Professor Beddoes brings an exciting new perspective to the Sociology Department. Her PhD is in Science and Technology Studies (STS), an interdisciplinary social science field focused on the relationships among science, technology and society. Professor Beddoes holds certificates in both Women’s and Gender Studies and Engineering Education, and studies engineering from a social science perspective. Her research focuses particularly on understanding women’s underrepresentation in engineering.
This semester, Professor Beddoes is teaching Social Problems. She looks forward to incorporating various teaching styles, such as group discussions and peer teaching. She hopes to instill in students an understanding of, “really big ideas…a lot of which run counter to what we are taught to believe,” while still maintaining a degree of difficulty appropriate for a one-hundred level course. In the future Professor Beddoes will be offering two new courses: Science, Technology and Society and Gender and Engineering.
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