The Engaged Sociologist: Connecting the Classroom to the Community - Softcover

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9781412979498: The Engaged Sociologist: Connecting the Classroom to the Community

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412979498 ISBN 13: 9781412979498

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2010

This book brings the 'public sociology' movement into the classroom, as it teaches students to use the tools of sociology to become effective participants in our democratic society. Through exercises and projects, the authors encourage students to practice the application of these tools in order to get both hands-on training in sociology and experience with civic engagement in their communities.

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Review:

"...the text book that we are using is extremely helpful and easy to follow. I wish all subjects had books that were designed like this."

"Your book is very interesting; it explains many of the issues of society in a manner that is easily understood and really gets you to look deeper into how society functions."

"The book was great, and I recommend that others read it too."

"The book was an easy read as well as interesting."

"Your book has helped to stimulate a lot of thought that might be otherwise ignored."

(Student Reviews Kathleen Korgen's Students 2007-06-26)

"I... really enjoyed reading the book. It gave lots of great examples, it was easy and fun to read, and I truly feel like I learned something by reading it. I also love the fact that it wasn't 3000 pages long and that it didn't cost 100 bucks! :)"

(Satisfied Student 2007-07-05)

"The book "The Engaged Sociologist" was very informative and easy to follow. The details and examples used made it fun to read this powerful book. This book was wonderfully written."

(Satisfied Student 2007-07-05)

":However, The Engaged Sociologist is a text that is clear and really gets to the point. It gives you a ton of information in a concise way. The questions and activities throughout each chapter enable students to think beyond the information written. It really presents the subject matter in an understandable and effective way." (Satisfied Student 2007-07-05)

About the Author:

Kathleen Odell Korgen, PhD, is professor of sociology at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Her primary areas of specialization are race relations, racial identity, and public sociology.

Professor Korgen’s work on public sociology includes co-editing (with Jonathan White and Shelley White) Sociologists in Action: Sociology, Social Change, and Social Justice (2013) and Sociologists in Action: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality (Forthcoming). She has written or edited the following books on race relations and racial identity: Multiracial Americans and Social Class (2010), Crossing the Racial Divide: Close Friendships Between Black and White Americans (2002), and From Black to Biracial: Transforming Racial Identity Among Americans (1999).

Raised in Massachusetts, Professor Korgen now lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with her husband, Jeff; daughters, Julie and Jessica; and mother, Patricia.

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