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Interests
My research interests include globalization, inequality and community development. These also motivate my teaching interests, including an emphasis on active learning, global education and service learning. I am active with international programs on campus and across the state, and have worked with programs in Mexico, Costa Rica and France. Service learning interests have led to work with Indiana Campus Compact, Educators for Community Engagement and the International Partnership for Service Learning. I have been quite involved with FACET, the IU teaching and learning consortium, and its sponsored activities on campus. I enjoy travel and learning about new places, both urban and remote, as well as multicultural music and food (although strictly as a consumer in both cases). When planted in South Bend, I am usually involved in a book project of one sort or another. Visitors to my office often comment on my eclectic collection of books and crafts, and a parked bicycle, my preferred means of transport.
Courses Taught
- Race and Ethnic Relations
- Inequality
- Sociology of the Family
- International Inequalities
Selected Publications
- 2001. Worlds Apart: Social Inequalities in a New Century. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing / Pine Forge Press.
- 2000. Bound: Living in the Globalized World. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press.
- 2000. Social Stratification Courses: Syllabi and Instructional Materials, 4th Edition. Washington, D.C.: ASA Teaching Resources Center.
- 1997. Critical Choices: Applying Sociological Insight in Your Life, Family and Community. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishing.
- 1994. Economies of Exclusion: Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change in Mexico. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.
Honors and Awards
- 2001 Indiana University Trustees’ Teaching Award
- 2000 Sylvia E. Bowman All-University Award for Distinguished Teaching on American Civilization
- 2000 Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award
- 1998 Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award - appointed to the University Graduate School with Full Status
- 1997 Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award
- 1995 Indiana University South Bend Distinguished Teaching Award
- 1995 Selection to Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), Indiana University
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