From: KARP@vms.cis.pitt.edu
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 09:13 EST
Subject: Mike-Frank G. Epitropoulos.
Department of Sociology
University of Pittsburgh
FQ 2J21
Pittsburgh, PA 15210
Tel. 412.481.40.36
Fax. 412.648.27.99
email karp@vms.cis.pitt.edu
email2: mfest@vms.cis.pitt.edu

As a believer in A social science or A political economy, I endorse
a multidisciplinary approach (whatever combination(s) they may be)
to the study of society and social phenomena. My background includes
an "honors" degree in (ba) in economics, and an MPIA (Master's of
Public and International Affairs) specializing in international
economic policy. It was out of the frustrations brought on by the 
many and constricting "assumptions" and "ceteris peribus" of neo-
classical economic training, and the very (VERY) narrow range of
"allowable" ideas that led me to sociology.  In particular, my 
interests are ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY -- which to me necessarily implies
Stratification, Marxist Class Analysis, and the Sociology of         
Development; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, and some CULTURAL sociology.
Development; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, and some CULTURAL sociology.
I do not like what I see in the "professionalization" of young
sociologists (i.e. the "hoops and politics"), but realize that this
is the "reality" we have to face. I would like to see progressive
forces shake the contemporary stigma, and take the "mainstream"
head on ON THEIR OWN TURF...We CAN do this. Our problems are many,
and access to people outside of the academy is a big one, for
it is "Joe Six-Pack and Sally Sorority" that make up a lot of "society".
Finally, I hope to be able to contribute to making the world a better
place to live (idealism?) and for now my "sphere" is the classroom, 
and my "society" (audience) are my students>...