sociology and anthropology

SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY FACULTY

Ph.D. (University of Washington)

Professor of Sociology
330 Asbury Hall
Phone: (765) 658-4517
E-mail: dnewman@depauw.edu
Vita

David Newman did most of his growing up on the west coast.  He got his bachelor’s degree in Sociology at San Diego State University in 1981.  After a fruitless year of post-graduate soul-searching, he began his graduate studies at the University of Washington in Seattle.  There he received his Masters degree (1984) and Ph.D. (1988) in sociology.  After spending a year at the University of Connecticut, David arrived at DePauw in the fall of 1989 and has been here ever since. 

David teaches courses in Deviance, Mental Illness, Family, Social Psychology, and Research Methods.  He has published numerous articles on teaching and has presented several research papers on the intersection of gender and power in intimate relationships.  But for the past ten years or so most of his scholarly activity has been devoted to writing and revising several books.  The first, Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life (Pine Forge Press), was first published in 1995.  It has come out in five subsequent editions since then, the latest in early 2006.  He has also edited a collection of articles that accompanies this book. The second book, Sociology of Families (Pine Forge Press), is currently in its second edition, which was published in 2002.  His third book, Identities and Inequalities: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality (McGraw-Hill) was published in 2005.

When not hunkered down in his third floor office he enjoys running, swimming, and arguing with his teenage sons.

Spring 2008

• Soc 100A Contemporary Society
• Soc 219 Sociology of Madness
• Soc 222 Social Deviance

Fall 2007

• Soc 100D Contemporary Society
• Soc 212 Sociology of Family

Spring 2007

• Soc 100A  Contemporary Society
• Soc 401    Methods of Social Research

Fall 2006

• Soc 212     Sociology of Family
• Soc 222     Social Deviance
• Soc 401     Methods of Social Research

Fall 2005

• Soc 212        Sociology of Family
• Soc 222        Social Deviance

Spring 2006

• Soc 100B       Contemporary Society
• Soc 219         Sociology of Madness
• Soc 401         Methods of Social Research

*Fall 2004

• On Leave

Spring 2005

• Soc 219       Sociology of Madness
• Soc 401       Methods of Social Research

Fall  2003

• Soc 100c    Contemporary Society
• Soc  212     Sociology of Family
• Soc  219     Sociology of Madness

Spring 2004

• Soc  222     Social Deviance
• Soc  401     Methods of Social Research