TEACHING

An overview of Mathieu Deflem's teaching, including course outlines.


COURSE OUTLINES
Courses taught at the University of South Carolina:
At prior institutions:
  • Purdue University, 1997–2002: Sociology of Law (undergraduate); Criminology (undergraduate); Criminal Justice (undergraduate); Contemporary Sociological Theory (graduate seminar); Globalization, Law, and Police in the New Europe (study abroad at Oxford University, Summer 2001). 
  • Kenyon College, 1996–1997: Introduction to Legal Studies; Criminology; Policing the Global Village; Freshmen and Senior Seminars in Legal Studies (topic: abortion law). 
  • University of Colorado, 1995–1996: Criminology; Introduction to Sociological Ideas. 





TEACHING-RELATED WRITINGS 
With Liberal Arts Education, Students Can Be More Than Imagined. Letter. The State, December 16, 2018.  
Are Graduates Special? We Don’t Know. Op-ed. Free Times, May 2013. 
Useless Tilly (et al.): Teaching Comparative-Historical Sociology Wisely. Trajectories, Newsletter of the ASA Comparative & Historical Sociology section, 19(1), 2007. 
Teaching Criminal Justice in Liberal Arts Education: A Sociologist's Confessions. ACJS Today, Newsletter of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 22(2), 2002. 
Teaching Theory for Sociology Students: Junior Notes. Perspectives, ASA Theory newsletter, 21(2), 1999. 
Letters and op-eds on lecture notes companies, published in various college newspapers, 1999-2000. 
Below is a helpful note on writing a dissertation, also applicable to other work, courtesy of Dr. John Bendix:
Science as a Vocation - Max Weber's classic statement.


See also Publications and Talks.