Steve’s note: Like most of my essays, the events mentioned in here are slightly fictionized and anonymized. If it seems like I’m talking about you, I probably am […]
essay / sex / sociology
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Inventing Heterosexuality, Ignoring Obesity
“The Invention of Heterosexuality” by Jonathan Ned Katz (at least, the excerpt we read) wasn’t surprising to me. Not entirely, at least. I’d written about the social construction […]
business / sociology
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Unions and CEOs and morale, oh my!
Most analyses of the failings of the American economy – especially of the auto industry – tend to be ideological, and therefore, flawed. Business is not a one […]
essay / sociology
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Tripping the Folkway Fantastic
Yup. This was a breaching assignment – so I decided to have fun with it. Fair warning to students trying to harvest this essay: I know that turnitin.com […]
education / sociology
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When your degree loses value…
There is a coming crisis in the world of postsecondary education. I’m not talking about lowering endowments or fiscal crisis; I’m talking about too many students. Our degree […]
psychology / society / sociology
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Permission to Fail
Let’s face it – some people just aren’t smart enough for college. They won’t be able to hack it, no matter how much help you throw at them. […]