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Susan Feiner, Director
94 Bedford Street
Portland, ME 04104
Voice: 207.780.4966
Fax:
207.780.5532
sffein@usm.maine.edu

Lauren Webster, Assistant to the Director
Voice: 207.780.4862
lwebster@usm.maine.edu

 

Cheryl Laz
Associate Professor and Chair, Sociology
Office Address: 120 Bedford St., Portland
Office Phone: 207 780-4101
Email: cherlaz@usm.maine.edu

Home Department: Sociology

Education

PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1991
MA, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1987
BA, Hartwick College, 1984

Select Publications

"Act Your Age" Sociological Forum, Vol. 13, March 1998

"Science Fiction and Introductory Sociology: The Handmaid
in the Classroom" Teaching Sociology Vol. 24, January 1996.

Teaching/Research Interests

Gender, women's work, sociological theory, age, teaching/assessing writing

Courses Taught

Sociology of Gender
Sociology of Women's Work
Sociology of Age
Sociological Theory
Critical Thinking about Social Issues
Introduction to Sociology

Awards and Honors

CAS Teacher-Scholar Award (1996)
Hartwick College, Outstanding Young Alumna (1994)