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Writing well is an essential skill for sociologists, but few books help students learn to write well. Designed to help students produce a manuscript that is clear, concise, and compelling,
Effective Writing for Sociology demonstrates and deconstructs what makes effective writing and how best to communicate scholarly ideas.
List of contents
AcknowledgmentsPrologue
1 Writing Clearly
2 Writing with Emphasis
3 Writing Concisely, with Some Spice
4 The Art of Fine Paragraphs
5 Framing the Introduction
6 Reporting Results
7 Discussing Your Findings
Epilogue: The end of the book, but the beginning of your writing journey
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Ben Lennox Kail is an Associate Professor in Sociology at Georgia Stata University. He earned his undergraduate degree in Sociology at IUPUI and did his graduate studies in sociology at Florida State University. After completing his PhD, he spent two years as a NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University in the demography of aging. Since 2015, he has been an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. He has written 28 peer reviewed papers, as well as several other published papers, chapters, and reports. His research has been featured in various media outlets including local affiliates of Fox, NPR, CBS, as well as nationally on Today and in the New York Times.
Robert V. Kail is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University and Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. His undergraduate degree is from Ohio Wesleyan University, and his PhD is from the University of Michigan. He was named the Distinguished Sesquicentennial Alumnus in Psychology by Ohio Wesleyan University, is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, and is an honorary professor at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Summary
Writing well is an essential skill for sociologists, but few books help students learn to write well. Designed to help students produce a manuscript that is clear, concise, and compelling, Effective Writing for Sociology demonstrates and deconstructs what makes effective writing and how best to communicate scholarly ideas.
