The Social Sciences at GCC
 
Glendale Community College   6000 W. Olive Avenue   Glendale, Arizona 85302-9983   Tel: (623) 845-3685
 


Welcome to the Department of Social Sciences, home to eleven separate disciplines. The department's 60+ faculty offer more than 250 classes each semester in subjects as diverse as Macroeconomics, Magic, and Meteorology. To learn more click on the discipline pages listed below:


AnthropologyEconomicsEducationGeographyHistoryHumanitiesPolitical ScienceSocial WorkSociologyWomen's Studies

Fall 2008      

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Welcome!   

Social sciences would like to welcome our new Anthropology residential faculty member, Dean Wheeler III. This semester we also welcome the following new adjunct faculty members: Leslye Garner (EDU), Michael Kepple (SOC), Dave McCaig (ASB), Diane Robinson (SOC), and Aubrei Smith (HIS).

Trying to contact a faculty member? Check the Department's faculty directory for email and phone numbers. Lost your syllabus or want to investigate a future class? See the syllabus page.

Dr. Linda SmithDepartment superstars:  Congratulations to Dr. Linda Smith (Anthropology/Archaeology). Dr. Smith participated in the National Endowment for the Humanities' Andean Worlds Institute. Dr. Smith was chosen following a highly competitive national application process. Dr. Carol Jenkins
Congratulations to Dr. Carol Jenkins (Sociology). Dr. Jenkins, Professor of Sociology here at Glendale Community College, is the recipient of this year's prestigious American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award. Her contributions to teaching about rural communities have been profound and she has been a champion of including issues of diversity in the curriculum. She is a leader in efforts at articulation of courses across institutional settings, an expert on student assessment and undergraduate curriculum transformation, has contributed to the scholarship on teaching and learning including valuable resource materials and has provided extensive organization leadership and training across institutional settings.

This is the highest national academic (teaching and learning) award given by the ASA and the first given to a Community College faculty member. The award will be given in Boston in August.

She will also be listed in the 2008 editions of Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Education in America, and Who's Who Among College Teachers.

Hannes KvaranHave you heard Hannes Kvaran?   Economics instructor Hannes Kvaran performs mostly self-composed extended stories on guitar and voice. These include his musical biographies of Galileo and Columbus, his allegorical histories of the U.S. and European philosophy, and his latest composition, a 13th century Icelandic saga. Check out his next gig!

So how much rain have we gotten?    GCC's meteorologist Lynn Newman maintains the weather station which records it all, providing live data updates every 5 minutes. Have we broken any records lately? Check it out.

CONTACT
Eileen Johnston
Department Chair
Tel: (623) 845-3280
Office: 05-102   Email
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Brigida Banfelder, Administrative SecretaryBrigida Banfelder
Admin. Secretary
Tel: (623) 845-3685
Office: 05-101   Email
 
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