Featured Students

2018    "Encouraging Student Engagement through ARC." College of Natural and Social Sciences, Annual Faculty Retreat, CSU, Los Angeles

2013    "Civility in a Diverse Classroom." College Teaching Symposium for Graduate Students; Future Faculty Leadership Council, SUNY Albany

2013    "Managing Large Classes." College Teaching Symposium for Graduate Students; Future Faculty Leadership Council, SUNY Albany

2013    “Assessment and Evaluation.” Summer Teaching Boot Camp for Graduate Student Lecturers; Future Faculty Leadership Council, SUNY Albany

2012    “Engaging Students in the Classroom.” College Teaching Symposium for Graduate Students; Institute for Teaching, Learning and Academic Leadership, SUNY Albany

2012    “Setting Expectations from the First Day of Class.” College Teaching Symposium for Graduate Students; Institute for Teaching, Learning and Academic Leadership, SUNY Albany

2012    “‘If you ARC it, they will come’: Increasing student engagement in large classes.” Conference on Teaching Excellence, SUNY Plattsburgh

See what past SUNY Albany students have said about
Kristen Hourigan at RateMyProfessor.com

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES

Graduate Courses

• Qualitative Research Methods in Sociology
• Social Psychology    

Undergraduate Courses

• Self and Identity (service learning)
• Social Psychology 
• Qualitative Research and Writing (writing intensive)
• Applied Sociology (service learning)
• Civic Learning (service learning)

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, ALBANY

• Statistics for Sociologists
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Criminal Victimology (writing intensive)
• Introduction to Sociology

2014  Paul Meadows Award for Excellence in Teaching: 

           State University of New York at Albany

2014  University Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Instructor: 

           State University of New York at Albany

2012  Teaching Portfolio Award:

           Institute for Teaching, Learning and Academic Leadership, SUNY Albany​

"I had Dr H my final semester at CSULA, and I truly feel like she made a difference in me and my reflection in myself and my profession. Also, because of her assignment to do volunteer work, I gained first hand experience that I had not had prior to her class, which resulted in me receiving an amazing, competitive job as a medical clinical case worker for Los Angeles County. Without that assignment, I would not have pushed myself to do volunteer work at that point, and that experience has helped me immensely to gain additional opportunities in my professional and academic career. I am truly forever grateful I had Dr H as my professor!"

~ Jackie Arlo, California State University, Lost Angeles

"I first had Intro to Sociology with Mrs. H. my freshman year. She sat in the back of the lecture  to start off our  class. It was surprising and unconventional--as she would  say, it is out of the  "social norm." Throughout the course  Mrs. H.'s unique approaches to teaching influenced me to  become more and more interested in the topic of  sociology, so much so that I ended up adding  it to my list  of majors. Since then I took two more courses with her,  solely chosen because she  would be my professor. Her  victimology course is among my favorites I've had here  at UA. She  specifically created this course and you can  tell how much she is passionate about this study."                          

~Kelly Sherrard, State University of New York 

 "College can be an intimidating environment,  especially academically, and particularly in a class  such as Statistics.  However, from day one Prof.  Hourigan removed almost all of my class’s fear and  anxiety about taking a math class.  From her extensive  availability during office hours, to her immediate  response to emails, to her ability to answer any  question on the spot, in or out of class, in incredible  detail. Her passion for teaching and sociology is  obvious, and her desire to see students learn and  succeed is unparalleled. Prof. Hourigan is by far the  best professor I have had. Her teaching methods  captivate and engage students in ways that make a  student want to go to class. 
~Austin Canning, State University of New York

"Mrs. Hourigan managed to make everyone feel seen and  heard, even in a large lecture class with over 100 students, I  felt like she knew who I was, and surprisingly enough she  did. In all the classes I had with her, the class was engaged  in  the course material, and I  felt like I learned more with  her  than I did with a vast majority of my other professors. In  a  writing intensive class, she created a classroom  environment  where students felt comfortable discussing  sensitive issues.  Every time we wrote a paper, she provided  extensive  feedback on components of the paper that were  well written,  areas that could be improved and also ways  that the paper  could be further developed. This  furthers one’s writing ability  by actually allowing students  to understand and learn from  their mistakes."   
~Matthew Gura, Honors student, State University of New York