Class #1: Blast Off 2020

Rethinking Education, Freedom, & Wealth
University Students Talk About Guns in America

Class #2: (Re)Discovering Our Questions

The Value of Open-Ended Questions
Is There Discrimination in China?
Racial Shifts Happening in America
Social Justice vs. Justice

Class #3: More Question, Few Answers

Who Benefits from “White Privilege?”
Who Uses The Term, 'Latinx'?
Is Instagram Harming Teenagers?
What is Cultural Appropriation?

Class #4: Why MLK Day?

Inequality: Opportunity to Grow Wealth Overtime
Why Are Black People Still Poor?
From Jim Crow America to 2022

Class #5: Meeting the Other

Understanding Patriotism
What’s Happening in Ukraine?

Class #6: A Sociology of Police Violence

Who Are “The Police?”
A Real Look At Policing
Cops Who Are “Bad Apples”

Class #7: What We Value

Different Ways of Being in the East and West
GDP Explosion Around the World
Social Life, Relationships, and the Media

Class #8: What We Value

How Do You Define Beauty?
Stop Limiting Beauty

Class #9: Courting Affirmative Action

Filling Vacancies in the Supreme Court
Who’s Most Qualified to be a Supreme Court Judge?
What Qualifications Do We Focus On for USSC?

Class #10: Thoughts Moving Forward

Asking Sam Anything

Class #11: Identity Across Borders

How Patriotic is the Olympics?
How Do You Keep Your Identity After Adoption?

Class #12: How the Rich Live

We Are the 1%
Making Sense of the Randomness of Life
Wrestling with Modern Day Slavery

Class #13: What Can't You Say?

Being Uncomfortable vs. Being Offended
Asking Questions About Hair

Class #14: A Permanent Displacement

SOC 119’s Connection To Afghanistan and Refugees
What Did You Leave Behind in Afghanistan?
Challenges of being a Female Refugee
What Was the Process of Leaving Afghanistan
What is Something Everyone Should Hear?

Class #15: War Studies

Student Updates from Russia
Ukrainian/Russian History & Conflict Response
The Images & Rhetoric of War
Questions about the Ukrainian/Russian Conflict

Class #16: That Racist Sociologist Professor!

How To Prove Discrimination
The Impact of Scapegoating
Sam Richards’ Hate Mail

Class #17: Explaining Human Behavior

Why Do Humans Do What They Do?
Is Wearing a Hijab a Personal Choice?

Class #18: Not Just Numbers

The Consequences of Having a War Machine
When War Comes Home
Asking Basim Questions

Class #19: Un Día de Tapas

Basim Responding to Comments
Racial Representation
Staying within Our Own Racial Groups

Class #20: Those Jews

How Do You Manage the History Hatred?
How Did You Learn about the Holocaust?

Class #21: Body “Fluid”

Biology, DNA, Race, Gender and Sociology
Fairness in Athletics (Testosterone, Height, Weight, etc.)
Not Fitting in the Binary

Class #22: Our Bounded Choices

Being Told You’re “The Bad Boy”
Changes in the 1960s
How Did You Get a Life Sentence?

Class #23: Our Blended World

Who is the Average American?
Pronouncing Foreign Names
Who Defines Your Community?

Class #24: An Honored Guest

What is Truth? Theology, History, and the News
Learning about The Arbaeen Pilgrimage
Asking Questions

Class #25: Assumptions and Guesses

Who Are You Comfortable With?
Multi-Racial Conversation
Where Are They From?

Class #26: Are We Acting?

Code Switching: Language/Accents
Impression Management: Race & Language
Impression Management: Gender/Sexuality

Class #27: Why Aren't We Melting?

Is Greek Life a Melting Pot?
Questions about Frats and Sororities

Class #28: A Stunning Disengagement

Recent Changes to Mental Health
Americans and Mental Health
International Views on Mental Health