University of Nebraska Kearney

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Faculty and Staff

Daryl Kelley, Professor

Sociology
Office: Copeland Hall 120E
Phone: 308-865-8762
kelleyd@unk.edu

 

Education Background
Ph.D., Western Michigan University, 1986
M.A., Western Michigan University, 1981
B.A., Indiana - Purdue University, 1979


Teaching Philosophy

The classroom is an interactive place where students often engage in group work to apply sociological concepts to life experience. I am also a storyteller. Through accounts of personal experience I attempt to ground sociological concepts in concrete examples so you can obtain a deeper understanding of the relationship between the individual and society. In all of my classes I expolre the interesting puzzles supplied by our world including how our world is socially constructed. Through our everyday experience ideas and structures become normalized. In class we explore the differences between cultures and the meaning these differences have for us. For example, is berdache (Sioux who experiences both male and female perspectives) a third gender and why is mainstream America limited to two genders. If you want to play with ideas and reflect upon the world, please join me in class.


Courses Taught

Introduction to Sociology Sociological Research

Social Problems Deviance and Social Control

Sociology of Work Senior Seminar


Recent Publications
 

Roger Davis and Daryl Kelley. 2004. "Academic Culture and the Classroom: A Practical Application." UNK/CTE Compendium of Resources and Teaching Ideas.

Daryl Kelley and Kurt Borchard. 2004. "Bringing College Reading into the Classroom: A Neglected Process in Sill Development." UNK/CTE Compendium of Resources and Teaching Ideas.

 

Other

Midwest Sociological Society