Microsociology – Soc XXXX Contact Information (Date) Justin Van Ness (Location) 4060 Jenkins Nanovic Hall (Time) [email protected] (Office Hours)

introduction is concerned with human consciousness, agency, and social interaction. In this course, we will explore the intellectual history of the field of microsociology. Then we will dive deeply into social interaction, reviewing research on non-verbal communication, gestures, facial expressions, emotional displays, and the complexity of co-present interaction. We will then cover the study of emotions, cognition, conversation, motivation, the self. A wide range of audio and visual materials will be analyzed in class, including radio call-in shows, televised political debates, face-to-face violence, riots, and religious rituals. objectives When you have finished this course, you will be able to:  Identify and evaluate the central theories, concepts, and debates that define the field of microsociology.  Apply critical thinking skills and a sociological imagination in oral and written capacities when assessing the nature and of micro processes in social life.  Engage extant theory and empirical evidence to construct convincing arguments related to microsociological processes and mechanisms. required text and tools  All readings will be available online through Sakai  A cellphone that you can use to access PollEverywhere (via text or a web browser). If this is a problem, let me know today! web tools This course is supplemented with materials on http://sakai.nd.edu (also accessible through insideND). You will need to visit the website to access various course materials – powerpoint slides, online readings, examples, and assignments – and to keep up with your grades. We will also utilize podcasts throughout classes. Here are a couple of the podcasts. Invisibilia, On the Media, This American Life, Intercepted contact me Before emailing me with a question, please check the syllabus and/or Sakai to see if it has been answered somewhere else. When you do email, please be patient and please write SOC XXXXX in the subject of your e-mail. For example, your e-mail title might say ‘SOC XXXXX Exam Question’. I might respond immediately, I might not. Give me a day (or a weekend) to get back to you. You don’t need to schedule an appointment to come by during office hours, but if you want to meet outside of my regular office hours, contacting me to set up an appointment is the best way to ensure I am available. expectations and policies attendance Since sociologists like statistical facts so much, I’ll drop one here – the single largest predictor of a final grade in any course is attendance (Credé, Roch and Kiezczynka 2010), with doing the reading following a close second. That said, I will not take attendance or reduce your grade simply because you do not show up for class. However, I will not be held responsible for anything that you miss. I will not provide lecture notes or review what you missed during office hours, and even if you miss class, it’s not an excuse to skip the assigned readings. I strongly encourage you to find a few “soc buddies” in the class with whom you can contact when you need to miss a class. In addition, remember that the days that you miss you will not be here for in-class assignments and activities which – depending on your performance when here or if you’re chronically absent – could adversely affect your grade. participation Just being present is not enough. While you will not be evaluated directly on participation, it will surely factor in to your success in this course. Students do better if people participate. The student who is participating gets the answers they need and the others in the class gain a better understanding of something they might need help with as well.

There are a number of ways that you can participate: If you need me to slow down or to provide another example, raise your hand and tell me. If you have a question, ask. If you need something clarified, let me know. If you have an example that better illustrates what we’re talking about, share it. academic integrity Academic misconduct of any kind will not be tolerated in my course. If I have reason to believe that you have violated the honor code, I will follow through with the guidelines in the academic code of honor handbook: http://honorcode.nd.edu. You should all be familiar with the honor code and most punishable forms of cheating. If you have any questions or are in doubt, please ask me. class conduct As a sign of respect to me and to your fellow classmates, please get to class on time. Do your best to avoid walking in late, stepping out, or leaving early. Put away laptops when class begins – as they are not allowed during class time unless you have an accommodation from the university – and only use cell phones for approved uses. Please don’t read The Observer, talk to your friends, text, sleep, listen to music, or pass notes during class. Not only are those things disrespectful and disruptive to me and your classmates, but they also limit your ability to participate in class and understand the material – it’s basically a bad time for everyone. If you think you’re being sneaky, you’re not – I was a student once too. assignments & evaluations

Realizing that students have various strengths and weaknesses, I incorporate a number of different evaluation styles in my grading system:

 In-Class Quizzes, Activities, and Responses (XX%): These exercises are varied and can be anything from quizzes on the readings to activities to class reactions to applications of what we are discussing. We will have these nearly every non-exam day, meaning there should be more than 20 opportunities (mostly in-class and a few out of class) for these. I will only count your 20 best scores.

