Diane S. Shinberg, PhD

Associate Professor of Sociology
Department of School Psychology, Special Education, and Sociology
(effective July 1, 2024)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

I teach a broad range of courses at IUP, including:

            Principles of Sociology (SOC 151)

            Medical Sociology (SOC 442/542, formerly SOC 342)*

            Sociology of Gender (SOC 363)

            Disability and Society (SOC 452/552)

            Sociology of Work (SOC 348)

            Social Welfare Policy (SOC 448)*

            Health Disparities (SOC 450)

Research Design and Analysis in Public Health (PUBH 306)*

            Proseminar (SOC 700/LDSR 800)

            Scholarly Writing in the Social Sciences (SOC 707/807)

            Sociology of Health Care (SOC 721/821)

            Analysis of Social Data (SOC 762/862)

            Survey Research Methods (SOC 767/867)

* Satisfies requirements in the Public Health major

 

Previously, I’ve taught graduate seminars on:

            Gender and Health

            Sociology of Aging and the Life Course

 

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Learn about my recent academic trip to China…

 

 

 

 

From 2017-2020 I served as the inaugural Director of IUP’s multidisciplinary Bachelor of Science Program in Public Health.

            What is Public Health? – a fact sheet from the American Public Health Association

 

I served as Membership Chair of the Section on Disability and Society of the American Sociological Association from August 2018 through August 2020. From August 2014-2017, I was Section’s Secretary/Treasurer.

 

For the 2016-2017 Academic Year, I served as Chair of IUP’s University-wide Sabbatical Leave Committee.

 

From 2012 through 2016 I served as coordinator for our Sociology MA Program, overseeing our admissions decisions, graduate assistantship awards, student advising, thesis & non-thesis options, internships and independent study.

 

 

Contact me…

Email:           shinberg@iup.edu

Phone:          +1-724-357-4769

(Please leave a voicemail message. Texting and missed calls log are not available.)

Fax:                +1-724-357-4842

Office:           McElhaney Hall, Room 112B

Department of School Psychology, Special Education, and Sociology

Mail:              441 North Walk

Indiana, PA 15705

USA

 

Last updated: July 2024