Stephen Papson
Professor of Sociology

With new technologically advanced classrooms equipped with laptops for every student and a wireless intranet system, Professor Steve Papson uses resources available on the Internet and PowerPoint presentations as much as textbooks to teach his sociology students about popular culture.

Papson’s most recent writings have been published on the Internet. He is the co-author of a Web book, Landscapes of Capital, which is a collection of advertisements that “…study how corporate television commercials portray the world shaped and defined by global capitalism.” His students create their own Web sites in his upper-level classes as a way to publish their papers on the Web.

The opportunities available to St. Lawrence students to learn in non-traditional, hands-on ways and to pursue studies in areas of interest to them is the reason Papson has been at St. Lawrence for over 25 years. He says, “I came to St. Lawrence on a one-year position, and stayed. I was interested in teaching at a university dedicated to pedagogy. I wasn’t disappointed.