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April
Brayfield, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
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aprilb@tulane.edu
Department of Sociology
220 Newcomb Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118 USA
voice (504) 862-3001
fax (504) 865-5544
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updated
October 31, 2006
Research Specializations:
Childhood, Gender, Work-Family Nexus
Current Research Projects
- Childhood in Transition: Hungarian
Childrearing Values
- Academic Conceptualizations of Children in Family
Sociology
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Cross-national Attitudes toward Children
- Childhood & Museums
Publications
Regularly Taught Courses
- Soci 119: Children & Society
A writing proficiency course for first-year undergraduates, with a maximum
enrollment of 14 students.
- Soci 304: Introduction to Research Analysis
A required statistics & computing course for Sociology majors and minors.
- Soci 625: Sociology of Childhood
An upper-level seminar, with a maximum enrollment of 20 students.
- Soci 626: Gender, Work & Family in
Cross-Cultural Perspective
An upper-level seminar, with a maximum enrollment of 20 students.
Group Projects on Country Profiles
- Soci 720: Intermediate Sociological
Methods
A graduate-level seminar about research designs and data
collection strategies.
- Soci 798: Teaching Sociology
A pedagogy course for graduate students in sociology.
Prior Courses Taught
- FREX 101: Transitions
A first-year seminar on transitions in identity and community at the personal,
local, and global levels of analysis.
Lower-level introductory courses, with a maximum enrollment of 65 students:
- Soci 201: Children &
Society (Fall 97)
- Soci 204: Gender & Society
- Soci 206: Urban Sociology
Upper-level seminars, with a maximum enrollment of 20 students:
- Soci 606: Issues in the Sociology of Gender
- Soci 620: Issues in the Sociology of the Family
- Soci 702: Introduction to Graduate Statistics
Professional Organizations
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