SOC 119
Sociology 119 (SOC 119) is the largest Race and Ethnic Relations class in the United States. Join Dr. Sam Richards and over 700 students in the largest lecture hall at Penn State University in conversations with students and international guests about the world we live, the cultures we're surrounded by, and the ability to question the "invisible strings" of society.
Latest episodes
Sep 17, 2024 • 1h 2min
24FA Class #5: Some Truth (and Lies) About Inequality
Sam continues the conversation based on the information from the previous class (Class #4). Where does Equity come into play?
Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live
What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Sep 9, 2024 • 1h 4min
24FA Class #4: What's up with DEI?
Sam is joined by four student volunteers and they talk about DEI: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (and Belonging). What are the good things, what are the bad things, will we ever go back to not focusing on diversity?
Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live
What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Sep 4, 2024 • 59min
24FA Class #3: Black Pride
Sam, being inspired from a question Tyler asked during Class #2 (The Whites), decided to ask a group of students about the importance of "Black Pride".
Sam also introduces his wife, Dr. Laurie Mulvey to the class, and gets some interesting questions from her throughout the class.
Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live
What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Aug 31, 2024 • 1h 7min
24FA Class #2: The Whites
Sam invites five student volunteers to the front of the room, an African American female, an Asian American male, an Indian (international student) female, a white male, and a white female.
The students talk about what they think of when they hear "white people x". They talk about white privilege, white Americans, non-American white people, and white culture.
Finally, Sam and the students are asked questions from the class as well as the live stream chat.
Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live
What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Aug 28, 2024 • 1h 6min
24FA Class #1: Entering the 5th Dimension
The first class is all about Sam laying the foundation for the rest of the semester. He does this on the first day by opening up about his life and time as a Professor. He also goes over some of the basic information about the course.
Sam transitions to introducing some of the staff of SOC 119 and for the first time ever, Sam talks about the live stream in detail with the students.
Finally, the first case study happens with three male student volunteers. One from Kuwait, another from Korea, and the third from New Jersey, USA.
Dec 20, 2023 • 1h 10min
Sam's Teaching
Dr. Laurie Mulvey, Director of World in Conversation, discusses the evolution of teaching styles over three decades. Topics include humor in teaching, empowering students through sociological case studies, fostering inclusive learning environments, exploring race, privilege, and responsibility, addressing race and bias in classrooms, navigating complexity in teaching and communication, and the profound ripple effects of unintentional coming out.
