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  Megan B. McNamara

Megan B. McNamara

Continuing Lecturer

831-345-5510

 

Social Sciences Division
Student Affairs and Success

Sociology Department
Teaching & Learning Center (TLC)

Continuing Lecturer
Instructional Designer

Faculty

Center for Teaching & Learning

Lecturer

Sociology
Sexuality
Affect Studies
Class
Discrimination and Inequality
Labor and Social Movements
Race
Sexism and Gender Bias

Rachel Carson College Academic Building
310

Teaching and Learning Center (McHenry Library 1349)

Current office hours signups: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nv97YDF60ZK8bNmKdG5-5NrJdg9VDjRsWH68dAEiU1E/edit#gid=0

Rachel Carson College Faculty Services

Ph.D., Sociology, UCSC (2016)

M.A., Sociology, UCSC (2010)

M.A., Cultural Anthropology and Social Transformation, California Institute of Integral Studies (2005)

B.A., Language Studies, UCSC (1998)

EMT-P, State of California (P17390) and NREMT (2001-Present)

 

Areas of Pedagogical Interest/Expertise

·       Inclusive teaching with humor and kindness

·       Equity in higher education (especially in online/remote settings)

·       Universal Design for Learning

·       Engagement in large lecture courses

·       Humanized course design practices

·       Flipped/hybrid classroom approaches

·       Technology and accessibility in education

·       Trauma-informed teaching

·       Anti-racist pedagogies

 

Instructional Design Experience

·       Instructional Design Consultant (UC Santa Cruz Online Education, September 2020-present)

·       Co-creator and facilitator: Integrated Course Design for Hybrid Instruction (UC Santa Cruz Online Education, 2021)

·       Lead Facilitator: Teaching for Equity Graduate Certificate (UC Santa Cruz Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, 2021)

·       Faculty Fellow, Online Education US Santa Cruz (Summer 2020)

·       Co-Instructor: Teaching for Equity Graduate Certificate (UC Santa Cruz Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, 2020)

·       2018-2019 Faculty Fellow, UC Santa Cruz Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning

 

Sociology of:

  • Emotions
  • Sexuality and Gender
  • Social Inequality
  • Deviance/Conformity
  • Labor/Work/Occupations
  • Race/Ethnicity

And...

  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Classical Sociological Theory
  • Social Psychology

UCSC Committee on Teaching: Excellence in Teaching Award (2019-2020)

UCSC Disability Resource Center: Disability Champion Award (2020-2021)

UCSC Online Education Course Development Grants (2019, 2021)

Socy 1 (Introduction to Sociology)
Socy 15 (World Society)
Socy 105a (Classical Social Theory)
Socy 130 (Sociology of Food)
Socy 136 (Social Psychology)
Socy 137 (Deviance and Conformity)
Socy 149 (Sex and Gender)
Socy 153 (Sociology of Emotions)
Socy 169 (Social Inequality)

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