Sociology of Guns Seminar Student Final Reflection #1: Forced to Look at Other Sections of the Gun Community

by | Dec 14, 2021 | Craig Douglas, Randy Miyan, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Wake Forest University

As noted yesterday, 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 first of...

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

by | Dec 13, 2021 | Craig Douglas, John Johnston, Melody Lauer, Randy Miyan, Rob Pincus, sociology, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Wake Forest University

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...

It Was a Positive Experience to Experiment with Firearms in a Safe and Controlled Environment (Fall 2021 Student Range Visit Reflection #7)

by | Sep 24, 2021 | accidental injury, gun safety, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing

This is the seventh of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2021 Sociology of Guns seminar (see reflection #1, reflection #2, reflection #3, reflection #4, reflection #5, and reflection #6). The assignment to which students are...