by David Yamane | Aug 29, 2023 | Sociology of Guns Seminar, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
I am excited to be teaching my “Sociology of Guns” seminar at Wake Forest University this fall for the ninth consecutive academic year, dating back to the fall of 2015. Here are some ways you can learn more about the course: [1] A PDF of the syllabus for this...
by David Yamane | Jun 27, 2023 | Sociology of Guns Seminar, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
In Fall 2023, I am teaching my “Sociology of Guns” seminar at Wake Forest University for the ninth consecutive academic year, dating back to the fall of 2015. Probably the most remarked-on aspect of the class is taking the students on a field trip to the gun range at...
by David Yamane | May 28, 2023 | Sociology of Guns Seminar, Wake Forest University, writing assignments
As I prepare to teach my Sociology of Guns course for the 9th consecutive academic year (dating back to 2015), I am revisiting my syllabus as I do annually. The biggest variables in the course are the assigned readings and the core writing assignment. Here I provide...
by David Yamane | Feb 8, 2023 | Guns, Kenya, Shooting, Sociology of Guns Seminar
One of the students in my Sociology of Guns seminar last fall grew up in Nairobi, Kenya and still has family there. She is what I would call an open-minded critic of guns, or perhaps a gun skeptic, as reflected in her class range field trip reflection, “The Gun Felt...
by David Yamane | Oct 17, 2022 | gun safety, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
This is the eighth of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2022 Sociology of Guns seminar (see reflection #1 and reflection #2 and reflection #3 and reflection #4 and reflection #5 and reflection #6 and reflection #7). The assignment to...
by David Yamane | Oct 4, 2022 | Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
This is the seventh of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2022 Sociology of Guns seminar (see reflection #1 and reflection #2 and reflection #3 and reflection #4 and reflection #5 and reflection #6). The assignment to which students...
