Teaching
Carmel Price's pedagogical training began in 1998 when she was an undergraduate student in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was drawn to teaching and so she pursued a degree and subsequent teaching license in elementary education. Although Carmel is not in an elementary school educator, teaching has always remained a passion. And she benefits daily from the exceptional pedagogical training that she received at the University of North Carolina.
Carmel's teaching philosophy has evolved during her time on faculty at UM-Dearborn as a direct result of her research on college students who are food insecure. In 2015, she co-founded the College and University Pantries (CUP) research team, which aims to explore how food pantries on college campuses address student food insecurity and how interventions impact student success and well-being. CUP's research is grounded in literature that breaks down the myth of college, which is often thought of as the great equalizer where low-income and working-class students can improve their outcomes. However, the truth is that college exacerbates inequality. For example, economically privileged students can participate in research opportunities that are either not funded or for credit (i.e., they pay to participate) yet less economically privileged students cannot forgo their paying jobs in the community or other obligations (e.g., caregiving) for unpaid research or internship opportunities. This leads to differential outcomes upon graduation. There are opportunities, however, for faculty and staff to help these students close this outcome gap. Carmel has adjusted her teaching and mentoring accordingly.
Pedagogical Publications
Hagood, Amanda and Carmel E. Price. 2016. “Classroom Ecotones: Connecting Place-Based Pedagogy and Blended Learning.” Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment 23(3):603-625. https://doi.org/10.1093/isle/isw043
Hagood, Amanda and Carmel E. Price. 2015. “Sister Classrooms: Blogging Across Disciplines and Campuses.” Pp. 17-31 in Web Writing: Why and How for Liberal Arts Teaching and Learning, edited by Jack Dougherty and Tennyson O’Donnell. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Teaching Awards & Honors
*Faculty Affiliate of the HUB for Teaching and Learning Resources, University of Michigan - Dearborn, 2021
*Chancellor’s Honors Extraordinary Graduate Student Teaching (Campus-Wide) Award, University of Tennessee, 2010
*Department of Sociology Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 2010
Undergraduate Courses Taught
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Understanding Society (Intro Sociology)
Contemporary Social Problems
Poverty and Inequality
Population Problems
Gender Roles
Quantitative Research Methods
Furman University
Introduction to Sociology
Sociology of Gender
Population and Environment
Social Movements and Collective Behavior
Sustainability Science: Social Systems
Eating as a Sustainable Act (First Year Writing Seminar)
Simpsonology: The Sociology of The Simpsons
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Introductory Sociology
Social Justice and Social Change
Gender in Society
The Sociology of Food and Water (Honors Course)
Less is More: A Critical Examination of American Consumption (Honors Course; First Year Seminar)
