Bruce Ravelli
Teaching Professor
Sociology
- Contact:
- Office: COR A304 bravelli@uvic.ca 250-853-3922
- Credentials:
- PhD (UVic)
- Area of expertise:
- Community-engaged learning, social inequality, instructional design
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Bruce Ravelli
Before joining the Sociology department at the University of Victoria in 2013, Bruce was a professor of sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Bruce is an who loves teaching.
Bruce teaches many of the department’s Introduction to Sociology courses (his passion) as well as a 4th-year seminar course delivered using a community-engaged learning (CEL) model. The course requires students to leave the comfort of the classroom and work with local non-profit agencies to complete a project the agency would not otherwise be able to do. Read how , enhances support and community, and influences connections with family.
Bruce is also co-authour (with Michelle Webber, Brock University) of one of the best-selling Introductory Sociology in Canada. Bruce has also published articles and book chapters on Canadian culture, cross-national value differences, students’ anonymous evaluation of teaching and student experiences in CEL. He has edited several readers and various online resources such as , and .
He is also a co-developer and co-sponsor (with Zvjezdan Patz) of , an award-winning free online tool that lets teachers assess their teaching/courses any time they want to. Since 1999, the software has enrolled over 15,000 users, been translated into 6 languages, and has processed over 500,000 surveys.
Publications
Ravelli, B., Webber, Michelle. 2021. Exploring Sociology: A Canadian Perspective (5th Ed.). Toronto: Pearson Education Centre.
Ravelli, B., Webber, Michelle. 2016. Exploring Sociology: A Canadian Perspective (3rd Ed.). Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
Ravelli, B., Webber, Michelle. 2014. Exploring Sociology: The Concise Edition (1st Ed.). Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
Ravelli, Bruce, Webber, Michelle. 2013. Exploring Sociology: A Canadian Perspective (2nd. Ed.). Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
Ravelli, Bruce, Webber, Michelle, Patterson, John. 2011. Sociology for Everyone. Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
Macionis, John J., Benokraitis, Nijole V., Urmetzer, Peter, Ravelli, Bruce D. (eds.). 2010. Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology, Third Canadian Edition. Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
Lindsey, Linda L., Beach, Stephen A., Ravelli, Bruce. 2009. Core Concepts in Sociology: Canadian In-Class Edition (Second Canadian Edition). Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
Berard, A., Ravelli, B. 2021. “In their words: What undergraduate sociology students say about community-engaged learning”. American Journal of Applied Sociology.
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Bruce developed and coordinated (with the support of Pearson) .
As part of World Teaching Day (October 5, 2020), Pearson asked Bruce to comment on .