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
- Related links:
Before joining the department in 2013, Bruce was a professor of sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary. He is an award-winning teacher 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 sociology students make lasting impact on local community.
Bruce has 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, online resources and is co-author of several textbooks for introductory sociology. Bruce also developed and maintains a website promoting sociology, Making Sociology Matter.
Bruce is also a co-developer and co-sponsor (with Zvjezdan Patz) of Toofast, 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.
A series of Bruce’s former students looking back at what they learned in Intro (produced with the support of Pearson).
A video highlighting UVic student’s experiences using Pearson’s Revel learning platform.
Bruce developed and coordinated (with the support of Pearson) a series of videos by Canadian sociologists confirming why sociology matters.
As part of World Teaching Day (October 5, 2020), Pearson asked Bruce to comment on how the pandemic affected teaching and his advice for colleagues moving online.