Jeanne H. Ballantine is Emerita Professor of Sociology at Wright
State University, a state university of about 17,000 students in
Ohio. She has also taught at several 4-year colleges, including an
“alternative” college and a traditionally Black college, and at
international programs in universities abroad. She has been
teaching introductory sociology for more than 30 years with a
mission to introduce the uninitiated to the field and to help
students see the usefulness and value in sociology. She has been
active in the teaching movement, shaping curriculum, writing and
presenting research on teaching, and offering workshops and
consulting in regional, national, and international forums. She is
a Fulbright Senior Scholar and serves as a Departmental Resources
Group consultant and evaluator.
Jeanne has written several textbooks, all with the goal of reaching
the student audience. As the original director of the Center for
Teaching and Learning at Wright State University, she scoured the
literature on student learning and served as a mentor to teachers
in a wide variety of disciplines. Local, regional, and national
organizations have honored her for her teaching and for her
contributions to helping others become effective teachers. In 1986,
the American Sociological Association’s Section on Undergraduate
Education (now called the Section on Teaching and Learning in
Sociology) recognized her with the Hans O. Mauksch Award for
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching of Sociology. In 2004, she
was honored by the American Sociological Association with its
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award. In 2010, the North
Central Sociological Association awarded her the J. Milton Yinger
Award for Distinguished Career in Sociology.
Keith A. Roberts (1947-2018) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at
Hanover College in Indiana. In 2000, he received the Hans O.
Mauksch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate
Sociology from the ASA Section on Teaching and Learning, and in
2010, his work in the scholarship of teaching and learning was
recognized with the American Sociological Association’s
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award.
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