- Professor, Social Science and International Studies
Courses:
- SB 130 Introduction to Sociology
- SB 231 Social Problems
- SB 380 Slavery in the Modern World
- SB 311 Contemporary Ethnic Families
- SB 333 Human Rights and Genocide
- SB 436 Class, Status and Power
- SB ST: Genocide: The Holocaust
- SB 329 Women in Cultural Context
Division(s):
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Contact:
Contact Information Available
Office Location:
Eddy Hall 207
Telephone:
315.655.7258
Email:
sdettmer@cazenovia.edu
Professor Dettmer has taught at Cazenovia College since 1995, and served as Chair of the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences from 2006 - 2012. She has spent considerable time overseas, including living and conducting research in Peru, Bolivia, Nepal, and India. She teaches courses related to international human rights, social stratification, and multiculturalism in the United States. She is faculty advisor to the Human Rights Club. In addition to her doctorate in Social Science, she has graduate certificates in International Development and United Nations Studies.
Education:
- Ph.D. Social Science, Syracuse University
- M.A. Social Science, Syracuse University
- B.A. Anthropology
Awards/Honors:
- Distinguished Faculty Member, 2009
- Faculty Mini-grants, 2011 & 2012
- Marge Pinet Research Fund, 2006
- Student Leadership Award, 2005
- Summer Research Grant, 2003
- Senior Class Advisor, 2001-2002
- Twentieth Century Fund Awardee, 2001
- Marge Pinet Fund for Conference Presentations, 2000
- International Shell Fellowship, 1985
- Lambda Alpha Society
- Phi Society
Publications:
- “Faculty Assessment and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Knowledge Available and Knowledge Needed” in Teaching Sociology
- “The benefits and Concerns of Introducing Refugees to Teach Social Science Students about Allocation and Ascription”
- "Learning About Child Soldiers: First Year Students’ Perspective”
- "Using Prejudice Reduction Models in Sociology Classes and Between the Academy and the Community”
- “Health Centers, Mothers’ Clubs, and the Empowerment of Women in Central Peru”
Experience:
- Conducted interviews with child labor workers and former slaves in India and Peru and with various personnel from agencies that help street children.
- Directed various social service programs in Syracuse, NY, including working with at risk families, educationally neglected children, and recent immigrants from Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
- Invited participant in a workshop on the Scholarship of teaching and learning. Represented Cazenovia College (with 3 other faculty) at the Asheville Institute on General Education.
Memberships:
- American Sociological Association
- Eastern Sociological Association
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- American Anthropological Association