Lars Christiansen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Dept. Chair
612-330-1226
christil@augsburg.edu
Sociology is the social scientific study of society and of social interaction in groups. Our examination of human social organization provides the opportunity to improve the world we have created and in which we live. The sociological perspective provides an important way to critically understand how human beings come to think and act as they do in a variety of social contexts. MORE >>
Kat Jones, sociology senior
Q: What three books would you want to make sure are in the library?
A: Normal Accidents—for obvious reasons ...
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life—So I’d know how to handle
others.
Hooking Up—Keep the sociology going!
Lars Christiansen, Associate Professor
Q: If you could have dinner with a sociologist from the past, who would it be and why?
A: Tie between two: George H. Mead because he was a major influence on, and influenced by, John Dewey; and C.W. Mills because he was a bad-ass.
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