Rosenfeld section presenter schedule, Soc 255, Tuesdays, Fall 2009

 

 

 

Week 1:

 

Sept 22

Introduction to the class

Sept 24

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

 

 

Week 2:

 

Sept 29

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

Oct 1

Waite and Gallagher, The Case for Marriage, Ch 1-7

 

 

Week 3:

 

Oct 6

Waite and Gallagher, The Case for Marriage, Ch 8-14

 

Presenters: Jasmine, Arelys

Oct 8

Moynihan “The Negro Problem” (available on my website)

 

 

Week 4:

 

Oct 13

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

 

Presenters: Chelsi, Dean, Cheryl

Oct 15

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

 

 

Week 5:

 

Oct 20

Wallerstein, Second Chances, reading assignment TBA

 

Presenters: April , Julie, Andrea

Oct 22

Feminine Mystique, Ch 5,

plus

 

Judith Stacey “Good Riddance to the Family” (available on my website)

David Popenoe “Two-Parent Families are Better” (available on my website)

 

 

Week 6:

 

Oct 27

In-class Midterm

 

No Section meeting for Rosenfeld’s section

Oc 29

Rosenfeld, The Age of Independence, Ch 1-2

 

 

Week 7:

 

Nov 3

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

 

Presenters: Catlin, Christian, Karissa, Alex

Nov 5

Rosenfeld, The Age of Independence, Ch 6,7

 

 

Week 8:

 

Nov 10

Rosenfeld, The Age of Independence, Ch 8,9

 

Presenters: Scott, Chubuzo, Teegan

Nov 12

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

 

 

Week 9:

 

Nov 17

One paragraph GSS proposal due

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

 

Presenters: Brett, Elliott, Nadina, Scott

Nov 19

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

 

 

 

Week of Nov 24

Thanksgiving break

Week 10:

 

Dec 1

GSS paper due

 

Presenters: Tommy, Lindsay, Stewart

Dec 3

Last class, review session