About Dr. Podeschi - TEACHING - RESEARCH - Other (back to contact page)

TEACHING: I recently moved to Bloomsburg from Coastal Carolina University.  My teaching experience there and here includes Introductory Sociology, Social Problems, Classical Sociological Theory, Environmental Sociology, Social Inequality and Race and Ethnic Relations/Inequality.  I hope to soon develop a course in qualitative methods and perhaps sociology of culture. 

RESEARCH: As a scholar, I think of myself as an environmental sociologist, but within environmental sociology, I focus on cultural issues and have done a number of projects on the meaning of nature in popular culture over time.  One that's currently being completed looks at the depiction of nature in award-winning children's books from 1938-2008.  Other work looked at science fiction films and popular magazines.  Also at the intersection of culture and the envioronment is a project on the backburner that looks at relationship between "place attachment" and environmental concern.  I've also gained a strong interest in applied sociology of the environment after participating in a community water quality project in South Carolina.  Future projects will be both applied and focused on "the culture of nature."  I've got experience getting students involved in my research and would love to continue that here at BU.