Kenneth A. Gould is Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and Professor of Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Tammy L. Lewis is Associate Provost for Faculty and Administration, and Professor at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center in Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Stella M. Capek
Janine Kay Gwen Chi
Jason Konefal
Amalia Leguizamón
Justin Sean Myers
Brian K. Obach
Yung-Yi Diana Pan
Alex S. Vitale

"This is a comprehensive introductory sociology text that covers all the key topics needed to give students a broad understanding of the field. It presents key theories and provides contemporary examples of research. It brings in different voices in a way that a standard textbook does not."--Kim Manturuk, lUNC - Chapel Hill

"The Food for Thought" feature is fantastic. I have had students tell me they liked these a lot. As an introductory textbook, Ten Lessons has several advantages."--Ronald Helfrich, lSUNY Oneota

"This brief book is more focused and less dry than standard introductory textbooks and should promote reflexive and analytical thought more successfully than traditional texts."--Daniel Kreutzer, lMetropolitan State University