Michael D. Gillespie’s Sociology Webpage

 

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways;

the point, however, is to change it." - Karl Marx

 

Doctoral Associate

Western Michigan University

Department of Sociology

2420 Sangren Hall

Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5257

 

Email: michael.d.gillespie@wmich.edu

Phone: 734.717.0901

 

                                                                         

Michael D. Gillespie’s Curriculum Vitae (.PDF)

 

Electronic Portfolio

 

 

Courses:

Sociology 2820 – Methods of Data Collection (Qualitative and Quantitative)

Sociology 2830 – Methods of Data Analysis (Quantitative)

 

Areas of Interest

                       

Research:     Family History and Welfare

Poverty

Welfare States and Social Policy

Historical Sociology

Political Sociology

State Theory

Longitudinal and Multi-Level Models and Methods

Methodology

Statistics

Social Theory

 

Teaching:     Quantitative and Qualitative Social Research Methods,

Statistical Analysis of Social Research

Sociology of the Family

Sociology of Poverty

Classical Social Theory