Social Stratification in the American South

During the Summers of 2003, 2005 and 2007 the Department of Sociology at Wake Forest University sponsored a "traveling" course that toured the American South and focused on both the historical and modern conditions of stratification that have typified the region. The following links direct to a wealth of information about this course and the experiences of the students and instructors.

The 2003 Course

1: Homepage - this includes a broad overview of the course and details from the participants.

2: From Footnotes, the Newsletter of the American Sociological Association - an outsider's overview of the course.

3: From Sociologists Without Borders - an article by the instructors featured in the website of the social activist group, Sociologists Without Borders.

The 2005 Course

1: Homepage - this includes general information and a wealth of photos and journal entries from participants.

The 2007 Course

1:  Homepage - this includes general information, readings, photos, daily journal entries from participants, maps, and resources. 

2:  The Winston-Salem Journal article that reported on our course and includes pictures, interviews with students and interactive media