Leslie Kriebel
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
Office: Knapton 305
Office Hours: MW 11-12:30 and by appointment
Phone: 286-3654
Email: kriebel_leslie@wheatonma.edu
Degrees
Ph.D., M.A., B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Main Interests
Social Theory; Complex organizations; Political and Economic Sociology; China; and Eastern Europe
Research Interests
My research has focused on corruption, social control, and informal practices in state bureaucracies; organizational structure and change in the post-communist era; the historical process of individualization in society. I have most recently published a study tracking the increasing role of the internet in undergraduate social science research.
Teaching Interests
I teach courses on Work and Organizations; Genocide; Social Movements; Inequality; Self and Society; and Social Theory.
Other Interests
I have worked and conducted research on housing policy and organizational change and development in China and Hungary, and have traveled widely abroad and in the United States. My interests tend to draw from other disciplines such as History, Economics, and Philosophy and include: history of ethnic relations and migrations in Eastern Europe during the Roman Empire; social, climatic, and economic causes of empire failure; history and philosophy of science and social science.
Student Projects
In my teaching I like to structure assignments in such a way as to give undergraduates a variety of field and library research opportunities to apply abstract concepts to topics which have particular meaning to them. Assignments have included: conducting interviews; developing and administering surveys; coding data; researching work organizations via on-site visits; observing crowds and recording observations. I strongly urge students to take full advantage of study abroad and intern opportunities.
Publications
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
„Transition to Electronic Resources in Undergraduate Social Science Research"
College and Research Libraries (CRL), May 2008.