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Open Data Policing NC | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department - 0 views

opendatapolicingnc.com/...51 digital sociology data police infographic
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  • Tressie Cottom on 19 Dec 15
     
    Came across this. It is an example of the kind of digital sociology projects I can imagine our M.Sc. students doing. With some additional critical analysis and writing to demonstrate they get the theory, this could be a good applied project.
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Being homeless a struggle - even with a $100,000 job offer | The Seattle Times - 0 views

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  • Tressie Cottom on 08 Dec 15
     
    wonderful short read suitable for undergrads on race, poverty. criminalization, "bootstrap" and technocracy myth-making. Why can't this homeless man afford to accept a $100,000 year job?
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Why a poor Southern city's only hope was a Chinese company moving in | The Washington Post - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 02 Dec 15
     
    "grim bargain" of tax incentives and subsidies to attract low-wage work
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Engaging Alumni and Students Using Online Education Technology | EDUCAUSE - 1 views

er.educause.edu/...ng-online-education-technology online education
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  • Tressie Cottom on 20 Nov 15
     
    Ok, ignore the uncritical MOOC stuff in this, there's some interesting data/details on online courses. 
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Study links Richmond mortgage denials to race - Richmond Times-Dispatch: City Of Richmo... - 0 views

www.richmond.com/...3a-5902-83df-a14ae649eb61.html richmond race residential segregation
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  • Tressie Cottom on 19 Nov 15
     
    I track local stories now because I find my students LOVE RVA-based examples of what we discuss in class. Residential segregation is a big one of course.
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#NSMNSS: About - 1 views

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  • Tressie Cottom on 09 Nov 15
     
    "social media for research" methods
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Webinar: Teaching Educational Research Methods: Making it Real & Relevant for Stude... - 0 views

www.methodspace.com/...ch-methods-making-it-real-rele teaching methods
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  • Tressie Cottom on 09 Nov 15
     
    Join Dr. Craig A. Mertler for a webinar discussion on the challenges of teaching research methods as well as strategies for making the course relevant for stud…
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The Invisible Labor of Minority Professors - The Chronicle of Higher Education.pdf - 0 views

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  • Tressie Cottom on 09 Nov 15
     
    "minority faculty" T&P
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Boys and Girls, Constrained by Toys and Costumes - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ined-by-toys-and-costumes.html gender socialization
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  • anonymous on 30 Oct 15
     
    "toys are more strictly gendered today than they were 50 years ago, when adult gender roles were much more separate, according to research by Elizabeth Sweet, a sociologist at the University of California, Davis."
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