Robert J Hironimus-Wendt
Biographic Data
| ID | 4777197 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert J Hironimus-Wendt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert J |
| FAMILY NAME | Hironimus-Wendt |
| SIGNATURE | HIRONIMUS-WENDT R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Illinois University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Impact of Losing Your Job
The Sociological Imagination and Social Responsibility
In this paper, we maintain that sociologists should deliberately teach social responsibility as a means of fulfilling the promise that C. Wright Mills envisioned. A key aspect of the sociological imagination includes a sense of social responsibility, but that aspect is best learned through a combination of experience and academic knowledge. Students gain the fullest sense of the sociological imagination, one that includes social responsibility, w…
The Human Costs of Worker Displacement
This study addresses the personal and familial consequences associated with the worker displacement that followed the closing of the Bridegstone/Firestone tire production plant in Decatur, Illinois, in December of 2001. A series of three surveys were sent to the last known addresses of all former Firestone workers. The first was sent immediately after the closure of the Decatur plant; the others went out six months and one year later. The surveys…
Product Review
Cui Bono
Paying the Price
Exploring the Social
Professing sociology culture and society the social construction of self and everyday life deviance and crime race class gender and sexual identity social organizations social institutions social movements social change
Part-Time Prospects
Grounding Service Learning in Social Theory
This paper grounds the practice of service learning in a sociological understanding so that we may more fruitfully tie this pedagogy to our field. A base for such grounding can be found in the work of C. Wright Mills, who built on the work of John Dewey. We argue that incorporating sociologically informed service learning into the curriculum is necessary for completing the progressive educational and social reforms sought by both, thus enabling u…
Just Another Car Factory? Lean Production and Its Discontents
The Sociological Imagination and Social Responsibility
In this paper, we maintain that sociologists should deliberately teach social responsibility as a means of fulfilling the promise that C. Wright Mills envisioned. A key aspect of the sociological imagination includes a sense of social responsibility, but that aspect is best learned through a combination of experience and academic knowledge. Students gain the fullest sense of the sociological imagination, one that includes social responsibility, w…
Grounding Service Learning in Social Theory
This paper grounds the practice of service learning in a sociological understanding so that we may more fruitfully tie this pedagogy to our field. A base for such grounding can be found in the work of C. Wright Mills, who built on the work of John Dewey. We argue that incorporating sociologically informed service learning into the curriculum is necessary for completing the progressive educational and social reforms sought by both, thus enabling u…
Just Another Car Factory? Lean Production and Its Discontents
Grounding Service Learning in Social Theory
This paper grounds the practice of service learning in a sociological understanding so that we may more fruitfully tie this pedagogy to our field. A base for such grounding can be found in the work of C. Wright Mills, who built on the work of John Dewey. We argue that incorporating sociologically informed service learning into the curriculum is necessary for completing the progressive educational and social reforms sought by both, thus enabling u…
Part-Time Prospects
Cui Bono
Paying the Price
Exploring the Social
Professing sociology culture and society the social construction of self and everyday life deviance and crime race class gender and sexual identity social organizations social institutions social movements social change
Product Review
The Human Costs of Worker Displacement
This study addresses the personal and familial consequences associated with the worker displacement that followed the closing of the Bridegstone/Firestone tire production plant in Decatur, Illinois, in December of 2001. A series of three surveys were sent to the last known addresses of all former Firestone workers. The first was sent immediately after the closure of the Decatur plant; the others went out six months and one year later. The surveys…
The Sociological Imagination and Social Responsibility
In this paper, we maintain that sociologists should deliberately teach social responsibility as a means of fulfilling the promise that C. Wright Mills envisioned. A key aspect of the sociological imagination includes a sense of social responsibility, but that aspect is best learned through a combination of experience and academic knowledge. Students gain the fullest sense of the sociological imagination, one that includes social responsibility, w…
The Impact of Losing Your Job
Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Business (2 works)