Emily McKendry-Smith
Emily McKendry-Smith is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of West Georgia. She received her PhD from the University of North Carolina. Emily teaches courses in social theory, research methods, religion, and global families. Emily's research centers on interconnections between religion and family, the ways individuals use religion to define their identities, and the meanings they attach to place. She has made multiple grant-funded research trips to the Chitwan district in Nepal, where she worked with the Institute for Social and Environmental Research to study a local new religious movement, and recently, a religious pilgrimage site that provides housing to widows and other elderly Nepalis. She has also recently begun collaborating on a mixed-methods interdisciplinary study of a bike-pedestrian trail in the American South.
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The major goal for this course is for you to learn to use sociological perspectives to think about families. This will entail studying how ideas about families have changed over time and how they structure our lives today. You will learn to understand research and theories that have been developed about families, to evaluate ideas, and to form your own conclusions. In addition, you will learn how to begin doing your own sociological research related to the topic of families.
The major goal for this course is for you to learn to use sociological perspectives to think about families. This will entail studying how ideas about families have changed over time and how they structure our lives today. You will learn to understand research and theories that have been developed about families, to evaluate ideas, and to form your own conclusions. In addition, you will learn how to begin doing your own sociological research related to the topic of families.