Here’s another report I ended up putting together recently because I was interested in domestic partner benefits: Summary Report on Domestic Partner Benefits (DPBs) Ryan T. Cragun Assistant Professor of…
Category: sociology
Given that it’s my chosen profession, I should write about it more than I do…
healthcare wait times – US vs. Canada
In my Introduction to Sociology class I was discussing the various approaches to health care: private pay/insurance companies vs. single-payer or universal pay (government sponsored). During that discussion one of…
The True Meaning of Christmas…
I should really be doing other work, but after reading the news this morning, it dawned on me that what I really wanted to do was write a short blog…
It was just a matter of time…
…before a Wal-Mart Employee was trampled to death in the mad rush of consumerism on Black Friday. When shopping deals are based on a first-come, first-served basis, you can only…
zodiac converter
A colleague of mine came to me with a problem a few weeks ago: A student in one of his classes wanted to test a hypothesis concerning Zodiac signs (which…
last pre-election political post
A sociology colleague of mine sent me the following email last night. I know I’ve been more political than usual lately (for obvious reasons), but I’m hoping this is seen…
no trip to Iran, a puzzle game instead
I hadn’t mentioned it to many people, but I had a paper accepted to a conference in Iran over the summer and was supposed to travel there next week (I…
A Publication! A Publication!
I know I’ve been posting a lot about politics lately. Sorry. Not much else of interest going on. However, I think some may find it interesting that Debi and I…
a better post on the current financial shenanigans in D.C.
This post comes from fellow Sociologist, Dave Purcell, at Kent State. I liked it so much I asked him if I could repost it here. So, with his permission: I…
Learning Styles
As we prepared for classes this summer, we were asked to prepare information in one of our classes on “learning styles” as well as Myers-Briggs personality tests. I’ve long been…