 Reflections (XX%): A crucial skill you must learn in college is how to write clearly, persuasively, and succinctly (and in this class, thoughtfully). The best way to acquire this skill is through practice. To this end, during the semester you are required to write three 3 page papers that reflect on how class materials, lectures, and/or readings. There will be four opportunities. You will choose the opportunities that work best for you (whether based off due-date, topic, or procrastination comfort level). Due dates – when reflections must be turned in at the beginning of class – are marked with an asterisk (*) in the syllabus.

 Exams (XX%): There will be four exams for this course – three given during the semester and one during finals week. The exams will be essay format. The final is cumulative only in the sense that sociological concepts build on each other and that students can draw on all the readings (but won’t be required to).

**No late assignments will be accepted** Exams – including the final – will only be administered on the scheduled dates Be sure to check the syllabus and plan accordingly (Exceptions will only be made with a documented official university excuse.)

grading

Final grades will be determined based on the total number of points that you earn on exams and assignments. Please note that I do not round grades up.

In-Class Exercises (20, worth 5 points each) 100 A >93% C+ 77-79.9% Reflections (3, worth 25 points each) 75 A- 90-92.9% C 73-76.9% Exams (3, worth 60 points each) 180 B+ 87-89.9% C- 70-72.9% Final Exam (worth 75 points) 75 B 83-86.9% D 60-69.9% Total XX B- 80-82.9% F <60%

Sometimes students have questions about what particular grades mean. According to Notre Dame’s Faculty Handbook, letter grades reflect the following:

A Truly Exceptional – Work that meets or exceeds the highest expectations. A- Outstanding – Superior work in all areas. B+ Very Good – Superior work in most areas. B Good – Solid work across the board. B- More than Acceptable – More than acceptable, but falls short of solid work. C+ Acceptable: Meets All Basic Standards – Work meets all the basic requirements and standards. C Acceptable: Meets Most Basic Standards – Work meets most of the basic requirements and standards in several areas. C- Acceptable: Meets Some Basic Standards – While acceptable, work falls short of meeting basic standards in several areas. D Minimally Passing – Work just over the threshold of acceptability. F Failing – Unacceptable performance.

readings and due dates

Readings listed must be read before class. For instance, on the first day students should come prepared to discuss “On the Microfoundations of Macrosociology.” Due dates and exam dates have an asterisk next to the date.

XX.XX.XX introduction Collins, Randall. 1981. “On the Microfoundations of Macrosociology.” American Journal of 86(5):984-1014

Suggested Reading Knorr Cetina, Karin D. 1981. “The micro-sociological challenge of macrosociology: Towards a reconstruction of social theory and methodology.” Pp. 1-47 in Advances in Social Theory and Methodology: Toward an Integration of Micro- and Macrosociologies, edited by K. Knorr Centina and A.V. Cicourel. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

XX.XX.XX overview Collins, Randall. 1994. “The Microinteractionist Tradition” in Four Sociological Traditions. Pp. 242-290

XX.XX.XX pragmatism i Peirce, Charles S. 1934. ‘The Fixation of Belief’, in Charles Hartshorne and Paul Weiss (eds.), Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce. Volume V: Pragmatism and Pragmaticism. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Pp. 358-87

James, William. 1978 [1907]. Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Dewey, John. 1938. “The Pattern of Inquiry” in Logic: the Theory of Inquiry. New York: H. Holt

Suggested Reading Halton, Eugene. 2004. “Pragmatism” in Encyclopedia of Social Theory. Edited by George Ritzer. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Dewey, John. 1910. How We Think: Courier Dover Publications.

