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Kappa Delta (AKD) International Sociology Honors Society @ Albright College
Fall 2008 Schedule (Classes
begin August 25th and end December 12th)
Courses (Day Program):
Soc 240: Social Theory (Tuesday &
Thursday 9:30-10:50 am)
Soc 101: Intro to Sociology (Monday, Wednesday,
Friday 9:00-9:50
am)
Soc 335: Collective Behavior and Social Movements (Monday, Wednesday,
Friday 10:00-10:50
am)
Courses (DCP Evening Program):
CJ 975: DCP Senior Seminar (Wednesdays 6-10 pm) (Class is scheduled
in Harrisburg and runs August 13th - September 10th)
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday 11am - 12:00pm
Who Am I?
A certain amount of mystique is always good, so I won't
tell you everything (besides, I'm sure that you wouldn't be interested anyway).
For starters, I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon and
Washington). I received my Bachelors
degree in sociology from Oregon State University,
my Masters degree in sociology from The University
of South Florida, and my Ph.D. in sociology at Southern
Illinois University. I spent two years as a Visiting Assistant
Professor of sociology at Ohio University in
Athens Ohio before accepting a full time tenure track position here at
Albright College in Reading Pennsylvania in the Fall of 2001.
My major research interests in sociology include
culture, religion, and popular culture. My master's thesis was a formulaic analysis of the lyrics and
major themes of Conservative Christian death metal music.
My dissertation (the book that is written for the Ph.D.) incorporated
interviews, participant observation, and secondary literature to analyze the
production of contemporary evangelical Christian culture, especially popular
culture, and how various tensions within the industry are recognized and
mediated.
Latest News/Thoughts
- I am currently working on a research project with senior student Jenn
Howells on the evangelical environmental movement (also referred to as
"the delta project").
- I am also currently conducting preliminary field research on "the beta project".
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Stupid Statistics
As a sociologist, I am interested in
statistics related to human behavior. Here are a few that
I find interesting...... (Although it probably goes without saying, I
should point out that following was taken from a book whose name I've
long since forgot and so I cannot verify that these are or are not
actually true. If you know the title of the book, I'd appreciate
it if you dropped me an email so that I can cite it below.
Thanks!).
8% of students at the Dunkin' Donuts Training
Center do not pass the six-week training course.
A Los Angeles taxi company can be fined up to
$1,500 if its drivers are found wearing anything
plaid.
5,506,720 documents were classified as
"secret" or "top secret" by
the U.S. Government in 1989.
57% of cat owners say they confide in their cats
about important matters.
17 indoor miniature-golf courses were constructed
in the United States in 1990.
The average "Brit" drinks 3.7 cups of
tea daily.
The average American drinks 3.4 cups of coffee
daily.
9 people have barreled over Niagara
Falls.......and survived.
38,961 Americans have a lifetime subscription to
"Readers Digest".
It is estimated that 46 Ant Farms are sold each
hour.
16,000,000,000 prizes have been given away in
boxes of Cracker Jacks since 1912.
It takes an estimated 120 man hours to completely dismantle one U.S. Army tank.
There is a 99 in 100 chance that a deep breath
inhaled today will contain a molecule from Julius
Caesar's dying breath.
50% of Americans believes that "there are
people somewhat like ourselves living on other
planets in the universe."
There are 260,387,000 bedrooms in the United
States.
200,000,000 M&M's are sold daily in the
United States.
It would take 23 hours for all of the Coca-Cola
ever sold to flow over Niagara Falls.
There were 20 hugs in the final episode of
"Family Ties."
A study in 1993 found that 1/4 of Americans over
the age of 18 say they would not give up TV, even
for a million dollars.
A study in the 1980's offered four and five year
olds the choice of giving up TV or their fathers.
1/3 said they would give up their fathers.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any
questions, comments, or would just like to chat. You can
reach me at:
Charles M. Brown
Department of Sociology
Albright College
Reading, PA 19612-5234
Office: Selwyn Hall 203
Office Phone: (610) 921-7865
Main Sociology Office: (610) 921-7538 (leave a message)
Fax: (618) 921-7883
Last Update: 08/20/08
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