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Glenn Sims, M.A.
Tel: 623.845.3694
Office: 05-103
Professor Glenn Sims joined the full-time Sociology faculty in 1987. In addition to instructional responsibilities, Glenn currently serves as Assistant Department Chairperson - Sociology, a member of the MCCCD Sociology Instructional Council, and a member of Glendale's "Staffing" Committee. Glenn also is an active member of the Maricopa Council on Black American Affairs.
Professor Sims has earned a graduate degree from Bowling Green State University (Ohio – Sociology) with additional graduate work completed at the University of Georgia, and a baccalaureate degree from Albany State College (Georgia – Sociology). Teaching assignments include Introduction to Sociology, Honors Introduction to Sociology, Race and Ethnic Minority Relations, Social Class in America and Personality Development.
Professor Sims is listed in “Who’s Who Among College and University Professors” (1994) and “Who’s Who Among College Students” (1973).
Professor Sims personal philosophy: “to whom much is given, much is required”.
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Gloria Milton, M.A.
Tel: 623.845.3767
Office: 05-107
Professor Gloria Milton joined the full-time Sociology faculty in 1987. In addition to instructional responsibilities, Gloria is currently a faculty participant in "GCC’s Mentoring Program".
Professor Milton earned a graduate degree from Arizona State University (M.A. Sociology), a baccalaureate degree from Arizona State University (Sociology), has completed additional coursework in Women’s Studies and is a graduate of Glendale Community College.
Teaching assignments include: Introduction to Sociology, Gender in Society, and Women and Men in a Changing Society.
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Eileen Johnston, M.A.
Tel: 623.845.3280
Office: 05-102
Professor Eileen Johnston joined the full-time Sociology faculty in 2000 after serving many years as an adjunct instructor and Director of GCC’s Campus Safety. In addition to instructional responsibilities, Eileen currently serves as Chairperson of the Department of Social Sciences.
Professor Johnston has earned graduate degrees from the University of Colorado-Denver (M.A. Sociology), SUNY-John Jay College of Criminal Justice (M.A.C.J.), Washington University (M.Ed. Physical Education) and a baccalaureate degree from Central Missouri State University (Physical Education). Teaching assignments include Human Sexuality and Introduction to Sociology. Selected courses are being taught as a “learning community” with the English Department. Research interests focus on HIV/Sexuality issues.
Professor Johnston is a current member of the American Sociological Association and the FBI National Academy.
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Carol A. Jenkins, PhD
Tel: 623.845.3602
Office: 05-136
Dr. Carol A. Jenkins joined the full-time Sociology faculty in 1992 after serving 23 years as professor of Sociology at the University and four-year college levels. In addition to instructional responsibilities, Carol currently serves a member of the Center for Learning Make-up Testing Advisory Board, a Sociology tutor in the Center for Learning, is the Sociology Web-site author, and a MIL Fellow in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for the 2005-2006 academic year. Dr. Jenkins is a specialist in the Introduction to Sociology course teaching nine sections per academic year and will teach one section of Social Problems Spring 2007.
Dr. Jenkins has earned graduate degrees from Kansas State University (PhD 1986), Western Michigan University (M.A. Teaching in the Community College-Sociology 1972), Chicago Graduate School of Theology (M.A. Religious Education 1969) and a baccalaureate degree from Malone College (Ohio – Sociology 1968). Dr. Jenkins also received Certification as a Dispute Resolution Mediator (1989) and a Michigan Law Enforcement Training Instructor (1976 – Basic, Advanced, Specialized).
Dr. Jenkins has received two national awards from professional societies: the American Sociological Association's Section on Teaching and Learning “Hans O. Mauksch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Sociology” (2002) and the Rural Sociological Society’s “Excellence in
Instruction” award (2002). Carol has multiple listings in “Who’s Who of America’s Teachers” (1996-1998-2002-2004-2005-2006).
Dr. Jenkins is a current member of the American Sociological Association, a member of the national ASA Task Force on General Education - Sociology, the ASA Awards Committee 2004-2006 (elected office), the ASA Departmental Resources Group (1997-present), and the ASA Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology. She also holds membership in the Rural Sociological Society, the Midwest Sociological Society, Society for Women in Society, and Alpha Kappa Delta (the International Sociology Honor Society).
Dr. Jenkins currently serves as an invited SoTL columnist for ASA's Teaching / Matters for 2006-2007, and a reviewer for Teaching Sociology Journal and ASA-TRC Resource Manuals.
Dr. Jenkins’s research and writing interests focus on the diversities and complexities in American rural life and instructional issues in the multicultural classroom, especially the implications for the development of culturally responsive pedagogies and curriculum transformation. Selected publications contributing to the scholarship of teaching and learning include :
Jenkins, C. A. (2007) "Multicultural Student Learning and Culturally Variant Writing" in Teaching and Learning Matters Vol 35(2) Winter Washington DC: American Sociological Association
Jenkins, C. A. (2007 anticipated) "Teaching Sociology in the Community College" 2nd edition Washington DC: American Sociological Association's Teaching Resources Center.
Jenkins, C. A. (2006) "Infusing Rural Sociology into Introductory Classes: Current Challenges" in Teaching and Learning Matters Vol 35(1) Summer Washington DC: Amercan Sociological Association
Jenkins, C. A. and C. Rakowski 2000 (2007) “Teaching About the Complexities and Diversities in American Rural Life” Washington, DC: ASA Teaching Resources Center
Jenkins, C.A. and D. Kratt (1997) “Sociological Foundations of Multicultural Religious Education” chapter in B. Wilkerson, ed. Multicultural Religious Education, Birmingham, Alabama: Religious Education Press.
Jenkins, C.A. and D. Bainer (1991) “Common Instructional Problems in the Multicultural Classroom” Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, Volume 2:77-88.
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Tel: (623) 845-3694
Office: 05-103
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