Dr. Polly A. Fassinger

Professor

Department of Sociology/Social Work

Phone: 218-299-3549
Fax: 218-299-4552
E-mail: fassinge@cord.edu

Education

• Ph.D., M.A. Michigan State University (East Lansing, Mich)
(emphases: gender, family, work and organizations)
• B.A. Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea,Ohio)
(majors: sociology and psychology)

Classes

• Marriage and Families
• Gender, Self, and Society
• Human Sexuality

Research Interests

Kid's Count (study of children's well-being), classroom interaction, pedagogy, single parents, gender studies.  

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

“How classes influence students’ participation in college classrooms.”  Polly A. Fassinger.  Journal of Classroom Interaction.  35 (2): 38-47.  2000.

  "Classes are groups: thinking sociologically about teaching.”  Polly A. Fassinger.  College Teaching.  45 (1): 22-25.  1997.

  "Professors' and students’ perceptions of  why students participate in class."  Polly A. Fassinger.  Teaching Sociology. 24 (1): 25-33. 1996.

  "Understanding classroom interaction: students' and professors' contributions to students' silence."  Polly A. Fassinger.  Journal of Higher Education. 66(1): 82-96.  1995.

  "Meanings of housework for single fathers and mothers: insights into gender inequality."  Polly A. Fassinger .  Pp. 195-216 in J.Hood (Ed.) Men, Work and Family. Newbury Park, Ca.: Sage. 1993.     (This paper was the recipient of the “Outstanding Contribution to Feminist Scholarship Award,” National Council on Family Relations in 1991

 "Pedagogical benefits of a faculty writing circle."  Polly A. Fassinger, N. Gilliland, & L. Johnson.  College Teaching. 40 (Spring): 53-56. 1992.

 "Becoming the breadwinner: single parents' reactions to changes in their paid work lives."  Polly A. Fassinger.  Family Relations.  38 (October): 404-411, 1989.

 "The impact of gender and past marital experience on heading a household alone."  Polly A. Fassinger.  Pp. 165-180 in B. Risman and P. Schwartz (Eds.) Gender in Intimate Relationships: A Microstructural Approach. Belmont, Ca.: Wadsworth. 1989.   (This paper was the recipient of the “Dissertation Paper Award," American Sociological Association, Section on Sex and Gender in 1987.)

 "How women support family farms."  Polly A. Fassinger & R. Rathge.  Pp. 237-246 in B. Benson, E. Hampsten, and K. Sweney (Eds.) Day In, Day Out: Women's Lives in North Dakota.  Grand Forks: University of North Dakota. 1989.

 "The work of farm women: a midwestern study."  Polly A. Fassinger & H.K. Schwarzweller.  Pp. 37-60 in H.K. Schwarzweller (Ed.) Research in Rural Sociology and Development.  Greenwich, CT.: JAI Press, 1984.

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