teaching

course materials, schedules, and resources for classes taught

This page displays a collection of courses I taught or assisted in teaching.

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2026

Research Methods

Spring Prof. Paul Hanselman

Methods of data collection and analysis used by sociologists. Experimental methods, surveys, and interviews, field research and participant observation, demographic methods, historical and comparative approaches.

Asian Americans and the Media

Summer Prof. Julie Cho

Investigates popular representations of and cultural productions by Asian Pacific Americans and Asians in the Americas from the late-19th century to the present. Cultural media may include political cartoons, film/television, popular music, visual art, blogs/Web sites, and performance.

Research Methods

Winter Prof. Paul Hanselman

Methods of data collection and analysis used by sociologists. Experimental methods, surveys, and interviews, field research and participant observation, demographic methods, historical and comparative approaches.

2025

Social Problems

Fall Prof. Kassia Wosick

Focuses on how institutional and organizational features of societies generate problems for people. Particular attention directed at a set of problems related to political and economic inequality: poverty, racism, sexism, urban and population problems, the environment, the criminal justice system.

Asian Americans and the Media

Summer Prof. Julie Cho

Investigates popular representations of and cultural productions by Asian Pacific Americans and Asians in the Americas from the late-19th century to the present. Cultural media may include political cartoons, film/television, popular music, visual art, blogs/Web sites, and performance.

Research Methods

Winter Prof. Paul Hanselman

Methods of data collection and analysis used by sociologists. Experimental methods, surveys, and interviews, field research and participant observation, demographic methods, historical and comparative approaches.

2024

Social Problems

Fall Prof. Francesca Polletta

Focuses on how institutional and organizational features of societies generate problems for people. Particular attention directed at a set of problems related to political and economic inequality: poverty, racism, sexism, urban and population problems, the environment, the criminal justice system.

People in Society

Spring Prof. Valerie Wright

People in Society

Winter Prof. Valerie Wright

2023

Introduction to Machine Learning

Fall Prof. Example

This course provides an introduction to machine learning concepts, algorithms, and applications. Students will learn about supervised and unsupervised learning, model evaluation, and practical implementations.

Social Problems

Fall Francesca Polletta

Focuses on how institutional and organizational features of societies generate problems for people. Particular attention directed at a set of problems related to political and economic inequality: poverty, racism, sexism, urban and population problems, the environment, the criminal justice system.

Social Problems

Winter Prof. Rocio Rosales

Focuses on how institutional and organizational features of societies generate problems for people. Particular attention directed at a set of problems related to political and economic inequality: poverty, racism, sexism, urban and population problems, the environment, the criminal justice system.

2022

Introduction to Sociology

Fall Prof. Chris Zoeller

Considers major sociological concepts, theories, and research findings illuminating processes of interpersonal interaction, social differentiation and stratification, integration and conflict, and change, with attention to variation in class, race/ethnic, gender, multicultural, and cross-national perspectives and experiences.