Delta State University
SOC 101: Principles of Sociology
Spring Semester 2005
Discussion Leaders
All readings are from Sociological
Footprints, 9th edition
| Week | Date | Reading | Discussion Leader(s) |
| 2 | 1/20 |
Chapter 2 "The Promise" C. Wright Mills |
Dominique Milton |
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Chapter 5 "An Invitation to Sociology" Peter L. Berger |
Angela Deblois | ||
| 3 | 1/27 |
Chapter 12 "India's Sacred Cow" Marvin Harris |
Jacolby Tow |
| Philip Pearson | |||
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Chapter 13 "A Half Century of Mate Preferences" David M. Buss, et al. |
Brittany Boggan | ||
| 4 | 2/3 |
Chapter 6 "Final Note on a Case of Extreme Isolation" Kingsley Davis |
Sophia Champion |
| Jennifer Williams | |||
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Chapter 10 "The Role of Gender Socialization in Anorexia Nervosa & Bulimia Nervosa" Diane E. Taub, et al. |
Damika Williams | ||
| Melissa Abbey | |||
| 5 | 2/10 |
Chapter 15 "The Sounds of Silence" Edward T. Hall, et al. |
Melissa Guillory |
| Angie Libby | |||
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Chapter 16 "The Differences Between Men's and Women's Friendships" Julia T. Wood |
Adam Keysacker | ||
| Allie Libby | |||
| 6 | 2/17 |
Chapter 19 "Money and the World We Want" Andrew Hacker |
Alicia Wynn |
| Rhonda Wright | |||
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Chapter 21 "Class, Not Race" Richard Kahlenberg |
Justin Turner | ||
| 7 | 2/24 |
Chapter 51 "White Collar Crime" Richard A. Ball |
Dustin Jones |
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Chapter 54 "On Being Sane in Insane Places" Rosenhan |
Carrie Moultrie | ||
| 8 | 3/3 |
Chapter 20 "Upper-Class Power" Harold R. Kerbo |
Anna Feaster |
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Chapter 22 "No, Poverty Has Not Disappeared" Herbert J. Gans |
Audrey Fultz | ||
| 9 | 3/10 |
Chapter 18 "An Introduction to McDonaldization" George Ritzer |
Hayden Wood |
| George Inmon | |||
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Chapter 55 "Rich Planet, Poor Planet" Christopher Flavin |
Keisha Horsley | ||
| 10 | 3/17 |
Chapter 14 "Domestic Violence Against Women" Ruth L. Fishbach, et al. |
Tiffany Demming |
| Shambrika Fields | |||
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Chapter 46 "Discrimination and the American Creed" Robert K. Merton |
Tasha Franklin | ||
| 3/24 |
SPRING HOLIDAYS |
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| 11 | 3/31 |
Chapter 38 "Welfare Reform in America" Diana M. Zuckerman |
Brian Bilbro |
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Chapter 41 "If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger, Would You? Probably" Philip Meyer |
Dustin Keyes | ||
| 12 | 4/7 |
Chapter 23 "Family in Transition" Arlene S. Skolnick, et al. |
Meredith Daves |
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Chapter 35 "Religion in Post-Protestant America" Peter L. Berger |
Leigh Rooker | ||
| 13 | 4/14 |
Chapter 27 "Learning the Student Role" Harry L. Gracey |
Carl Kraynak |
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Chapter 29 "Savage Inequalities" Jonathan Kozol |
Tiffanie Laforet | ||
| 14 | 4/21 |
Chapter 56 "Next Doubling" Jennifer D. Mitchell |
Brent Bean |
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Chapter 57 "America's Cities" Raymond L. Flynn |
Mallorie Baird | ||
| 15 | 4/28 |
Chapter 60 "The Postindustrial Society" Daniel Bell |
Jonathan Kimmons |
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Chapter 61 "Fourteen Forecasts for an Aging Society" Sam L. Ervin |
Martine Hawkins | ||