Over the years I taught at the universities of Trier, Bremen, Munich and Graz. Yet, most of my courses were at the University of Minnesota. I take my students seriously, and I was very pleased when I received the CLA Student Board's Distinguished Teacher Award. I have taught the following courses, some of which continue to be part of my repertoire:
- SOC1001 Introduction to Sociology (Spring and Fall 1990);
- SOC1001H Honors Introduction to Sociology (1997);
- SOC3101 Introduction to American Criminal Justice (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997);
- SOC3501 Principles of Social Organization (Spring and Fall 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999);
- SOC3966 Senior Project Seminar (1992);
- SOC3991H Junior Honors Seminar (1995, 1998, 2001);
- HSEM3030 Honors Seminar: Crime and Revolution in Eastern Europe (1999);
- HSEM3050 Honors Seminar: Knowledge (2002);
- SOC5966 Major Project Seminar (1994, 1997, 2010);
- SOC5977H Honors Pro-seminar; Parts 1 and 2 (1998-99, 2001-2002, 2005-06, 2011-12);
- SOC4101 Sociology of Law (1990, 1992, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007);
- SOC 4102 Criminology (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015);
- SOC4135 Sociology of White-collar Crime (1994, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2013);
- SOC4960 Topics: Crime and Human Rights (2010);
- SOC 4104 and GLOS4104: Crime and Human Rights (2012, 2014, 2015);
- SOC5960 Topics: Sociology of German Society;
- SOC5483: Sociology of German Society (1994, 1995, 2008);
- SOC8090 Topics: Law and Modernization (1990);
- SOC8090 Topics: Law, Society and Democracy (1998);
- SOC8701 Sociological Theory (2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012);
- SOC8090 Topics: Sociology of Knowledge (2002);
- SOC8090 Topic: Law & Society Review editing seminar (2013-2016);
- SOC8731 Sociology of Knowledge (2006, 2009).