Contact:
(860)570-9092
sandra.bender_fromson@uconn.edu
Email Contact Preferred
Office Locations:
Greater Hartford Campus
Undergrad. Building, Rm 215A
Mailing Address
University of Connecticut
85 Lawler Road
West Hartford, CT 06117
Office Hours:
One hour prior to class
and by appointment
Sandra Bender Fromson is a Special Lecturer, Urban and Community Studies at the University of Connecticut. Prior to receiving her Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of Connecticut, she worked in the non-profit as well as the financial services industries; and has held local public office. She is the author of “Mission versus Maintenance: Social Movement Organizations’ Multiple Forms” in Sociological Focus. Her dissertation, Pawns, Knights, or Kings: Understanding the Role of Regulators in Public Policy, focuses on regulatory influence on public policy in the financial services arena. Her current research interests focus on urban redevelopment, and structural differences between state and federal workfare policies and “work readiness.”
Specialization
Urban Sociology; social movements and organizations; and political sociology
Courses Offered in Academic Year 2007/2008 for UCS
Fall 2007
SOCI/URBN 280W – Urban Sociology > Course Syllabus
Spring 2008
SOCI 283 – City Life > Course Syllabus