Teaching

Michael W. Raphael, MPhil, MSCJ is an educator committed to teaching students how sociological analysis connects critical thinking to solving real-world problems. 

Courses Taught at the City University of New York

    • Introduction to Sociology 
    • Introduction to Anthropology
    • Introduction to Criminal Justice
    • Criminology
    • Policing
    • Corrections
    • Constitutional Law
    • Criminal Justice and the Urban Community
    • Advanced Methods of Social Research
    • The Sociology of Law

What Students Say

“At first, I hated the way you taught us to think and learn outside the box. Then, I learned to appreciate your creative thinking and your method of teaching. Thank you for encouraging me and challenging me.”

– CRJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice, Fall 2017

“My favorite part was composing the final paper. This paper really showed how much I’ve learned and how I’ve applied what I have learned. Comparing to the ethnographic briefs, I had developed significantly as a writer and also as a reader. I read more critically and found the hidden meanings within the articles and texts.  Recognizing the narrative style of the discourse, allowed me to realize that sociologists do not approach complex sociological issues sequentially, because issues cannot be treated as single variables. Sociological issues are variables that relate to extraneous ones. Therefore, in order to explain one issue, the sociologist must do this in a spiral manner, addressing the extraneous variables as they come along.”

– SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology, Fall 2018

“Thank you for this semester learning about sociology. Humanities courses always interested and came easily to me, and I’m glad for having had the opportunity to break up my engineering courses with your challenging assignments, and interesting class discussions and associations to daily life. Even though I didn’t always have something to say, what I got out of your class is significantly more than I expected to. (Because of your instruction rather than the material!)”

– SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology, Fall 2018

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