Social Research Methods: Sociology in Action

About

Kristin Kenneavy is an associate professor of Sociology at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Her research interests include sexual and interpersonal violence prevention sexuality gender roles and media effects. Her current work takes an intersectional approach to the effects of gender race and class on bystander intervention to prevent violence. She teaches Social Research Methods Social Statistics Public Sociologies Environmental Sociology and Sociology of Media and Pop Culture. She is the recipient of Ramapo Colleges Henry Bischoff Award for Excellence in Teaching and has served as the Center for Student Involvements Faculty Fellow for Civic Engagement. Catherine E. Harnois is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Wake Forest University where she teaches courses on social inequality and research methods. She is the author of two books: Feminist Measures in Survey Research (SAGE 2013) and Analyzing Inequalities: An Introduction to Race Class Gender & Sexuality Using the US General Social Survey (SAGE 2018). Her current research uses an intersectional framework to investigate issues of political consciousness identity and discrimination. Her methodological work on the intersection of gender and racial discrimination received the 2012 Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship Article Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Race Gender and Class. Her research has appeared in the journals Gender & Society Ethnic and Racial Studies Social Psychology Quarterly Journal of Health and Social Behavior Social Science & Medicine and other scholarly outlets. Maxine P. Atkinson is Professor Emerita of Sociology at North Carolina State University a research  extensive university in Raleigh North Carolina.  Her area of specialty is the scholarship of teaching and learning and her published work has appeared in such journals as Teaching Sociology The International Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology and TRAILS: TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology.  She is also one of the  authors of the recent American Sociological Associations work defining best practices in the undergraduate sociology major   The Sociology Major in the Changing Landscape of Higher Education: Curriculum Careers and Online Learning in addition to In the Trenches: Teaching and Learning Sociology co-authored with Kathleen Lowney. She focuses on teaching introductory sociology courses and Teaching Sociology a PhD course required for graduate students at NC State. Maxine has won an impressive array of teaching awards including the American Sociological Societys Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award ASAs Section on Teaching and Learning Hans O. Mauksch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Sociology and the Carla B. Howery Award for Developing Teacher-Scholars the Southern Sociological Societys Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award. Maxine was the first woman from NC State University to win the University of North Carolinas Governors award for Excellence in Teaching. Maxine has served in several administrative positions including being Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at NC State director of NC States first year seminar program and the Founding Director of the Service Learning Program at NC State. She has also served as Chair of ASAs Section on Teaching and Learning and President of the Southern Sociological Society along with a plethora of task forces dedicated to undergraduate sociology. Maxine works as a consultant for other sociology departments as a member of the American Sociological Associations Departmental Resources Group.  Kathleen Odell Korgen is Professor of Sociology at William Paterson University a comprehensive university in Wayne New Jersey. Kathleen enjoys teaching her students that sociology is a remarkably useful discipline and highlights how Sociologists in Action make a positive impact on society. Her published works on race relations and racial identity include From Black to Biracial Crossing the Racial Divide Multiracial Americans and Social Class Race Policy and Multiracial Americans. Her teaching texts in addition to Sociology in Action include Our Social World  The Engaged Sociologist  Sociologists in Action and Social Problems in Action. Kathleen is also the editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology.   Kathleen works as a consultant for other sociology departments as a member of the American Sociological Association Departmental Resources Group and received William Paterson Universitys award for Excellence in Scholarship/Creative Expression in 2006 and the universitys award for Excellence in Teaching in 2014.