Sociology of Guns Seminar Student Final Reflection #4: Opinions About Guns Have Not Changed But Knowledge Has Increased

As noted earlier, the final assignment of the semester in my Sociology of Guns seminar is for the students to write an essay reflecting on their personal experience with and understanding of guns in light of what they learned in the course. Here is the third of several such essays, written by a student whose … Continue reading Sociology of Guns Seminar Student Final Reflection #4: Opinions About Guns Have Not Changed But Knowledge Has Increased

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Sociology of Guns Seminar Student Final Reflection #3: My Naivety Epitomizes Why Courses Like This are Necessary

As noted earlier, the final assignment of the semester in my Sociology of Guns seminar is for the students to write an essay reflecting on their personal experience with and understanding of guns in light of what they learned in the course. Here is the third of several such essays, written by a student whose … Continue reading Sociology of Guns Seminar Student Final Reflection #3: My Naivety Epitomizes Why Courses Like This are Necessary

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Sociology of Guns Seminar Student Final Reflection #2: I Have Expanded My Understanding of Guns

As noted earlier, the final assignment of the semester in my Sociology of Guns seminar is for the students to write an essay reflecting on their personal experience with and understanding of guns in light of what they learned in the course. Here is the second of several such essays, written by a student whose … Continue reading Sociology of Guns Seminar Student Final Reflection #2: I Have Expanded My Understanding of Guns

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Sociology of Guns Ver. 7.0 Is In The Books, Student Final Reflections Coming

Another year of Sociology of Guns at Wake Forest University is in the books. This is the 7th time in 7 years I have taught the course. COVID made some things different this semester. In fall 2020, I taught the course online. I was happy to be able to meet this semester face-to-face, but we … Continue reading Sociology of Guns Ver. 7.0 Is In The Books, Student Final Reflections Coming

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Increase Your Signal-to-Noise Ratio with Stephen Gutowski’s The Reload Podcast

In his excellent book, The Gun Gap, political scientist Mark Joslyn highlights the ways in which gun owners and non-owners live in very different social worlds. For example, non-owners are much more likely than owners to say none of their friends own guns. Consequently, much of what non-owners know about what gun owners do and … Continue reading Increase Your Signal-to-Noise Ratio with Stephen Gutowski’s The Reload Podcast

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2021 Annual Meeting

Well, let's start with the fact that your membership director should really have his coffee before sending out important emails to the entire membership base! Sorry for the confusion about the dates in the original email, I was recycling last years event to make the...

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Hurricane Ida Relief

We've got a number of our members who have been impacted by the recent hurricane that hammered states in the south and through the northeast, and have had reach outs about them posting go fund me fundraisers in the membership lounge, discord, and forums. To keep it...

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