Shobha Gurung

Course Information

Dr. Shobha Hamal Gurung specializes in Gender and Labor, Development and Cultural Studies, Comparative Family and Community,
Globalization and Political Economy.

Spring Semester 2009

• SOC 1010-02 Introduction to Sociology
  This course introduces students to key sociological terms, concepts, theories, and methods and their application to the social world—social institutions, social structures, human behavior/ interaction, and social change. The course also provides students with an opportunity to conduct social research, collect information, and process and disseminate the gathered information. By applying relevant concepts/theories to their own research, students will examine the relationships between theory and research and the roles of each in knowledge construction and production.      
• SOC 2370-01 Gender Studies
  This course acquaints students with the sociological perspective of gender and sex roles, and explores the ways in which the lives of women and men are affected by sociocultural, demographic, political, economic, and global factors found in different cultural communities within and across global boundaries. Gender will be a tool of analysis in examining the intersection of gender, class, race, caste, ethnicity, and sexuality and the roles of various institutions in producing and generating unequal gender roles and relations. Through a variety of readings (fiction and non-fiction books, narratives, memoirs, scholarly journals and articles) and media, we will explore the social construction of gender and sexuality, theories of gender inequalities, visual symbols attached to gender, sociocultural practices/rituals assigned to gender, and perception and structure of gender in different societies and cultures.
  
• SOC 4100-01 Sociology of Health & Medicine
  This course explores the social, cultural, political, and economic dimensions/aspects of health, illness, and medical access and health care from a sociological perspective. The focus of this course is to examine critically the distribution of illness and disease along the lines of race, class, gender, and citizenship status.  
  
• SOC 4500-01 Global Issues
  This course sociologically explores current global issues such as global capitalism; consumerism; materialistic culture; global poverty, hunger, and inequalities; environmental degradation and ecological crisis; feminization of the labor force; immigration and citizenship; emergence of transnational networks and movements. The focus of this course is to examine critically how the processes of globalization and global capital accumulation have constructed and diffused power relations, created and recreated opportunities and deprivation, and produced and reproduced simultaneously oppression and empowerment within and across national borders. The course explores the differential consequences of and responses to global capital accumulation.    

Fall Semester 2009

• SOC 1020 Modern Social Problems TR 8:30-9:50 am (CRN 30667) TH 101
  This course examines current cultural and social aspects of problems such as poverty,
  racial and gender inequality, crime, health and illness.
• SOC 1020 Modern Social Problems TR 1::00-2:20 pm (CRN 32276) CN 227
• SOC 2200 Sociology of Pop Culture MWF 10:00-10:50 am (CRN 32814) TH 113
  Using general theories of the nature of social and cultural structures, this course provides a sociological analysis of every day American culture. Examining popular culture such as print, media, television, sport, and other aspects of a consumer-driven culture helps understand prevailing values and anticipate changing norms and behaviors.
  
• SOC 2370 Men, Women & Society in Global Perspectives TR 10:00-11:20 am (CRN 30672) TH 101
  An introduction to the field of gender studies with a focus on sex role behavior from several theoretical perspectives. Emphasis is on recent sociological research as well as cross-cultural and historical analysis of women and men in society.
  
  
  Office Hours:
  MW 11:00-1:00 pm &
  F 11:00-12:00 noon