By Gwen Frost
Name: Jen Lois
Position: Professor of Sociology
Education background:
PhD, University of Colorado-Boulder
BA, Dartmouth College
Hometown: suburbs of New York city
Classes you are teaching this quarter:
Three classes of Sociology of Deviant Behavior, and Field Research Methods
QUESTIONS:
- What did you want to be when you grew up (as a kid)?
I think I wanted to be a doctor at some point. So I kind of am!
- What would you sing at a karaoke night?
Some kind of showtune. Something from Book of Mormon, maybe.
- What are you reading right now/most recently? What’s it about?
I mostly read romance novels. I also study romance writers.
- What advice would you have given your college-undergrad self?
Lots of advice. Do the reading, learn how to take notes on the reading (I would give myself that advice), meet people wider than just your close friends, and meet professors.
- What is your favorite restaurant-prepared breakfast dish?
Eggs Benedict or something like that.
- What job would you be terrible at?
Judge, politician, things where you have to make decisions about other people, and disappoint half the people and make the right choice.