Sociology of Violence

(Cross-listed w/ CVS 22) Causes and consequences of different types of violence and hate, from individual acts of aggression to large-scale episodes of inter-group conflict. Topics may include serial and mass murder, gendered violence, workplace violence, hate crimes and prejudice, juvenile violence, gun violence, and school violence. SOC 76 Sociology of Food. Food through the lenses of identity, meaning, community, and power. How food nourishes and harms people, their bodies and minds, their communities, and the larger world. Topics may include the strange careers of common food products (e.g., white bread, coffee, fast food), food and media, cultural food traditions, and sites of struggle (fair trade, food sovereignty, carcerality). Examination of personal relationships to food.