James, William. 1890 [2007]. The Principles of Psychology. New York: H. Holt.

James, William. 1902. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature: Longmans, Green and Co

Silver, Daniel. 2011. The Moodiness of Action. Sociological Theory. 23(3): 199-222

Collins, Randall. 1988. “The Sociology of Thinking: Mead and Peirce” in Theoretical Sociology. Chicago, IL: Harcourt Brace Javonich Publishers. Pp. 243-250

XX.XX.XX pragmatism ii Cooley, Charles Horton. 1902. "The Looking-Glass Self." Pp. 179-85 in Human Nature and the Social Order. New York: Scribner's.

Mead, G. H. 1934. Mind, Self, and Society from the Standpoint of Social Behaviorist. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Suggested Reading "The Social Self," pages 822-828 in Theories of Society: Foundations of Modern Sociological Theory. Edited by , Edward Shils, Kaspar D. Naegele, and Jesse R. Pitts.

Joas, Hans. 1993. Pragmatism and Social Theory. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Joas, Hans. 1985. G.H. Mead: A Contemporary Re-Examination of His Thought. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Joas, Hans. 1997. The Creativity of Action. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Joas, Hans and Wolfgang Knobl. 2009. "Neo-Pragmatism." Pp. 500-28 in Social Theory: Twenty Introductory Lectures. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.

XX.XX.XX symbolic interaction Blumer, Herbert. 1969. : Perspective and Method. Englewood Cliffs: NJ: Prentice-Hall. Pp. 1-60

Becker, Howard S. 1953. "Becoming a Marijuana User." American Journal of Sociology 59(3):235-42.

Suggested Reading Wiley, Norbert. 1994. The Semiotic Self. Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Turner, Ronny E. and Charles Edgley. 1976. “Death as Theater: A Dramaturgical Analysis of the American Funeral.” In Sociology and Social Research 60 (4): 377-792.

Fine, Gary Alan. 1993. “The Sad Demise, Mysterious Disappearance, and Glorious Triumph of Symbolic Interactionism.” Annual Review of Sociology 19:61-87.

Yeung, King-To and John Levi Martin. 2003. “The Looking Glass Self: An Empirical Test and Elaboration.” Social Forces 81:843-879.

XX.XX.XX role theory Turner, Ralph. 1978. "The Role and the Person." American Journal of Sociology 84: 1-23.

Suggested Reading Joas, Hands. 1993. “Role Theories and Research” in Pragmatism and Social Theory. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Pp. 214-237

Burke, Peter J. and Judy C. Tully. 1977. “The Measurement of Role Identity.” Social Forces 55:881-97.

XX.XX.XX consciousness i Berger, Peter and Thomas Luckmann. 1966. The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise on the Sociology of Knowledge. New York: Anchor Books.

Garfinkel, Harold. 1967. "Studies of the Routine Grounds of Everyday Activities" - Chapter 2 (pp. 35-75). In Studies in . Cambridge, MA: Polity Press.

XX.XX.XX consciousness ii Schutz, Alfred. 1972[1932]. The Phenomenology of the Social World. London: Heinemann. Pp TBA

Heidegger, Martin. 1960. Being and Time. New York: Harper. Pp TBA

Suggested Reading Husserl, Edmund. 1970 [1936]. The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology. Evanston: Northwestern University Press.

Sartre, Jean-Paul. 1971. Being and Nothingness. New York: Washington Square Press

XX.XX.XX exam 1 XX.XX.XX ethnomethodology Garfinkel, Harold. 1996. "Ethnomethodology's Program." Quarterly 59(1):5-21.

Suggested Reading Rawls, Anne Warfield. 2010. "Garfinkel, Ethnomethodology and the Defining Questions of Pragmatism." Qualitative Sociology 34(1):277-82

XX.XX.XX interaction order i Branaman, Ann. 1997. “Goffman’s Social Theory.” Pp. xlv-lxxxii in C. Lemert and A. Branaman (eds.), The Goffman Reader. Blackwell.

