Sociology

Sociology Instructor

(408) 741-2543

tom.deden@westvalley.edu

Social Science (LASS) 1H

Courses Taught / Teaching

Soc003 / Social Psychology

Soc045 / Human Sexuality

Soc001 / introduction

Less often: Problems, Race, Family

Academic Service

8 Years Faculty Adviser

Human Rights Club / 

Gay Straight Alliance

Places Taught / Worked

West Valley and Mission, Since 1998

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Foothill

San Francisco State

CSU East Bay

CSU Long Beach

Rancho Santiago CC

Eastern Michigan University

Berlitz, Kyoto and Osaka, Japan

USC

Subjects Taught / Positions

Sociology and Social Psychology

Psychology

Counseling / Study Skills

Social Work

EOPS / Study Skills and Math

Adult Basic Education / HS Subjects

ESL

Testing Office Associate

Undergraduate Dormitory Resident Adviser

Education

USC Marshall School of Business, Business Administration (Marketing, Advertising, and Finance), BS

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Social Psychology / Sociology, MA/ABD

Courses Founded at WVC

Social Psychology: A Sociological Perspective, Traditional and Online

Other Formats Initiated at WVC

Introduction to Sociology Online

Social Problems Online

American Race Relations,

   Television and then Online

Marriage and Family Online

Sociology of Human Sexuality Online

Interests

Boarding with sons, sea and snow

Evolution and Genetics

Evolutionary Psychology

Biology of Sex

Anthropology of Sex

Economics of Sex

Politics of Sex

History of Sex

Biographies of Darwin and Contemporaries

Social Psychology of Everything

World Music / Arts of Asia

Business Experience

Corporate Advertising / Media

Corporate Banking and Trust

Mergers and Acquisitions