Developing Sociological Thinkers and Agents of Change: Helping Students Find Their Voices in the 21st Century
Join Dr. Jodie Lawston of California State University, San Marcos for a discussion on empowering students as sociological thinkers and agents of change.
Dr. Jodie Lawston, California State University, San Marcos
It’s not always easy to teach sociology in the 21st century. Empirical facts and sound academic research are often challenged by government leaders and media outlets. As students learn to use a sociological lens to critically understand social issues, it can be difficult to help them see that their voices matter in everything from how they shape their own lives to their views on public issues. This webinar proposes strategies to help students become sociological thinkers and agents of change, finding their voices to engage with the social and political world more effectively and confidently.
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Professor Jodie Lawston
Jodie M. Lawston is Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at California State University, San Marcos, and Faculty Director of Community Engaged Scholarship in the Division of Community Engagement. She holds a BA from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and an MA and PhD in sociology from the University of California, San Diego. Her books include Sisters Outside: Radical Activists Working for Women Prisoners (State University of New York Press 2009), Razor Wire Women: Prisoners, Activists, Scholars and Artists, co-edited with Ashley Lucas, and In Between the Shadows of Citizenship: Mixed Status Families, co-edited with April Shueths (University of Washington Press 2015). Her introduction to sociology textbook, Sociology: Structure and Change, was published by Pearson in 2018. She teaches courses such as Introduction to Sociology, Gender and Violence, LGBTQ Identities and Incarceration, Race, Class, and Gender in Contemporary Societies, and Popular Culture.
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