Goffman, E. 1967. Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books. Pp. TBA

XX.XX.XX interaction order ii Goffman, E. 1959. Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor. Pp. TBA

Goffman, Erving. 1963. Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. Pp. TBA

Suggested Reading Rawls, Anne Warfield. 1987. "The Interaction Order Sui Generis: Goffman's Contribution to Social Theory." Sociological Theory 5(2):136-49.

Weigert, Andy. 2003. Terrorism, Identity, and Public Order: A Perspective From Goffman. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research 3:2 93-113

XX.XX.XX interaction i Ekman, Paul and Wallace V. Friesen. 1975. Unmasking the Face. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall

Kendon, Adam. 2004. Gestures: Visible Action as utterance.

XX.XX.XX interaction ii Douglas, Mary. 1966 [2002]. Purity and Danger. London: Routledge. Pp. TBA

Hatfield, Elaine, R. Rapson and Y. L. L. Le. 2009. "Emotional Contagion and Empathy." Pp. 19-30, edited by J. Decety and W. Ickes. Boston, MA: MIT Press.

XX.XX.XX interaction iii Collins, Randall. 2004. Interaction Ritual Chains. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

Suggested Reading Collins, Randall. 2004a. "Rituals of Solidarity and Security in the Wake of Terrorist Attack." Sociological Theory 22(1):53-87.

Collins, Randall. 2010. "The Micro-Sociology of Religion." Association of Religion Data Archives, Guiding Paper.

Collins, Randall. 2009. Violence: A Micro-Sociological Theory. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Turner, Jonathan H. 1988. A Theory of Social Interaction. Stanford, CA: Stanford University press.

XX.XX.XX exam 2 XX.XX.XX -- semester break -- XX.XX.XX -- semester break -- XX.XX.XX conversation analysis Sacks, Harvey, Emanuel A. Schegloff and Gail Jefferson. 1974. "A Simplest Systematics for the Organization of Turn-Taking for Conversation." Linguistic Society of America 50(4):696-735.

Gibson, David R. 2010. "Making the Turn: Obligation, Engagement, and Alienation in Group Discussions." Social Psychology Quarterly 73(2):132-51.

Suggested Reading Gibson, David. 2012. Talk at the Brink: Deliberation and Decision During the Cuban Missle Crisis: Princeton University Press.

McFarland, Daniel A., Dan Jurafsky and Craig Rawlings. 2013. "Making the Connection: Social Bonding in Courtship Situations." American Journal of Sociology 118(6):1596-649. doi: 10.1086/670240.

XX.XX.XX phenomenology Merleau-Ponty, M. 1945. “The Body as Expression and Speech” in Phenomenology of Perception. New York, NY: Humanities Press. Pp. 202- 232.

Pagis, Michal. 2009. "Embodied Self-Reflexivity." Social Psychology Quarterly 72(3):265-83.

XX.XX.XX motivation Robinson, Dawn T. and Lynn Smith-Lovin. 1992. “Selective Interaction as a Strategy for Identity Maintenance: An Affect Control Model.” Social Psychology Quarterly 55:12-28.

Van Ness, Justin and Erika Summers-Effler. N.d. “Four Theories of Motivation.”

XX.XX.XX self Summers-Effler, Erika. 2004. "A Theory of the Self, Emotion, and Culture." Pp. 273-308, Vol. 21: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Summers-Effler, Erika. 2002. "The Micro Potential for Social Change : Emotion , Consciousness , and Social Movement Formation *." Sociological Theory 20(1):41-60.

Suggested Reading Summers-Effler, Erika. 2004. "Defensive Strategies: The Formation and Social Implications of Patterned Self-Destructive Behavior." Pp. 309-25: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Summers-Effler, Erika and Hyunjin Deborah Kwak. 2015. "Weber's Missing Mystics: Inner-Worldly Mystical Practices and the Micro Potential for Social Change." Theory and Society 44:251-82.

