{"id":19,"date":"2021-12-17T18:55:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T23:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/society2\/front-matter\/acknowledgements\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T14:54:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T19:54:08","slug":"acknowledgements","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/society2\/front-matter\/acknowledgements\/","title":{"raw":"Acknowledgements","rendered":"Acknowledgements"},"content":{"raw":"The core content and organization of this book derives from the Openstax\u00a0 Introduction to Sociology 3e<\/em><\/a>, whose senior contributors are Tonja R. Conerly, Kathleen Holmes, and Asha Lal Tamang. I have also incorporated material from the BCCampus Introduction to Sociology - 2nd Canadian Edition<\/em><\/a>, created by William Little, which is an adaptation of an earlier Openstax Introduction to Sociology textbook.\r\n\r\nOpenStax College is a non-profit organization committed to improving student access to quality learning materials. Their free textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators to ensure they are readable, accurate, and meet the scope and sequence requirements of modern college courses. OpenStax College is an initiative of Rice University and is made possible through the generous support of several philanthropic foundations.\r\n\r\nWhile I cannot take full credit for this material, I do take full responsibility. I have changed a great deal in the process of adapting their work into a global edition, including rearranging where material appears, adjusting and adding the definitions that appear in the glossary, and including sociologists whose work I feel should be highlighted within the history of the discipline. All the work that has been included here (text and images) are open source, and as the changes have been too numerous to account for each adjustment, edit, and addition, this is very much a collaborative work.\r\n\r\nI would also like to thank my students at Capilano University for assisting with this project. Some of the artwork here was produced as part of class projects (thank you to Danil Turkov and Kel Young for permission to use their work). I would also like to thank Callum Carmichael for his inspired observation that cultural capital operates a lot like experience points in a game.\r\n\r\nSupport for this textbook was provided by Capilano University's Centre For Teaching Excellence in the form of an Open Education Grant, which provided me with the time to complete the first edition of this textbook.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nDr. Sean Ashley\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAuthors who have contributed to this text, whose work I gratefully build upon, include:\r\n\r\nWilliam Little, University of Victoria (Author of the Introduction to Sociology, 2nd Canadian edition)\r\n\r\nTonja R. Conerly, San Jacinto College (Senior contributing author of Introduction to Sociology, 3rd edition, OpenStax)\r\n\r\nKathleen Holmes, Northern Essex Community College (Senior contributing author of Introduction to Sociology, 3rd edition, OpenStax)\r\n\r\nAsha Lal Tamang, Minneapolis Community and Technical College & North Hennepin Community College (Senior contributing author of Introduction to Sociology, 3rd edition, OpenStax)\r\n\r\nJennifer Hensley, Vincennes University\r\n\r\nJennifer L. Trost, University of St. Thomas\r\n\r\nPamela Alcasey, Central Texas College\r\n\r\nKate McGonigal, Fort Hays State University\r\n\r\nHeather Griffiths, Fayetteville State University\r\n\r\nNathan Keirns, Zane State College\r\n\r\nEric Strayer, Hartnell College\r\n\r\nTommy Sadler, Union University\r\n\r\nSusan Cody-Rydzewski, Georgia Perimeter College\r\n\r\nGail Scaramuzzo, Lackawanna College\r\n\r\nSally Vyain, Ivy Tech Community College\r\n\r\nJeff Bry, Minnesota State Community and Technical College at Moorhead\r\n\r\nFaye Jones, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College\r\n\r\n ","rendered":"

The core content and organization of this book derives from the Openstax\u00a0 Introduction to Sociology 3e<\/em><\/a>, whose senior contributors are Tonja R. Conerly, Kathleen Holmes, and Asha Lal Tamang. I have also incorporated material from the BCCampus Introduction to Sociology – 2nd Canadian Edition<\/em><\/a>, created by William Little, which is an adaptation of an earlier Openstax Introduction to Sociology textbook.<\/p>\n

OpenStax College is a non-profit organization committed to improving student access to quality learning materials. Their free textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators to ensure they are readable, accurate, and meet the scope and sequence requirements of modern college courses. OpenStax College is an initiative of Rice University and is made possible through the generous support of several philanthropic foundations.<\/p>\n

While I cannot take full credit for this material, I do take full responsibility. I have changed a great deal in the process of adapting their work into a global edition, including rearranging where material appears, adjusting and adding the definitions that appear in the glossary, and including sociologists whose work I feel should be highlighted within the history of the discipline. All the work that has been included here (text and images) are open source, and as the changes have been too numerous to account for each adjustment, edit, and addition, this is very much a collaborative work.<\/p>\n

I would also like to thank my students at Capilano University for assisting with this project. Some of the artwork here was produced as part of class projects (thank you to Danil Turkov and Kel Young for permission to use their work). I would also like to thank Callum Carmichael for his inspired observation that cultural capital operates a lot like experience points in a game.<\/p>\n

Support for this textbook was provided by Capilano University’s Centre For Teaching Excellence in the form of an Open Education Grant, which provided me with the time to complete the first edition of this textbook.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dr. Sean Ashley<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Authors who have contributed to this text, whose work I gratefully build upon, include:<\/p>\n

William Little, University of Victoria (Author of the Introduction to Sociology, 2nd Canadian edition)<\/p>\n

Tonja R. Conerly, San Jacinto College (Senior contributing author of Introduction to Sociology, 3rd edition, OpenStax)<\/p>\n

Kathleen Holmes, Northern Essex Community College (Senior contributing author of Introduction to Sociology, 3rd edition, OpenStax)<\/p>\n

Asha Lal Tamang, Minneapolis Community and Technical College & North Hennepin Community College (Senior contributing author of Introduction to Sociology, 3rd edition, OpenStax)<\/p>\n

Jennifer Hensley, Vincennes University<\/p>\n

Jennifer L. Trost, University of St. Thomas<\/p>\n

Pamela Alcasey, Central Texas College<\/p>\n

Kate McGonigal, Fort Hays State University<\/p>\n

Heather Griffiths, Fayetteville State University<\/p>\n

Nathan Keirns, Zane State College<\/p>\n

Eric Strayer, Hartnell College<\/p>\n

Tommy Sadler, Union University<\/p>\n

Susan Cody-Rydzewski, Georgia Perimeter College<\/p>\n

Gail Scaramuzzo, Lackawanna College<\/p>\n

Sally Vyain, Ivy Tech Community College<\/p>\n

Jeff Bry, Minnesota State Community and Technical College at Moorhead<\/p>\n

Faye Jones, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College<\/p>\n

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