Susan Thistle
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Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley 1992. Areas of interest include sociological theory, gender, environment, historical and comparative sociology, and economic sociology. Her recent book, "From Marriage to the Market: The Transformation of Women’s Lives and Work" (University of California Press, 2006) provides a new understanding of the traumatic events profoundly altering African-American women’s and white women’s livesin recent decades, and the shape of the U.S. economy itself. Thistle’s current research extends her analysis of the negotiations shaping market expansion in a new direction. She is examining how the impact of economic development on the environment is influenced by different groups of social actors, with focus on the Pacific Northwest, one of the most dynamically growing regions of the United States. As Associate Chair, Thistle oversees the undergraduate and graduate curriculum of the Sociology department, and funding for graduate students. Thistle is also on the committee for Environmental Policy and Culture which successfully created a new undergraduate Minor in this area at Northwestern. She is also a Faculty Associate at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern. She has a real love of teaching as well as research and has taught courses in Gender, Economic Sociology, Environment, Family, Research Methods, and Social Policy. She is one of the main Undergraduate Advisors in the Sociology department and has been a Freshman Advisor as well.
Contact 
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1808 Chicago Av Room 104
Evanston, Illinois 60208-1330
Phone: (847) 491-3358
Fax: (847) 491-9907
Office Hours (Spring Quarter 2007): None
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| Current Courses: Fall Quarter 2007 | |
Soc 312-0 Sec 20 |
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| Soc 332-0 Sec 20 Work and Occupations |
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| Soc 570 Sec. 20 (Spring 2006): College Teaching |
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| Sociological Analysis | |
| Soc 310-0 Sec. 20 Winter (2006)(Fall 2006): The Family and Social Learning |
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| Soc 101-6 Sec. 22 (Fall, 2005): Freshman Seminar |
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| Soc 398-1 Senior Research Seminar (Fall 2006) | |
| Soc 312 Sec 20: Social Basis of Environmental Change |
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| Soc 398-2: Senior Research Seminar |
