ASA Teaching and Learning

We are excited to announce our 2024 plenary speakers! Join us at the MSS Annual Meeting in Des Moines. Check it out at themss.org/2024-annual-me…

If you teach at a public college or university, you may want to read our article in @Teaching_Soc on how to make classes equitable for first-gen and working class students. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

What does "community" mean to you? shar.es/ag0ecE @DanielPAldrich @AsaTeaching #community #socialcapital

ASA Webinar- Fostering Student Engagement in the Classroom- Webinar- October 26- featuring @JayRHoward my.asanet.org/Store/Webinars…

Are you looking for innovative teaching ideas? Be sure to browse TRAILS, a searchable database on a broad range of sociological topics that includes assignments, syllabi, multimedia files and more. Free to ASA members! bit.ly/3tpmTEE

Congratulations @MicheleLeeKoz

📅 Mark your calendars! Our September webinar is all about writing reviews. Join us Thursday, September 28, at 7pm ET to learn more about publishing book, film, and podcast reviews in Teaching Sociology. RSVP here: forms.office.com/r/tngrNpBXgh #SoTL @ASAnews @AsaTeaching @ASATrails

ICYMI- Congrats @MicheleLeeKoz !

Do Not devalue publications on pedagogy as if they were worth less than publications on other topics (it’s equivalent to saying something like, “pubs on class are better than pubs on religion;” they’re just different topics). #ASA2023 #TeachingMatters #TeachSoc #soctwitter

You want to “make sociology better.” Start in your home base by joining the #ASA Teaching Section, attend its events, promote the work of your colleagues in that section, and

1) Who does most of the teaching? 2) Who does most of the actually effective teaching (the type that works, the type that is inspiring)? 3) How do we reward effective teaching?

The status of teaching relative to research in American sociology is the single most emblematic example of the persistence of racism, classism, and sexism within the discipline. Don’t believe me? Answer these three questions in your head:

Thanks to everyone who came to our Teaching and Learning section workshops, panels and the Teaching and Learning Symposium and events this year at #ASA2023 and we wish you safe travels as you head home. If you teach, you belong!

Mary Scheuer Senter nailing it in her Mauksch Address at #ASA2023: Neoliberalism has created more (not less) bureaucracy in colleges and universities and made education more (not less) expensive. @AsaTeaching

Happening Now: Mary Scheuer Senter’s Mauksch Address: “The Pandemic Classroom: Antidote to Neoliberalism in Higher Education?” #ASA2023 @AsaTeaching @ASAnews #sociology #TeachSoc #HigherEd

If you're interested in creative, thoughtful, critical takes on teaching and pedagogy, follow these people on social media (they don't all have accounts on this platform): @DanFChambliss, @KristjaneNordm1, Mark Rubinfeld, @Dr_Bartholomay, @kehauman, and Avery Tompkins. #ASA2023

Jeffrey Chin @LeMoyne, who was unable to addend the ceremony, received the 2023 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, which honors outstanding contributions to the undergrad and/or grad teaching & learning of sociology that improve the quality of teaching. #ASA2023

Congratulations to Jeffrey Chin on receiving this year’s ASA Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award! #ASA2023

Hey community college folks, did you know @ASAnews is hosting a Community College Coffee Hour-tomorrow, Sunday, August 20 from 2 to 3:30pm at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown- Floor: Level 5, Grand Ballroom Salon F. #ASA2023