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On this page, you will one day see evidence that, yes, I do actually work for a living. And what's more, it involves me using my brain, which I hope is my strongest muscle, because, well, I'm basically a puny weakling otherwise. There will be links to the courses that I teach and maybe even working papers and <gasp!> publications. In general, I will try to make myself look smart on this page.
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This
is where
I go to grad school! Whoo! Wisconsin is cold!
This
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I went to college. Those suckers actually gave me a diploma!
Okay, seriously now....
I am currently a teaching assistant for Sociology 220, Racial and Ethnic Movements in the United States, a course taught by Pamela Oliver.
My office is 7110 Social Science, and my office hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 1:00-2:00 p.m., or contact me to make an appointment. If for some reason you need to speak to me urgently and think I might actually be in my office, call me at 262-3569.
Some useful course materials:
My syllabus (sections 301 and 302)
Links of interest:
Pamela Oliver's Soc 220 website
U.S. Map of Hate Groups--A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center that tracks hate groups in the U.S. The site lists 10 active hate groups in Wisconsin.
Aside from the videos listed on Professor Oliver's webpage, here are some other race-related films that I highly recommend (all of which are available at Madison area libraries or video stores):
Two Towns of Jasper
Bamboozled
Ethnic Notions
New Faces on Main Street
Race: The Power of an Illusion
Please feel free to use all of the information I have here. However, please respect intellectual property rights and conventions for citing others' work. In other words, give credit where credit is due, yo!
My current research that I am conducting for my master's thesis is a mixed-methods study of the ACT II AIDS bike ride, a 6 day, 400 mile bicycle ride/fundraiser to benefit AIDS Network. The results of my research are below.
My past research focused on the free radio movement that peaked in the late 1990s and played a crucial role in motivating the FCC to establish the new low-power FM (LPFM) class of radio licenses. I interviewed 24 past and current microradio operators throughout the United States in order to gain an understanding of what they did, why, and the relationship between the movement and the subsequent LPFM service. What was most powerful is the (sometimes implicit, sometimes explicit) critique of mainstream radio, both commercial and non-commercial, that movement participants expressed.
For more information about this, please see my undergraduate thesis. Please note, this isn't the exact version that's actually in print. If you need full citation or correct page numbers, email me.
In addition, I have a working paper on this subject.
Social Science Information Gateway--Links to hundreds of websites for all kinds of resources relating to all of the social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, politics, law, philosophy, etc.
Center on Wisconsin Strategy--Studies of labor and economics in Wisconsin.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press--Studies of American public opinion about U.S. politics.
Program on International Policy Attitudes--Excellent studies on opinions of Americans about international issues and media, as well as opinions of citizens of other countries about the United States.
Center for Media and Public Affairs--Studies on television news coverage, the 2004 election, and political humor.
I have been working on developing a database of sociology-relevant documentary films over the course of the past 18 months or so. I am not yet so ambitious as to try to get them all onto this website yet, but I am happy to share with you now a few websites that I have found that are great resources if you are interested in this.
Films for the Humanities and Social Sciences
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