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  • Telephone Number: (804) 523-5497 (with 24-hour voice mail) 
  • Email: gdandrea@reynolds.edu 
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 Faculty Page for Gayle D'Andrea

Associate Professor, Sociology

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Hello!  My name is Gayle D'Andrea and I am an Associate Professor of sociology.  I have been teaching full-time at JSRCC since August 1994. 

Courses Regularly Taught:

SOC.200--Principles of Sociology

SOC.210--Survey of Anthropology

SOC.215--Sociology of the Family

SOC.268--Social Problems

Educational Credentials:                            Teaching Experience:

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Virginia                                     J.Sargeant Reynolds Community College

         Anticipated completion, Fall 2008                                       (Full-time faculty, 1994-present)

                                                                                                               

M.S., Texas A&M University--Commerce, TX                             University of Mary Washington                                                     

         Major: Sociology, Minor: English                                      Germanna Community College

                                                                                                Lord Fairfax Community College

B.S., Texas A&M University--Commerce, TX                                  (Adjunct faculty, 1991-1994)

        Major: Sociology, Second Major:  English 

                                                                                                Angelina College, Lufkin Texas

                                                                                                     (Full-time faculty, 1988-1991)

 

                                                                                                Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

                                                                                                     (Graduate Asst. Instructor 1986-1988)

College Service and Professional Development Activities:  

While at J. Sargeant Reynolds, I have served on several committees and served as Program Head for the Social Sciences from August, 1996 through January 2000.  I am a past member of the college's Curriculum Committee, Transfer Programs Advisory Committee, and was a former chair of the Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee. I have been a regular volunteer to the campus Writing Center and headed a project focusing on Writing, Speaking, and Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum. I received a VCCS grant in 2007/08 to develop a linked SOC.210 Anthropology and ENG.112 Composition course as part of the Learning Communities Initiative.  The learning community featuring the two linked courses was offered during the spring 2008 semester.  A VCCS grant was awarded in 1995 to develop computer courseware for the Introductory Sociology classes.  I remain very interested in and committed to incorporating active learning and new technology into the classroom. 

I have attended and presented papers at several national and regional association meetings over the past several years, most recently the Southern Sociological Society meeting in April 2008, and the American Sociological Association Meeting in August 2008.  I am an alumni member of the ASA Honors Program, and have presented workshops on Teaching Sociology at national meetings.  In 1998, I was chosen to participate in the VCCS Instructional Leader'seminar.  In 2004, I was selected into the JSRCC Faculty Development Academy and in 2005 I won JSRCC's Learning Environment Award. 

While teaching at Angelina College in Texas, I was recognized by faculty and students for teaching excellence and was chosen to attend the "Texas Teacher Roundup." The "Roundup" was a week-long, national seminar recognizing teaching effectiveness and providing opportunity for professional development with educators from around the country. It was a memorable week at a dude ranch outside of San Antonio!  After returning to Virginia in 1991, I taught part-time at area institutions (University of Mary Washington College, Germanna Community College, and Lord Fairfax Community College) before beginning here at JSRCC.

I received my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Sociology and English from Texas A&M University in Commerce, TX.  I am currently finishing work on my Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Virginia.  I have completed all coursework and comprehensive exams and successfully defended by dissertation proposal in the fall of 2007.  I am in the process of finishing writing my final dissertation and hope to defend it and earn my doctorate by the end of the fall 2008 semester.

And on a personal note...

I am married to a wonderful man, Steve, and we are raising our "furry kids"...a large and lovable 2-year-old  Pyrenees/ Shepherd mix, named Brady, and a elderly, 17-yeard-old, cat named Riley.  The little girl with me in the picture at the top is my niece, Gabriella (one of two nieces and four nephews).

My Vitae

 

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