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Education B.S., Sociology 1972 M.S., Sociology 1979 Illinois State University Normal, Illinois |
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Professional experience: Human Services Administration, 1973-82; College teaching, 1983-present |
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Personal data: Age 56, one awesome daughter, a wonderful life partner, one dog and two cats, all in Virginia, Mn |
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Teaching style: interactive, lots of small group tasks, hands-on exercises, problem-solving; evaluations are written, with many types of evaluations contributing to the final grade |
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Dear students:
I love sociology and I love teaching. There's nothing I'd rather do! I'm not really a lecturer and I don't use traditional tests. But I do require a fair amount of writing and we do lots of in-class exercises. Because sociology is the study of human social interaction, I ask you to draw on your personal experience in order to apply sociology. I also share my experience with you. In the process, we get to know each other better, and that always helps learning to happen. You bring your whole life experience to sociology, and my task is to help you add to your knowledge and skills, and organize what you know so that you can place it in a broader context. It seems to me that the goal of studying sociology is to understand who we are and how our lives fit into the larger society and, ultimately, the global community. I hope to see you in the classroom or meet you online!
Marlise Riffel,
Sociology faculty
m.riffel@lsc.edu
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Created July 25, 1997 for Lake Superior College Last Revision: January 12, 2006 Background image: Boomerang Nebula, HubbleSite email: m.riffel@lsc.edu URL:http://www.lsc.mnscu.edu/programs/soc/faculty/riffel.htm |