The language we use to discuss death reveals much about our social norms and cultural practices regarding bereavement. This classroom activity engages students in a content and discourse analysis of bereavement cards, with a...
The theoretical paradigm of symbolic interaction has the potential to resonate with students because they can apply it to their everyday lives and to specific social exchanges. However, due to the abstract nature of theory,...
A slideshow of daily locations and activities of the Women's Equality and Empowerment study abroad group, traveling in Brazil. Locations include Porto Alegre, Gramado, and Santa Cruz.
America is becoming increasingly diverse. Discrimination against minority groups persists and contributes to negative disparate outcomes for patients and healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals have a responsibility...
It is common to approach gender, sex, and sexuality together in sociology classes. Oftentimes, we initiate our examination of these by articulating how they are different. Still, we when we look at textbooks, course titles, and...
This essay examines the online game of fantasy football as a collection of rhetorical procedures that present a particular ideology through how the game is played. Unlike traditional forms of rhetoric, Ian Bogost argues that...
We offer this micro-edition as an opportunity to consider how an agent of violent European colonialism in the Americas came to be held up as an embodiment of American exceptionalism and a justification for US imperialism. More...
Presented at the 2020 Celebrate Science Indiana Festival. Celebrate Science Indiana, Indiana’s Premier Science Festival, is a public event that demonstrates the importance of studying science and the joy of discovery, the...