Instructor(s) | Course Name/ Level | Main Text/Readings *Additional readings in most cases; see syllabus | Materials |
Elaine Hernandez (Indiana) | Soc 101- Social Problems and Policies: Medicine in America | Cockerham. 2017. Medical Sociology, 14th edition. | Syllabus |
Rachel Donnelly (Vanderbilt) | Soc 1020- Contemporary Social Issues: Health and Society | Assorted chapters, articles, & other materials | Syllabus |
Stefan Timmermans (UCLA) | Soc 170- Medical Sociology: Caring in the Medical Care System | Abraham. 1993. Mama Might Be Better Off Dead. Fadiman. 1997. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. Starr. 1982. The Social Transformation of American Medicine. | Syllabus |
Tania Jenkins (UNC) | Soc 1576- Introduction to Sociology for Health Professions | Conley. 2017. You May Ask Yourself, 5th edition. (Optional: Jauhar. 2008. Intern.) | Syllabus |
Alya Guseva (Boston) | Soc 215- Health and Society | Weitz. 2020. The Sociology of Health, Illness, & Health Care, 8th edition. | Syllabus |
Ajlina Karamehic-Muratovic (St Louis University) | Soc 2490- Sociology of Medicine | Weiss & Copelton. 2021. The Sociology of Health, Healing, & Illness, 10th edition. | Syllabus |
Shawn Bauldry (Purdue) | Soc 374- Medical Sociology | Weiss & Lonnquist. 2017. The Sociology of Health, Healing, & Illness, 9th edition. | Syllabus |
Aida Isela Ramos (UMHB) | Soc 3350- Sociology of Health | Weiss & Lonnquist. 2017. The Sociology of Health, Healing, & Illness, 9th edition. | Syllabus; Assignment (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3) |
Corey Stevens (SIUE) | Soc 383- Medicine, Health, & Society | Conrad & Leiter. 2019. The Sociology of Health & Illness, 10th edition. | Syllabus; Assignment |
Kenzie Latham Mintus (IUPUI) | Soc R381- Social Factors in Health & Illness | Conrad & Leiter. 2019. The Sociology of Health & Illness, 10th edition. (Optional: Fadiman. 1997. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.) | Syllabus; Final Paper (Option 1; Option 2; Suggested Timeline; Checklist) |
David Russell (Appalachian State) | Soc 3600- Medical Sociology | Cockerham. 2017. Medical Sociology, 14th edition. | Syllabus; Presentation Schedule |
Tania Jenkins (UNC) | Soc 3525- Urban Health | Abraham. 1993. Mama Might Be Better Off Dead. Fink. 2016. Five Days at Memorial. Rosenberg. 1987. The Cholera Years, 2nd edition. (Optional: Klinenberg. 2015. Heat Wave, 2nd edition) | Syllabus |
Ryan Masters (CU-Boulder) | SOCY 4052- Social Inequalities in Health | Phillips. 2001. Darwin’s Worms. Johnson. 2007. The Ghost Map. | Syllabus |
Andrea Tilstra (CU-Boulder) | Soc 4052- Social Inequalities in Health | Cockerham. 2013. Social Causes of Health and Disease, 2nd edition. | Syllabus |
Anna Zajacova (UWO) | Soc 4408- Advanced Sociology of Health and Illness | Gawande. 2014 Being Mortal. | Syllabus; Video Guides (1, 2, 3); Assignments (1, 2) |
Deborah Carr (Boston) | Soc 418/818- Social Inequalities in Health | Berkman, Kawachi, & Glymour. 2014. Social Epidemiology, 2nd edition. Carr. 2014. Worried Sick. | Syllabus; Response Memos (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |
Jennifer Jennings (Princeton) | Soc 414- Sociology of Medicine | Kidder. 2009. Mountains Beyond Mountains. Johnson. 2007. The Ghost Map. | Syllabus |
Daniel Menchik (Arizona) | Soc 410- The Hospital: A Small Society | Bosk. 2003. Forgive and Remember, 2nd edition. | Syllabus (includes assignment details) |
Patricia Thomas (Purdue) | Soc 571- Health & Behavior | Assorted chapters, articles, & other materials | Syllabus |
Corey Stevens (SIUE) | Soc 590- Health, Illness, & Society | Metzl. 2019. Dying of Whiteness. Metzl & Kirkland. 2010. Against Health. Davis. 2015. Contesting Intersex. Duffy, Armenia, & Stacey. 2015. Caring on the Clock. | Syllabus |
Ellen Idler (Emory) | Soc 531- Sociology of Health and Illness | Cockerham. 2010. The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology. | Syllabus (assignments included) |
Brea Perry & Jane McLeod (Indiana) | Soc 660- Social Origins of Health Inequality | Assorted chapters, articles, & other materials | Syllabus |
Elaine Hernandez (Indiana) | Soc 660- Social Origins of Health Inequality | Assorted chapters, articles, & other materials | Syllabus |
Mieke Beth Thomeer (UAB) | Soc 781- Sociology of Health and Illness | Kempner. 2014. Not Tonight. Sulik. 2010. Pink Ribbon Blues. Hoppe. 2017. Punishing Disease. Shim. 2014. Heart-sick. | Syllabus |
Mieke Beth Thomeer (UAB) | Soc 724- Body & Health | Almeling. 2011. Sex Cells. | Syllabus |
Magdalena Szaflarski (UAB) | Soc 783- Health Care Delivery Systems | Barr. 2016. Introduction to US Health Policy, 4th edition. Rosenthal. 2017. An American Sickness. | Syllabus; Group mini-projects; Final project |
Lilla Pivnick & Faith Deckard (UT-Austin) | Health & Society (Texas Prison Education Initiative) | Assorted chapters, articles, & other materials | Syllabus |
Mieke Beth Thomeer (course director; syllabus created in collaboration with other instructors; UAB) | Dent 1110- Dentistry & Culture (taught in Dental School) | Assorted chapters, articles, & other materials | Syllabus; Debate assignment |