XX.XX.XX cognitive sociology DiMaggio, Paul. 1997. "Culture and Cognition." Annual Review of Sociology 23(1):263-87. doi: 10.1146/annurev.soc.23.1.263.

Cerulo, Karen A. 2010. "Mining the Intersections of Cognitive Sociology and Nueroscience." Poetics 38:115-32.

Suggested Reading Hunzaker, M. B. F. 2016. "Cultural Sentiments and Schema-Consistency Bias in Information Transmission." American Sociological Review. doi: 10.1177/0003122416671742.

XX.XX.XX emotions Turner, Jonathan H. 2009. "The Sociology of Emotions: Basic Theoretical Arguments." Emotion Review 1(4):340-54. doi: 10.1177/1754073909338305.

Katz, Jack. 1999. How Emotions Work. Chicago: University of Chicago Press

XX.XX.XX emotions Scheff, T. J. 1990. Microsociology: Discourse, Emotion, and . Chicago: University of Chicago press

Kemper, Theodore D. 1991. "Predicting Emotions from Social Relations." Social Psychology Quarterly 54(4):330-42.

Suggested Reading Hochschild, Arlie. 1983. The Managed Heart. California: University of California Press.

-----. 1979. "Emotion Work, Feeling Rules and Social Structure." American Journal of Sociology 85, 3: 551-575

Abrutyn, Seth and Anna S. Mueller. 2014. "The Socioemotional Foundations of Suicide: A Microsociological View of Durkheim's Suicide." Sociological Theory 32(4):327-51.

Van Ness, Justin and Erika Summers-Effler. 2018. “Emotions in Social Movements” in Blackwell Companion to Social Movements.

XX.XX.XX cognitive social science Lizardo, Omar. 2014. "Beyond the Comtean Schema: The Sociology of Culture and Cognition Versus Cognitive Social Science." Sociological Forum 29(4):983-89.

Lizardo, Omar. 2016. "Improving Cultural Analysis: Considering Personal Culture in Its Declarative and Nondeclarative Modes." American Sociological Review 82(1):88-115. doi: 10.1177/0003122416675175.

Suggested Reading Summers-Effler, Erika and Justin Van Ness. “Cubes of Involvement” in Ritual, Emotion, Violence: Studies on the Micro-Sociology of Randall Collins.

Van Ness, Jusitn and Erika-Summers-Effler. “Reimagining Collective Behavior” in Handbook of Contemporary Sociological Theory.

XX.XX.XX exam #3 XX.XX.XX holiday break XX.XX.XX ethnography Pagis, Michal. 2009. "Embodied Self-Reflexivity." Social Psychology Quarterly 72(3):265-83.

Winchester, Daniel. 2016. "A Hunger for God: Embodied Metaphor as Cultural Cognition in Action." Social Forces 95(2):585-606.

Suggested Reading Summers-Effler, Erika, Justin Van Ness, Chris Hausmann. 2015. “Peeking inside the Black Box: Studying, Theorizing, and Representing the Micro- Foundations of Day-to-Day Interactions.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.

XX.XX.XX networks Ingram, Paul, and Michael Morris. 2007. "Do People Mix at Mixers? Structure, Homophily, and the Pattern of Encounters at a Business Networking Party." Administrative Science Quarterly 52:558-585.

Gibson, David R. 2005. "Taking Turns and Talking Ties: Network Structure and Conversational Sequences." American Journal of Sociology 110:1561- 97.

XX.XX.XX groups Gary Alan Fine and Brooke Harrington, “Tiny Publics: Small Groups and Civil Society.” Sociological Theory 22, 2004, 341-56

Steve Pfaff, “Collective Identity and Informal Groups in Revolutionary Mobilization: East Germany in 1989.” Social Forces 75, 1996, 91-118.

XX.XX.XX microsociology Collins, Randall. 2016. “What has Microsociology Accomplished?”

XX.XX.XX final exam