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Dr. Julie Ann Pelton

  • Department Chair, Associate Professor
  • Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor

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jpelton@unomaha.edu
office:
ASH  383 I
office phone:
402.554.4125
area of focus:
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Theory, Social Movements, Culture, Environmental Sociology

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Biography

Julie Pelton is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She completed her BS in Sociology at Illinois State University in 1999 and her PhD in Sociology (with a minor in Women's Studies) at The Pennsylvania State University in 2006.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Pelton currently teaches Sociological Theory and Senior Thesis, the capstone course for the sociology major, at the undergraduate level and a Seminar on Teaching at the graduate level. Her other teaching interests include sociology of food, social movements, culture, and environmental sociology.

Research Interests

Dr. Pelton's primary research interests are in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Other research interests include classical and contemporary social theory, sociology of culture, social change and social movements, and environmental sociology.

Service Summary

Dr. Pelton is Chair of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, past president of the Midwest Sociological Society, and past chair of the ASA Section on Teaching and Learning. She has chaired the Sociology & Anthropology Department's Assessment Committee and is Program Coordinator for the Online BA/BS Degree in Sociology. Additionally, Julie served as editor of TRAILS, the Teaching Resources and Innovations Library in Sociology (2015-2018).

Awards and Honors

2015-16 Outstanding Teacher Award , Teaching - 2015

AKD Friend of the Chapter Award, Service, University - 2016

Presidential Award, Service, Professional - 2016

Education

Ph D, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Sociology, Women's Studies, 2006

Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity

Selected Publications

Pelton, Julie. 2014. How our Majors believe they Learn: Student Learning Strategies in an Undergraduate Theory Course, Teaching Sociology.

Pelton, Julie. 2013. "Seeing the Theory Is Believing”: Writing about Film to Reduce Theory Anxiety , Teaching Sociology, 41, 1.

Pelton, Julie. 2014. Assessing Graduate Teacher Training Programs: Can a Teaching Seminar Reduce Anxiety and Increase Confidence?, Teaching Sociology, 42, 1, 40-49.

Externally Funded Research

Midwest Sociological Society Executive Director, Midwest Sociological Society, Associations/Foundations, 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2018

Prevalence of and Barriers to the Adoption of High-Impact Teaching Practices in General Education Science, Mathematics, and Social-Science Course, National Science Foundation, Federal, 10/01/2020 - 09/30/2024

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Administrative Assignments

Director, Sustainability Minor, 09/01/2017 - 01/19/2022

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