Demystifying Society Through the American Cheeseburger: A Sociological Lens on Culinary Diversity

In a compelling pedagogical approach, an Introduction to Sociology course at the University of Massachusetts Boston is leveraging the unassuming figure of the American cheeseburger to illuminate complex sociological theories…

Demystifying Society: How "Hamburger America" Serves as a Potent Pedagogical Tool in Introductory Sociology.

Teaching introductory sociology often presents the formidable yet rewarding challenge of rendering abstract concepts such as social construction, cultural objects, and bureaucracy both visible and intuitively graspable for students. The…