Michael DeCesare, Ph.D.

 

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BOOK

 

2007. A Discipline Divided: Sociology in American High Schools. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

 

ARTICLES

 

2008. “Sociology in U.S. High Schools.” Teaching Sociology 36(3):254-261.

 

2007. “‘Statistics Anxiety’ Among Sociology Majors: A First Diagnosis and Some Treatment Options.” Teaching Sociology 35(4):360-367.

 

2007. “A Textbook Approach to Teaching: Structural Uniformity among U.S. High School Sociology Courses.” The American Sociologist 38(2):178-190.

 

2006. “‘It’s Not Rocket Science!’: High School Sociology Teachers’ Conceptions of Sociology.” The American Sociologist 37(1):51-67.

 

2005. “The High School Sociology Teacher.” Teaching Sociology 33(4):345-354.

 

2005. “95 Years of Teaching High School Sociology.” Teaching Sociology 33(3):236-251.

 

2004. “‘Apathetic, Active, or Antagonistic’: A History of the American Sociological Association’s Involvement in High School Sociology.” The American Sociologist 35(1):102-123.

*Awarded ASA History of Sociology Section’s 2004 Graduate Student Paper Award

 

2003. “The Impact of Sociological Orientation on Pedagogy: A Reconsideration of Teacher Training in Sociology Ph.D. Departments.” The American Sociologist 34(3):73-96. 

 

2002. “The Lesson to be Learned: The Past Troubles and Future Promise of Teaching High School Sociology.” Teaching Sociology 30(3):302-316. 

 

2000. “Public Attitudes Toward Euthanasia and Suicide for Terminally Ill Persons: 1977 and 1996.” Social Biology 47(3-4):264-276.

 

REVIEWS

 

2006. In Teaching Sociology 34(1):89-90. Schacht, Steven P. and Jeffery E. Aspelmeier. 2005. Social and Behavioral Statistics: A User-Friendly Approach. 2d ed. Boulder, CO: Westview.

 

2005. In Contemporary Sociology 34(4):420-421. Pusser, Brian. 2004. Burning Down the House: Politics, Governance, and Affirmative Action at the University of California. Albany, NY: State University of New York.

 

2004. In Contemporary Sociology 33(1):103-105. Biddle, Bruce J. and Lawrence J. Saha. 2002. The Untested Accusation: Principals, Research Knowledge, and Policy Making in Schools. Westport, CT: Ablex.

 

2001. In Teaching Sociology 29(3):376-377. McKinney, Kathleen, Frank D. Beck, and Barbara S. Heyl (eds.). 2001. Sociology Through Active Learning: Student Exercises. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge. 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

2008. “Rejoinder to Professor Persell.” ASA Footnotes 36(2):8.

 

2007. “AP or Not AP: That is the Question.” ASA Footnotes 35(9):6-7.

 

2007. “On Perpetuating Stereotypes and Ghettoizing Gender: A Comment on Epstein’s 2006 ASA Presidential Address.” Social Problems Forum: The SSSP Newsletter 38(2):24-27. (With Afshan Jafar).

 

2007. “Studying High School Sociology: Recent, Current, and Future Approaches.” Teaching/Learning Matters 35(3):7-8.

 

2005. “On Intellectual Collaborators and Resistors: A Response to Ferraro’s 2004 SSSP Presidential Address.” Social Problems Forum 36(2):9-12.

 

2004. “The Status of High School Sociology: Some Recommendations.” ASA Footnotes 32(4):5-6. (With Jeff

Lashbrook).

  

2002. “Locating the State of High School Sociology on the Academic Map.” ASA Footnotes 30(2):9. 

 

2002. “Springfield Public Library and Museums Association Study.” University of Massachusetts, Local

Community Research Group. (With Michael Lewis, Jeffrey Beemer, and Afshan Jafar).