DR. SAM RICHARDS

Dr. Richards is an award winning teacher and sociologist at Penn State University and the instructor of the largest race, gender and cultural relations course in the United States. With over 760 students each semester and a twenty-five-year legacy, his soc119 course was the subject of an Emmy Award winning television broadcast called, “You Can’t Say That.” The course is currently streamed live to the world every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon at http://www.soc119.org.

 

Sam’s willingness to take risks and push new ideas is what led him to be named one of the “101 Most Dangerous Professors in America.”