Dr. S.

Dr. S.

they/them/she/he/it

Sociologist, educator, mystic, parent

Teaching

Coursework at Athabasca University is a bit different than what you might be used to. When it comes to a course, say Sociology of Religion (SOCI231), you can be the author, the coordinator, and the tutor all at one. Authors write the course. Coordinators manage it (organize updates from the authors, manage the tutors who teach the course). Tutors teach it (interact with students, mark, etc.). As faculty at AU, I have written all the courses listed below. I also coordinated them all and tutor most at some point. I no longer coordinate all the courses and I only tutor Sociology of Religion and Sociology of Information Technology. I keep a couple years worth of student reflections on the course over in the "Student Reflections section of the website.

Sociology of Religion (SOCI 231)

Undergraduate course, Athabasca University, 2024

Sociology 231 introduces students to the study of religion from a sociological perspective, covering topics like superstition, institutional corruption, emergent religious movements, and critical thinking

Introduction to Sociology (SOCI 287)

Undergraduate course, Athabasca University, 1900

Sociology 287: Introduction to Sociology is a three-credit, junior-level course that introduces the honourable study of self and society that is the discipline of sociology. Sociology 287 is part one of a full, two-part introduction to sociology. Sociology 288: Introduction to Ideology and Social Movements is part two.

Introduction to Sociology II (SOCI 288)

Undergraduate course, Athabasca University, 1900

Sociology 288 is designed to introduce students to the study of social movements, with a practical focus on the tools and techniques useful for successful social-movement organization. Sociology 288 and its companion course Sociology 287 provide a full-year introduction to the study of sociology at the university level.

Social Problems (SOCI 290)

Undergraduate course, Athabasca University, 1900

SOCI 290: Social Problems is designed to introduce students to the study of social problems: their definition, their dimensions and interconnections, and the effects and strategies for alleviating them.

Social Statistics (SOCI301)

Undergraduate course, Athabasca University, 1900

Welcome to Sociology 301: Social Statistics. This course provides an overview of the uses of statistical analyses for the social sciences. You will learn about statistical reasoning and some of the techniques used to summarize data. In addition, you will learn how to formulate and test hypotheses.

Theories of Social Change (SOCI 435)

Undergraduate course, Athabasca University, 1900

SOCI 435 surveys several different theories, concepts, and categories used by sociologists to explain social change. Students will be asked to draw from these theories and concepts when examining some of the social, economic, and political transformations occurring at the end of the twentieth century.