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Dr. Adrienne Trier-Bieniek

Education:
PhD 2011- Western Michigan University, Sociology;
MS 2007- Virginia Tech, Sociology and Women's Studies;
BA 2002- Grand Valley State University, Liberal Studies with a Women and Gender Studies Minor;

I am a sociologist and pop culture academic. In my classes we talk about everything from music's impact on society (I love Beyonce and Hamilton!) to movements like The Women's March, to the rise in mass shootings.

Sociology is the study of society, we focus on why people do what they do. We discuss topics like race, gender, social class, sexuality, crime and deviance, family life, dating, marriage, divorce, sex, religion, and education, just to name a few.