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Featuring diverse authorship,
Race and Ethnicity: Sociology in Action investigates topics from the most current scholarship on race. Built around thoughtful learning exercises, discussion questions, and real-world examples of sociologists in action, this innovative text helps students to
learn sociology by
doing sociology.
About the author
Kathleen Odell Korgen is Professor of Sociology at William Paterson University, a comprehensive university in Wayne, New Jersey. Kathleen enjoys teaching her students that sociology is a remarkably useful discipline and highlights how "Sociologists in Action" make a positive impact on society. Her published works on race relations and racial identity include
From Black to Biracial, Crossing the Racial Divide, Multiracial Americans and Social Class,
Race Policy and
Multiracial Americans. She is the co-author/co-editor for a number of SAGE texts, including
Our Social World, and three other "Sociology in Action" volumes. Kathleen is also the editor of
The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology .
Maxine P. Atkinson is Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University, a research extensive university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her area of specialty is the scholarship of teaching and learning and her published work has appeared in such journals as
Teaching Sociology,
The International Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, and TRAILS: TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. She is also one of the authors of the recent American Sociological Association's work defining best practices in the undergraduate sociology major, "The Sociology Major in the Changing Landscape of Higher Education: Curriculum, Careers, and Online Learning" in addition to
In the Trenches: Teaching and Learning Sociology, co-authored with Kathleen Lowney. She focuses on teaching introductory sociology courses and "Teaching Sociology," a PhD course required for graduate students at NC State.
Kathleen and Maxine are co-editors of three other "Sociology in Action" texts for SAGE: Introductory Sociology. Social Problems (with Mary Nell Trautner) and Social Research Methods (with Kristin Kenneavy and Catherine Harnois.).
