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Ben S. Austin

Associate Professor of Sociology

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132

Brief Biographical Sketch:

I have been on the faculty of the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Middle Tennessee State University since 1970. Courses I teach on a regular basis are: Race and Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Genocide and the Holocaust, Hate Groups and Hate Crimes in the United States, The Sociology of Southern Music, Sociology of Street Gangs, Introductory Sociology.

For the past 7 years I have served on the Holocaust Education Committee at Middle Tennessee State University.