Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Benjamin S. AustinDr. Austin
Associate Professor
M.A., 1970
Middle Tennessee
State University

Email: 
Ben.Austin@mtsu.edu
Homepage

Areas of interest: 
Race and Ethnic
Relations, the Holocaust, Genocide,
Hate Groups and Hate Crimes, Gangs,
Slave Burial Practices in the Old South




Spring 2010 Class Schedule:

SOC 1010

Introductory Sociology

TR

11:20 to 12:45

SOC 4160

Sociology of Gangs

TR

8:00 to 9:25



Publications

Austin, Benjamin S. with R. Aday.  2000.  "Images of Aging in the Lyrics of American Country Music,"  Educational Gerontology,  26, 2, 135-154.

Austin, Benjamin S.  1997.  "Gypsies and the Holocaust," in Baron, A. (ed.), A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust, Tampa: Florida Center for Instructional Technology.

Austin, Benjamin S.  1997.  "Homosexuals and the Holocaust," in Baron, A. (ed.), A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust, Tampa: Florida Center for Instructional Technology.

Austin, Benjamin S.  1997.  "The Einsatzgruppen," in Baron, A. (ed.), A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust, Tampa: Florida Center for Instructional Technology.

Austin, Benjamin S.  1997.  "Kristallnacht," in Baron, A. (ed.), A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust, Tampa: Florida Center for Instructional Technology.

Austin, Benjamin S.  1997.  "A Chronology of the Holocaust: 1930-1945," in Baron, A. (ed.), A Teachers Guide to the Holocaust, Tampa: Florida Center for Instructional Technology.

Austin, Benjamin S.  1997.  "The Ghettoization of European Jews: Deportation and Resettlement in the East," in Baron, A. (ed.), A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust, Tampa: Florida Center for Instructional Technology.

Austin, Benjamin S.  1997.  "The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials: Defendants and Verdicts," in Baron, A. (ed.), A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust, Tampa: Florida Center for Instructional Technology.

Austin, Benjamin S.  1992.  "The Vanishing Art of Cooking Table Grade Sorghum Molasses," Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin,  55, 3, 101-108.