Eckerd College Sociology

03/21/2019

Internships in documentary film in Chicago. One of the bosses is an outstanding sociologist and documentarian. Check it out!

Job Description: Applicant will assist with footage ingest, media management, footage review, creation of string-outs and selects, construction of sequences, creation of graphics, color-correction, audio mixing, exporting and publishing of content. Scrappers Film Group will provide education, encou...

01/23/2019

Job posting in the mail today--EC sociology doesn't have any ties with this group. Do your due diligence if/when you apply to make sure the contract terms are amenable to you.
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Rewarding & Enjoyable Summer Teaching Jobs
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Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2019

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As an Institute teacher you will:

Earn more than $6,000 in one summer. Our full-time teachers typically earn $500-$700 per week.
Improve your teaching skills and confidence during our comprehensive, paid training program.
Gain over 400 hours of classroom teaching experience with a variety of age groups from 4-year-olds to adults.
Help your students become successful readers with a love of great books.
We are seeking applicants from any academic discipline. All applicants must have an undergraduate degree or higher in their field before the start of our teaching season.

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Will be patient and supportive with students
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12/11/2018

Consider ethnographic field school in Detroit, if you're looking for something to do this summer:

Overview After decades of disinvestment and white flight, the idea of Detroit as a place of opportunity is resurgent; but whose conditions are improving, and on what terms? This ethnographic field school takes entrepreneurship as a lens for understanding how low-income people of color and immigrant....

10/29/2018

Congratulations to Prof. Lisa Miller on the publication of her new article in Soc. Quarterly--Check it out!

(2018). The Perils and Pleasures of Aging: How Women’s Sexualities Change across the Life Course. The Sociological Quarterly. Ahead of Print.

06/14/2018

Congratulations to EC grad Mary Collier-Wilks on receiving a Fulbright to further her graduate work in sociology!

Baton Rouge's Mary-Collier Wilks, a doctoral student in sociology, has been chosen to study overseas this year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

05/30/2018

A memorial service will take place for Becca Lavin-Burgher in Chicago tomorrow--please spread the word to any Eckerd folks you know in Chicagoland:

The celebration of Becca’s life will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Waldorf School, 1300 W. Loyola Ave., Chicago, IL, 60626. Becca came to Eckerd from Chicago where she graduated from the Chicago Waldorf School. While at Eckerd, she surrounded herself with a large and loving community of friends. She is remembered as a travel enthusiast, a budding photographer, a dog lover, the first female DJ among the performers at the College’s South Beach Field, and a generous spirit.

05/24/2018

We're deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Becca Lavin-Burgher. If you wish to help her family during this difficult time, they've set up a gofundme at

UPDATE 05/23: On behalf of the Lavin-Burgher family, I want to thank each and every person who not only donated but called, texted, sent up a prayer, and held RyRy tight during this terrible time. I am humbled that we have been able to reach our donation goal in less than a day. It speaks to Re...

04/10/2018

Eckerd's William McGarry fund provides funds to assist with participation in a summer internship locally.

Each year, one student is awarded $1,000 to assist them with an unpaid local internship. The internship must be related to marine science or social services and take place in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, or Sarasota counties.

Contact Prof. Dempsey for more info.

02/07/2018

Paid summer internship--In Belize?!
What are you waiting for?

Welcome: U.S. undergraduates join us for a paid summer research experience that will change your entire perspective on what it means to be an international community scholar! Welcome to the website…

02/04/2018

Please mark your calendar for Dr. Michael Kimmel's talk on Wednesday, Feb. 7th at 7pm in the Miller Auditorium. Kimmel is an internationally renowned sociologist and masculinities scholar. His talk is entitled, "Angry White Men: Gender, Race, and Class on the Extreme Right." The talk examines the disturbing ways that masculinity is used to recruit members of neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups and to express racist politics. A Q&A session will follow.

01/30/2018

Now's the time to start thinking about summer jobs and internships, if you haven't already. Head over to career services and check out the opportunities available.

Also: Be wary of organizations that put a lot of effort into recruiting. I get lots of emails from places that want me to promote their jobs to you. And a lot of them, like http://readingprograms.org/ have a reputation for treating workers poorly, underpaying them, and just generally exploiting them, preying on college students' idealism and desire for a job.

01/29/2018

Seniors 2018!