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JSM040704

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  1. @KrisOfSteel I should be publishing soonish. I have to put my thesis on proQuest soon, so by then I will trade some research experiences afterwords. It's nothing too major, but again I'm trying to show that I have improved my sociological imagination over the years.
  2. Wow... Those two researchers are really really close to my own research interests/agenda. I guess, is there anybody else that professors you would recommend. I know that one should look for the college more than the people but, one of my weakness is that I do not know many sociologists besides the articles they have written.
  3. Yup, Georgia(especially for the gender) and UC Santa Barbara are definately on the list. (The big reason I didn't want reveal my list of schools is that I kinda wanted a non-bias oppinon/confrimation). Oregon I had not looked at, which is a good. I was also looking at UCLA as the dream school, but I am not deadset on the top programs. I am taking what fits and what is interested in the research agenda I am proposing.
  4. I am sorta taking a year long break. I am not taking any classes. My best advice continue building your CV. I don't know about you, but I am already feeling like something is missing without classes. Right now, I am working on publication and conference-ing. Now, my situation could be different because I earned my MA in Socs and I am taking a year off before my PhD.
  5. I agree with everything above. Basically, researching sociology is just like anything else. It's great to talk about the big names in the classroom, but it will do you no good when you are producing new work. Trust me, your audience will probably know about Focault, and Goffman, and yatta yatta. It is your job instead to catagorize what is talked about right now. Who is talking about gambling, how do they talk about gambling, can gambling become addicting, what other factors lead to gambling? Also, I don't mean to bust your chops, but be careful when you talking about the word "Addiction" in the sociology world. Addiction is more of a psychological terminology rather than a sociological one. This is why it is extremely important to research current discussion on the topic of gambling. NOT gambling addiction. JUST gambling. AND MAYBE gambling abuse. Trust me, I started with addiction and I pretty much was told to start over. Here's what you should do first and foremost. 1. Go on computer that has access to some academic journals(for example but definitely not limited to, ProQuest). 2. Do not actually use ProQuest 3. Instead go on GoogleScholar and type in the word gambling and limit it to Sociology articles. 4. Find works that frequently get cited by other articles.(GoogleScholar will tell you this)5. Take a cursory glace at the article(not just the abstract) and find what themes are coming out of the articles 6. Write these themes down 7. Search these themes 8. Find frequently cited articles 9. Write down those themes 10. Repeat 6 through 9 a few times (I like google scholar, but you can using something different.) It can be a real pain the butt, but thankfully you are not presenting a ground breaking way to study sociology. You don't have to go into a new epistemology or read into philosophical debates of the science. Instead, you just want to talk about gambling and abuse. It's your job as a researcher to inform what has already been said, study a facet that hasn't been looked into or maintain the current literature or even question the current literature, provide data to back up the claim, and conclude.
  6. Hello. I have gone through most of my college searches, but I kinda want to get a second opinion on some sociology PhD programs. I have a MA degree in sociology-general tract with a 3.8 GPA at a small liberal(but good) arts college. My thesis will hopefully also be published. I am working with two of my advisors to help me get published. I have spoken at Eastern Sociological Society in New York and Boston, did a couple small conferences in the PA area, and I will be speaking in Baltimore ESS, Tacoma(American Men's Study Association), and in San Fran for the ASA. I can't say what my thesis is, but it is a thesis in the field of Gender(for now lets say, masculinities between the ages of 16 to 32) and Social Psychology, using qualitative methods(if you want to know the topic of the thesis, you can PM me). I have taken some "teaching sociology" courses and I am working on an instructor position at a community college. My interests however, are in more into research rather than teaching. While I have not taken the new GRE, I feel that I might be able to score a 60th percentile. At present, the GRE is 1100ish. My only downfall is that my undergrad GPA is not good. If somebody reads my portfolio, they will see that I have dramatically improved between the undergrad me and the current MA. Hopefully, they will see that I am a late bloomer. I have a set of 7 schools that I am appling to, but I wanted to get the opinion of a forum. What school will work well with somebody with the above qualifications, and have a focus in Social Psych(focusing more on Symbolic Interactionism but SS&P is fine), Gender, and possibly Deviance? I am not limited to qualitative methods as I do not mind working with Mixed Methods (of course, SI favors more on the Qual over the Quant). If you want, you also say if the college is a dream school, good school, plan B school. Thank you for your time and I look forward in hearing from you.
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