Wow - thanks for all the input through this listserv - and for Amy - we just discussed the students affected in my class here in Upstate NY. Can distance learning help maintain your classes? I tinkered with the idea of connecting dislocated students (and faculty) to our area (which experienced the Flood of 1972). Do you have any ideas - could a college partner with a similar college for the semester?
Susan St. John, Assoc. Professor of Sociology Corning Community College 1 Academic Drive Corning, NY 14830 (607) 962-9526 or secretary 962-9239 ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 11:32 am Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: Ideas for using Katrina? > > Hello all- > I teach sociology at Xavier University of Louisiana, an HBCU of > about 4,000 students in Uptown New Orleans. There have been no > firm decisions made, as everyone is rightly focused on search and > rescue and the most dire circumstances our fellow New Orleanians > are in. Everyone I'm holed up with here in Houston is growing > weary of me ranting on the inequalities of the situation, etc. In > short, there is nothing unpredictable about what has happened > (sociologically). Anyway, I checked my email today and found so > many posts on how to discuss it in the classroom. My tentative > plan is to go to Southeastern, PA until we can return home. If > anyone is in that general area and would be interested in having > an unemployed sociologist come and talk to their class, I'd be > happy to have something to do. > > I would also ask you to get these crucial observations/discussions > out of our email forums and into the mainstream press (as well as > students' consciousness). We need to frame this story as one of > path dependency rather than some bizarre unexplainable tragedy > (which of course it is a tragedy). > > Amy Bellone Hite, Ph.D.-- sociologist out of residence > P.S.- if anyone knows the whereabouts of members of sociology > departments in the city, many of us are trying to check on > colleagues and friends, so info would be helpful. > > > > From: Claudia Scholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2005/08/31 Wed AM 09:38:01 EDT > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: Ideas for using Katrina? > > > > I'm going over the conflict perspective and structural > functionalism in my > > Intro class today and will ask students to look at Katrina from > each of > > these perspectives. I pulled a news photo of people lining up > for shelter as > > an example of the prevalence of social order and a couple of > news stories on > > those who had nowhere to evacuate to as an illustration of > social > > inequality. > > > > - Claudia > > > > > > > > On 8/31/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I would like to share ideas appropriate for first and second year > > > students for tapping into to the current news on the Gulf > coast - I > > > think what I am doing is fairly routine (with culture) but I > would like > > > to hear what others are doing. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Susan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
