Jan Buhrmann
	Associate Professor of Sociology Email Dr. Buhrmann Teaching Responsibilities (beyond those rotated by all departmental members): Introduction to Social Science Methodology (286) Data Collection & Analysis (384) Family Relationships Across the Life Course (224) Childhood and Adolescence (338) Parenting (327) Aging and the Life Course (337) Environment and Society (SOC/ENVS 317) Research Experience: ECHO Initiative – U.S. Office of Head Start. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, CO National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO Education: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder Graduate Certificate in Environmental Policy, University of Colorado, Boulder Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from University of Texas, San Antonio Research Interests: Ethnographic Research Environmental Justice Health Disparities / Medical Sociology Gender Equality / Race and Ethnicity Publications: Updating Hearing Screening Practices in Early Childhood Settings. Coauthored with William Eiserman, Lenore Shisler, Terry Foust, Randi Winston, and Karl White. Infants & Young Children. Vol. 21, No. 3:186-193, July/September 2008. Overcoming Student Disengagement and Anxiety in Theory, Methods, and Statistics Courses by Building a Community of Learners. Coauthored with Ginger Macheski, Kathleen Lowney and Melanie Bush. Teaching Sociology. Vol 36, No 1:42-48, January 2008.