by David Yamane | Sep 26, 2021 | Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Wake Forest University
Following their gun field trip reflections, the core assignment in Sociology of Guns is for students to move beyond their personal views (articulated in their field trip reflection essays) and adopt a scholarly approach to the question of guns in society. Here the...
by David Yamane | Sep 17, 2021 | AR platform rifles, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Wake Forest University
This is the first of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2021 Sociology of Guns seminar. The assignment to which students are responding can be found here. I am grateful to these students for their willingness to have their thoughts...
by David Yamane | Sep 17, 2021 | Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
Later today, I will begin posting some of the field trip reflection essays my Sociology of Guns students were required to submit following our visit to Veterans Range at the start of this semester. The field trip is historically a highlight of the course for students,...
by David Yamane | Sep 14, 2021 | field trip, Guns, Shooting, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
Although the remnants of Hurricane Ida forced a last minute rescheduling, my Fall 2021 Sociology of Guns seminar students completed their mandatory field trip to the gun range on September 3rd. This is the 7th time I have taught the course and the 7th successful field...
by David Yamane | Aug 8, 2021 | Sociology of Guns Seminar, Wake Forest University
For the 7th consecutive year, I am teaching my Sociology of Guns seminar at Wake Forest University. The course syllabus is available as a PDF here and separate blog posts on each course module can be found below. In addition, links to every post on the course since...
by David Yamane | Jul 29, 2021 | African Americans, Gun Culture, gun ownership, race, Wake Forest University
I was recently querying Academic Twitter about peer-reviewed social scientific publications on non-deviant African American gun owners to assign in the module on race in my Sociology of Guns seminar (more on that module forthcoming). I was disheartened but not...
