Sociology Now, Census Update

xxxii PREFACE

Lynette F. Hoelter, University of Michigan

Amy Holzgang, Cerritos College

William Housel, Northwestern Louisiana State University

H. David Hunt, University of Southern Mississippi

Judi Kessler, Monmouth College

Amy Manning Kirk, Sam Houston State University

Jennifer Lerner, Northern Virginia Community College

Ami Lynch, George Washington University

Karen E. B. McCue, University of New Mexico

Shelley A. McGrath, Southern Illinois University

Abigail McNeely, Austin Community College

Stephanie R. Medley-Rath, University of West Georgia

Sharon Methvin, Clark College

Barbara J. Miller, Pasadena City College

Beth Mintz, University of Vermont

Monique Moleon-Mathews, Indian River Community College

Adam Moskowitz, Columbus State Community College

Elizabeth Pare, Wayne State University

Joseph Keith Price, West Texas A&M University

Cynthia K. S. Reed, Tarrant Community College

Susan Smith-Cunnien, University of St. Thomas

Ryan Spohn, Kansas State University

Marybeth C. Stalp, University of Northern Iowa

Kell J. A. Stone, El Camino College

Richard Valencia, Fresno City College

Dean Wagstaffe, Indian River Community College

Georgie Ann Weatherby, Gonzaga University

Pamela Williams-Paez, Canyons College

S. Rowan Wolf, Portland Community College

A number of instructors were kind enough to share some of their favorite class-tested

learning activities for the feature in this book called “Try It”: these make more con-

crete and experiential some of the themes we discuss in the chapters, enabling the stu-

dents to gain some hands-on sociological experience. Thanks to Katherine Rowell of

Sinclair Community College for her valuable work in assembling, editing, and con-

tributing many of these; other contributors include:

Amy Agigian, Suffolk University

Sharon Barnartt, Gallaudet University

Michelle Bemiller, Kansas State University

Casey J. Cornelius, Delta College

Jeff Dixon, Indiana University

Meredith Greif, Cleveland State University

Amy Guptill, SUNY–Brockport

Jonathan Marx, Winthrop University

Jerome Rabow and Pauline Yeghnazar, University of California, Los Angeles

In addition, each chapter includes two boxes called “What Do You Think?” and two

end-of-chapter exercises called “What Does America Think?”—all of which were con-

tributed by Kathleen Dolan of North Georgia College and State University. These help

the students gauge their own opinions next to the results of GSS and other surveys

of Americans’ opinions. Such a gauge is pedagogically vital. Often my students

begin a response to a question with a minimizing feint: “This is just my own personal