; Jeanne Ballantine
• By-Laws Review Committee: Diane Pike (Chair); Maxine Atkinson, Greg Weiss

Section Homepage

The URL of the homepage is:

http://www2.asanet.org/sectionteach/