My office hours are now virtual, on Thursday and Friday from 10:00-11:30 AM.

You can video call or audio call  in on Zoom or you can call/text by phone. Please see your class page (where you find your […]

As per the announcement from BMCC, there will be no classes this week (3/12-3/18). Please turn your midterm in on Blackboard. 

I will be in touch with you soon with a revised syllabus and plans for the rest of […]

Dear all,

I know there is a lot of information circulating right now about CUNY moving to online classes and the Instructional Recess that’s supposed to start tomorrow– it’ s confusing!

I am still waiting t […]

Your midterm assignment is due! This is a required assignment, and you can find the instructions under “Assignments” on the website or here.
Reading!

If you are in my Thursday class, please re-read the […]

hi- I am passing this on since our class is part of the ZTC program here at BMCC.

****

Are you a BMCC student who is taking or has taken a course that DID NOT require you to purchase a textbook, online […]

March is Women’s Herstory Month at BMCC. There are many different events planned for the month– if you attend any of these events and write a 1 page reflection about your experience and connections to […]

dear all,

Next week, we will start our section on Gender. Please read (using the reading questions as a guide):

an excerpt from Janet Mock’s memoir, Redefining Realness
the Combahee River […]

The next Democratic presidential candidate debates is scheduled for Tuesday, February 25 at 8pm and will air on CBS, BET, and Twitter.  If you watch/listen to the debate (or read about it) and write a 1-page […]

dear all,

For next week:

Essay #1 is due at the start time of your class. The instructions are available under “Assignments” or you can also find them here.
We will discuss the chapter by Anzaldua, so […]

Next week, we are going to talk about the topic of CULTURE. To do this, we will discuss two readings (and watch a film in class).

One reading is by Miner, an anthropologist writing in the 1950s about a group of […]

Welcome to Introduction to Sociology with Dr. Soniya Munshi.  I look forward to a wonderful semester!