Bethany Bryson        
Bethany Bryson, assoc prof of sociology
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology
MSC 7501, James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807

http://educ.jmu.edu/~brysonbp
brysonbp at jmu dot edu

I don't look anything like that.   ;)     ==>


Resources for Undergraduates:
JMU Sociology
For JMU Sociology Majors
      Honors theses & grad school questions are at the bottom of the same page
Publication Opportunities for Undergraduates
      Also: Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community Based Research
JStor Article Search
GSS - General Social Survey - Well-Prepped Data
Data Search - ICPSR at Michigan
GREs
American Sociological Association
AKD, the US undergraduate sociology honor society has money for travel to regional conferences.

Classes:
Gender
Social Statistics
Social Inequality
Social Deviance
Blackboard at jmu

Publications that are easy to access:
  • 2010. "Conquering Stereotypes in Research on Race and Gender." Sociological Forum 25(1):161-166. with Alexander K. Davis.
  • 2005. Making Multiculturalism: Boundaries and Meaning in US English Departments. Stanford University Press. 2005.
  • 2001. "Opinion Polarization." with Paul DiMaggio and John Evans, American Journal of Sociology.
  • 1999. "Multiculturalism as a Moving Moral Boundary: Literature Professors Redefine Racism." in Michele Lamont's (ed.), The Cultural Territories of Race: Black and White Boundaries. University of Chicago Press. (in "the pink book")
  • 1996." 'Anything but Heavy Metal': Symbolic Exclusion and Musical Dislikes." American Sociological Review.
  • 1996. "Have Americans' Social Attitudes Become More Polarized?" with Paul DiMaggio and John Evans. American Journal of Sociology.

    Published by Bethany with design features from the JMU Department of Sociology and Anthropology web site, Aug. 27, 2005.