Ravelli/Webber/Patterson 1 Sociology for the Real World (a ground-up first Canadian edition!) This text is designed to relate Sociology to students in a very applied, ‘real world’ manner. Sociology for Everyone brings Sociology to life as it draws on connections to careers, and applies sociological theory to the real world and work world.
Bruce Ravelli received his Ph.D. from the University of Victoria in 1997. He has taught introductory sociology for over 20 years, and receives strong teaching evaluations from his students because of his passion for sociology, his dedication to teaching, and his commitment to high academic standards. Bruce has published articles and book chapters on Canadian culture and cross-national value differences as well as students’ evaluation of teaching. He is co-author Exploring Sociology: A Canadian Perspective with Michelle Webber. He has also co-edited Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology, Third Canadian Edition, with John J. Macionis, Nijole V. Benokraitis and Peter Urmetzer, and edited Exploring Canadian Sociology: A Reader as well as co-authored the brief introduction to sociology text entitled Core Concepts in Sociology, Second In-Class Canadian Edition, with Linda Lindsey and Stephen Beach. Bruce is the co-developer of award-winning free online software that allows teachers to anonymously assess their teaching/courses at any point during a course (available at: www.toofast.ca). He offers workshops and presentations on the software and on anonymous student assessment across North America. Bruce teaches in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Mount Royal University in Calgary. If any students or colleagues have questions or comments about the text, please feel free to contact him by email at bravelli@mtroyal.ca.
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Michelle Webber received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. Her research interests lie in the sociology of education and sociology of gender. She has regularly taught introductory sociology over the last 10 years. Michelle has published articles and book chapters on feminist pedagogies, the regulation of academic work, the work of teaching assistants, the experiences of contingent faculty members, and feminist knowledges. With Bruce Ravelli, she co-authored, Exploring Sociology: A Canadian Perspective. She has co-edited Rethinking Society in the 21st Century: Critical Readings in Sociology (First and Second Editions) with Kate Bezanson. Her current research project is funded by SSHRC and is an investigation of the tenure system in social sciences faculties in Ontario universities. The research team is headed by Sandra Acker (University of Toronto, Principal Investigator) and also includes Elizabeth Smyth (University of Toronto). Her newest research project (Michelle as Principal Investigator and Sandra Acker as Co-Investigator) examines accountability governance and academic knowledge and subjectivities and is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Michelle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and is the Graduate Program Director of the MA in Critical Sociology at Brock University. She can be contacted via email at mwebber@brocku.ca.
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John Patterson–has taught introductory sociology at the high school, college and university levels since 1984.¿ John holds an undergraduate degree in sociology (W.LU., 1982), a masters degree in environmental studies (human services planning and management) (York University, 1986) and a Bachelor of Education degree (U of T, 1989).¿ John has been a professor with the Social Sciences department at Canadore College since 1992 where he has been the recipient of both Canadore College’s Teaching Excellence Award and the Recognition of Excellence Award for Community Service.¿ In addition to teaching sociology to students in a variety of human services fields, John is also active in the community as a board member with one of the largest social service agencies in North Bay and as a coordinator for an environmental advocacy group.¿ John can be reached by email at john.patterson@canadorec.on.ca.
