Lynn Atwater
Biographic Data
| ID | 176608 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynn Atwater |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynn |
| FAMILY NAME | Atwater |
| SIGNATURE | ATWATER L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Trading Places
After 14 years' experience in teaching Principles of Sociology (four sections of 30 to 40 students each per year) as a required course to nonmajor students, I was not satisfied with results, despite good to excellent evaluations from students. Further, although I was known as a good, but hard professor, my attempts to teach a rigorous course did not mean that students retained any more knowledge than they might otherwise. Indeed, research on lear…
Adultery
In Search of Eve
An absorbing account of the sociocultural aspects of gender transition. . . . [a] carefully crafted, clearly written monograph which scholars of both sexuality and gender can profitably read. Contemporary Sociology A fascinating study, perceptive and well written, an excellent piece of work. Martin S. Weinberg, Indiana University Anne Bolin illuminates the array of social, psychological and physical changes experienced by a group of people in the…
Sexuality in Advertising
Not a Love Story
The Touch Film
The Anonymous Essay as Symbolic Interaction between Sexuality Professor and Student
In this paper I report on a pedagogical technique, the anonymous sexuality essay, which has been used and tested for eight semesters in an undergraduate sociology of sexuality course as a device to bridge some of the conflicts between the traditional structure of the classroom and the somewhat unusual demands involved in teaching sexuality. Using a symbolic interactionist perspective, I find that the series of anonymous essays creates a world bet…
The Extramarital Connection
Premarital Sexuality
The premarital sexual behavior of young adults was the subject of the research presented. Single men and women aged 18 to 23 both students and nonstudents were studied. Past research is reviewed. It is found to be limited in scope because the 2 major types of social influences are dealt with separately. The 2 types are the impact of society as a whole and of its major institutions and the influence of people with whom the individual interacts. A …
Mountain Families in Transition
The Anonymous Essay as Symbolic Interaction between Sexuality Professor and Student
In this paper I report on a pedagogical technique, the anonymous sexuality essay, which has been used and tested for eight semesters in an undergraduate sociology of sexuality course as a device to bridge some of the conflicts between the traditional structure of the classroom and the somewhat unusual demands involved in teaching sexuality. Using a symbolic interactionist perspective, I find that the series of anonymous essays creates a world bet…
Premarital Sexuality
The premarital sexual behavior of young adults was the subject of the research presented. Single men and women aged 18 to 23 both students and nonstudents were studied. Past research is reviewed. It is found to be limited in scope because the 2 major types of social influences are dealt with separately. The 2 types are the impact of society as a whole and of its major institutions and the influence of people with whom the individual interacts. A …
Sexuality in Advertising
Mountain Families in Transition
Premarital Sexuality
The premarital sexual behavior of young adults was the subject of the research presented. Single men and women aged 18 to 23 both students and nonstudents were studied. Past research is reviewed. It is found to be limited in scope because the 2 major types of social influences are dealt with separately. The 2 types are the impact of society as a whole and of its major institutions and the influence of people with whom the individual interacts. A …
The Extramarital Connection
Not a Love Story
The Touch Film
The Anonymous Essay as Symbolic Interaction between Sexuality Professor and Student
In this paper I report on a pedagogical technique, the anonymous sexuality essay, which has been used and tested for eight semesters in an undergraduate sociology of sexuality course as a device to bridge some of the conflicts between the traditional structure of the classroom and the somewhat unusual demands involved in teaching sexuality. Using a symbolic interactionist perspective, I find that the series of anonymous essays creates a world bet…
In Search of Eve
An absorbing account of the sociocultural aspects of gender transition. . . . [a] carefully crafted, clearly written monograph which scholars of both sexuality and gender can profitably read. Contemporary Sociology A fascinating study, perceptive and well written, an excellent piece of work. Martin S. Weinberg, Indiana University Anne Bolin illuminates the array of social, psychological and physical changes experienced by a group of people in the…
Sexuality in Advertising
Adultery
Trading Places
After 14 years' experience in teaching Principles of Sociology (four sections of 30 to 40 students each per year) as a required course to nonmajor students, I was not satisfied with results, despite good to excellent evaluations from students. Further, although I was known as a good, but hard professor, my attempts to teach a rigorous course did not mean that students retained any more knowledge than they might otherwise. Indeed, research on lear…
Sociology (9 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Human sexuality (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)