Ezra Temko, PhD
Associate Professor
Affiliations:
Faculty member, SIUE Women's Studies Program
Affiliated Professor, University of Haifa
Education:
BA, Politics, Oberlin College, 2006
MPA, State & Local Management, University of Delaware, 2009
MA, Secondary Teaching, Wilmington University, 2010
Cognate in College Teaching, University of New Hampshire, 2019
PhD, Sociology, University of New Hampshire, 2019
Specialization area: Social stratification, Politics, and Culture
Teaching and Research Areas:
Cultural Politics, Applied and Public Sociology, Structural inequality and social policy, Civic studies and community engagement, Intersectionality, Education, Theory and Statistics
Email: etemko@siue.edu
Phone: 618-650-3788
Office: Peck Hall 1214
Pronouns: they/them/their or he/him/his
Curriculum Vitae (12/24)
Fall 2024 Office Hours
M 12:15-1:15pm and 3:00-4:00pm
Fall 2024 Classes
SOC 303 - Statistics with Computer Applications
SOC 380 - The Art of Drag
Research
I am committed to working towards a world filled with loving-kindness. Implicit in this vision are communities that respect and uplift, that work to prevent and end suffering, and in which community members all have foundational opportunities to live decent, fulfilling, and impactful lives. As an applied political sociologist, much of my research focuses on how to create social change and on what changes could benefit our society and communities. I especially focus on public institutions, such as government and schools, civic society, social movements, and cultural politics. I am passionate about politics as an avenue for creating positive social change.
Publications:
- Onal, Sinan and Ezra Temko. 2024. “Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Understanding of Engineering Disciplines: An Empirical Study.” International Journal of Engineering Education 40(5): 1129-1149
- Jane, Amanda, Ezra Temko, and Jasmine Cates. 2024. “Modes of Effectualizing Stigmatization: Slurs, Nazi Salutes, and Rock Throwing at Lakeshore High School.” Sociological Quarterly 66(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2024.2395299
- Temko, Ezra. 2024. "Negotiating Ideologies: The Campaign for Gender Balanced Boards and Commissions in Iowa." Sociological Focus 57(3):369-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2024.2359480
- Onal, Sinan and Ezra Temko. 2024. “Examining the Role of Race, Gender, and Major in Engineering Major Selection Through Ecological Systems Theory Perspective.” International Journal of Engineering Education 40(3):1-24.
- Temko, Ezra. 2024. “Evaporating Metacognitive Talk: School Inclusion, Power, and the Interplay of Structure and Agency.” Education Sciences 14(3):320. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14030320
- Temko, Ezra, Emily Love, Destiny Baxter, Adam Loesch, and Heidi Masching. “‘You can’t go to the dance because you don’t have a male role model in your life’: Heteronormativity, Stigmatization, and Daddy-Daughter Dances.” Sociological Focus 57(2):120-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2024.2319790
- Temko, Ezra. 2019. "Navigating the Path to Presence: Ideology, Politics, and the Campaign for Gender Balanced Boards and Commissions in Iowa." Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of New Hampshire. https://spark.siue.edu/siue_fac/102/
- Temko, Ezra. 2023. The Stories Behind Social Statistics: Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Communication. LibreTexts. http://stats.ezratemko.com/
- Temko, Ezra. 2023. “‘Piecemeal’ Advocacy, Radical Accomplishments: Adding Normatizing to the Advocacy Toolbox.” Journal of Policy Practice and Research 4:76-98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42972-022-00072-3
- Temko, Ezra, *Emily Love, *Destiny Baxter, *Heidi Masching, and *Adam Loesch. 2022. “Communities Moving Past the Daddy Daughter Dance: Adapting Gender-Exclusive Events for the 21st Century.” Young Elected Officials Network. https://www.yeonetwork.org/_files/ugd/d75f3e_e5d7c4bb319845bda6796c761a90daf8.pdf
- Temko, Ezra. 2019. "Missing Structure: A Critical Content Analysis of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program." Children & Society 33(1):1-12. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/chso.12280
- Temko, Ezra. 2010. "Democratic governance and civic health in Newark, Delaware: A case study." National Civic Review 99(4):52-59. https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/news/PublishingImages/Pages/Alumnus-Published-in-National-Civic-Journal/Temko_article.pdf
- Temko, Ezra. 2009. "Democratic Institutions Create Civic Health: How local jurisdictions can enhance their problem-solving capacities through inclusive governance, including a case study of Newark, Delaware." M.P.A. analytic paper, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware. Access PDF via academia.edu here.
Teaching:
I teach to building human capital through transformative learning. I teach to empower each student to reach their potential. I teach through producing an actively engaged classroom community that is supportive, that encourages authenticity, risk-taking, and metacognition, and that leans into rigorous evidence-based learning. I teach with intentionality to co-create the classroom as a space that facilitates experiential, relevant, transferable, and transformative learning.
Courses:
- I regularly teach: SOC 111 Introduction to Sociology, SOC 302 Social Research Methods, SOC 303 Statistics with Computer Applications, SOC 325 Creating Social Change, SOC/WMST 380 The Art of Drag, SOC 433 Internship in Sociology, and SOC 518 Advanced Data Analysis
- Other SIUE courses I have taught include: HONS 300 Dual Narratives of Israeli & Palestinian History, SOC 325 Sociology of Community Action, SOC 390 Sociology of Grassroots Fundraising, SOC 590 Power, Cognition, & Political Participation, SOC 590 Sociology of Stigma
Service:
- Department-level: co-Applied Programs Director, Curriculum Committee Member
- College and University-level: Coalition for Nonreligious, Ethnoreligious Minority, Religious Minority, and Allied Staff, Faculty, & Alums (NER Coalition) President, Council for Belonging & Inclusion member, IMPACT Fellow & Trainer, Save Zone Committee member
