Grad presenter schedule, Soc 255, Spring 2009

 

 

 

Week 1:

 

Mar 31

Introduction to the class

Apr 2

Cherlin, Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, Chapters 1-3 (Demographic Trends, Explanations, and Consequences)

 

 

Week 2:

 

April 7

Cherlin, Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, Chapters 4+5 (Race and Poverty, The State of Our Unions)

April 9

Waite and Gallagher, reading TBA

 

 

Week 3:

 

April 14

Waite and Gallagher, reading TBA

April 16

Moynihan “The Negro Problem”

 

Presenter: Cherrie Randle

 

 

Week 4:

 

April 21

Reading from the Feminine Mystique, Chapters 1 and 2, and the first 6 pages of Ch 3 (p 57-127 in the paperback edition)

April 23

Reading from the Feminine Mystique, Chapter 4, Chapter 6, chapter 14 and chapter 15 (epilogue).

 

Presenter: Deborah Sohn

 

 

Week 5:

 

April 28

Faludi, Backlash, Chapters 2, 9, and Epilogue

April 30

 

 

 

Week 6:

 

May 5

In-class Midterm

May 7

Rosenfeld, The Age of Independence, Ch 1-2

 

 

Week 7:

 

May 12

Rosenfeld, The Age of Independence, Ch 3,4,5

 

Presenter: Poppy Carlig

May 14

Rosenfeld, The Age of Independence, Ch 6,7

 

Presenter: Eugene Godsoe

 

 

Week 8:

 

May 19

Rosenfeld, The Age of Independence, Ch 8,9

 

Presenter: Josh Constine

May 21

Sullivan, Same Sex Marriage Pro and Con, chapters 4 and 5

 

Presenter: Kate Youngman

 

 

Week 9:

 

May 26

Sullivan, Same Sex Marriage Pro and Con, chapters 3 and 8

 

Presenter: Vivian Chau

May 28

The Second Shift, chapters 1-6, 16, and 17

 

 

Week 10:

 

June 2

More from the Second Shift (TBA)

Last class, Final Exam Review