The Sociology Student's Guide to Writing - Couverture souple

Harris, Angelique; Tyner-Mullings, Alia R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1506350488 ISBN 13 : 9781506350486

Editeur : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017

Synopsis

The Sociology Student's Guide to Writing, by Angelique Harris and Alia R. Tyner-Mullings, is a brief, economical reference work that gives practical advice about the writing tasks and issues that undergraduate students face in their first sociology courses. Along with more traditional topics, it incorporates valuable information about composing emails, writing for online forums, and using technology for information-gathering and note-taking. Used by itself or in combination with other texts, this book will increase the quality of student writing and enhance their knowledge of how sociologists communicate in writing.

 

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Angelique Harris is Associate Professor of Sociology at Marquette University. While a graduate student, she served as a Writing Fellow for the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program at Queens College of the City University of New York for two years. Her current research and teaching interests include the sociology of health and illness, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, sociology of religion, urban studies, media studies, and social movements. Dr. Harris′ research program examines social problems and issues within minority communities, primarily focusing on the experiences of women, people of color, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities. In addition to her work with faculty and students, Angelique has contributed essays to anthologies, published book reviews, peer-reviewed journal articles, encyclopedia entries, and has authored the book AIDS, Sexuality, and the Black Church: Making the Wounded Whole and co-authored the writing reference book Writing for Emerging Sociologists.

Alia Tyner-Mullings is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Guttman Community College - CUNY. She earned a doctorate in sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center, where she researched alternative educational models. She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on sociology, deviance, statistics, and education. After finishing her doctorate, she was a post-doctoral fellow at Teachers College, Columbia University, in the Sociology and Education Program and then an assistant professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. A former high school math teacher, Dr. Tyner-Mullings serves on assessment committees for three small high schools. She has also worked as a statistical or academic consultant for several colleges and universities. Her research interests include the sociology of education, communities, sports, and cultural studies. Dr. Tyner-Mullings recently authored Enter the Alternative School: Critical Answers to Questions in Urban Education (Paradigm Publishers, 2014), an in-depth examination of public school alternatives to traditional educational models. She is also the co-editor of Critical Small Schools: Beyond Privatization in New York City Urban Educational Reform (Information Age, 2012) and co-author of Writing for Emerging Sociologists (Sage Publications, Inc., 2013).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

An all-new, brief reference work that gives practical advice about the variety of writing tasks and issues that undergraduate students undertake in their introductory sociology courses.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1506350488
• ISBN 13: 9781506350486
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 258
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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