Internships

Each year Valpo Sociology and criminology students are encouraged to participate in any one of a broad number of internship opportunities. For information on past internships click here.

Sociology & Criminology Faculty at Valpo

Lissa J. Yogan, Ph.D. Professor - Sociology and Criminology

B.A. - from Valparaiso University in International Economics and Cultural Affairs
M.A. - From The Ohio State University (Higher Education and psychology)
Ph.D. - from University of Notre Dame (sociology)
Dissertaion topic - "High School Teachers' Knowledge and Use of African American Culture".

Research Interests:

• Gender and cognitive thinking,
• How communities are formed and maintained.
• effects of on-line teaching on learning.

courses taught:

• Introduction to Sociology
• Research Methods
• Social Stratification
• Gender
• Sports and Society
• Social Psychology

Publications:

Yogan, L.J. (2002)"Using Qualitative Methods to Develop Faculty as Stakeholders in Assessment: A Case Study" located at http://www.brevard.edu/fyc/listserv/)

Yogan, L.J. (2001) "School Tracking and Student Violence". In Readings in Social Research Methods. edited by DianeKholos Wysocki. Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. Belmont, CA.

Yogan, L.J. and Henry, S. (2000) "Masculine Thinking and School Violence: Issues of Class,Gender and Race" in Violence in American Schools: A Practical Guide for Counselors edited by Daya Sandhu. Alexandria VA: American Counseling Association.

Yogan, L.J. "School Tracking and Student Violence". In Stuart Henry and William Hinkle (Ed), The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 567: January, 2000.

VanBebber, L.J. "Integrating diversity into traditional resident assistant courses". In Harold Cheatham (Ed), Collegiate Programming for Cultural Pluralism, Alexandria VA: ACPA Media pp. 89-116, 1991.