Dr. Dawne Moon awarded sabbatical grant from the Louisville Institute for her study of the conservative Protestant lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and similarly “queer” (LGBTQ+) movement.
CRLS student Ashley Casteneda shares her experiences and advice as a first-generation student
Dr. Erin Hoekstra's research featured in Conversations in Jesuit Higher Education
Catch up on all the new and exciting things happening in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences (SOCS). Read the 2021-2022 SOCS Newsletter here.
SOCS student Chris King ('22) creates men's discussion group during internship experience at MU Wellness Center
Watch Dr. Jonah Birch's talk on The Politics of Working Time: Business, Labor, and the Fight over France's 35-Hour Work Week
Dr. Heather Hlavka's research featured in documentary Justice in Movement: Reclaiming our Minds, Bodies, and City (by student filmmaker Tess Murphy). Learn more at @justiceinmovement (Instagram) and @justiceinmove (Twitter).
Watch SOCS alum Amber Powell's talk on Gender, Race, and Coercive Sexual Control
Dr. Heather Hlavka's project helps women process trauma through exercise
Dr. Aleksandra Snowden honored with Community Engaged Teaching Award
Listen here to a podcast featuring SOWJ professor Dr. Alexandra Crampton where she discusses the challenges of decolonizing social work.
SOWJ alum Samira Payne selected as Marquette's first Director of Black Student Initiatives
Dr. Louise Cainkar honored with Community Engaged Teaching Award
Dr. Darren Wheelock and team are awarded $745k Mellon grant to support the Education Preparedness Program (EPP), an initiative that will help those impacted by incarceration succeed in higher education
Dr. Michael McCarthy wins prestigious Berggruen Institute Fellowship at USC for 2021-2022
Watch the Pere Marquette Award Ceremony featuring Dr. Darren Wheelock (2020 recipient of the University Excellence in Teaching award)
Dr. Michelle Rodrigues' research on the effect of friends on cortisol levels was featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution
Dr. Cainkar discusses taking a stand against anti-Asian violence
Dr. Roberta Coles retires after 25 years
Meet Dr. Michelle Rodrigues and watch her trailer for ANTH 2201. Human Evolutionary Process
Ms. Volz Daniels featured in article about the needs of underpriveledged children
Dr. Cainkar's Islam Immersion trip featured in Wisconsin Muslim Journal.
SOCS faculty Erin Hoekstra and Sameena Mulla discuss Race, Immigration and COVID
MU's Criminology program ranks in top 20 of Criminology bachelor's degrees nationwide
Dr. Jane Peterson's Bronzeville research featured in Marquette's A&S magazine
Dr. Louise Cainkar discusses her research on American Muslims
Dr. Michael McCarthy’s book wins multiple awards.
Dr. Hlavka publishes a blog titled "How can a "Real man" be raped?"
The study abroad program led by Dr. Wheelock is featured on OIE website
Read about Emily Lynch's ongoing fieldwork with Congolese refugees
Applications now being solicited for CRLS Outstanding Senior. Apply here by March 6.
Social and Cultural Science New Hire- Dr. Aleksandra Snowden
Social and Cultural Science New Hire - Dr. Emily Lynch
Apply for an Islam and Muslims interfaith immersion experience to travel to Dearborn and Hamtramck, Michigan over the Spring break. Deadline is January 30, 2017
Please join us in the Grand Ballroom of the AMU, November 1 at 5pm for a special lecture by Dr. Michael Kimmel.
Take a written exam with the Madison Police Department
Apply now for two CRLS scholarships (the Jay Balchunas Memorial Scholarship and the Journal Foundation Francis G. and Jane Keogh Kelly Scholarship)
Dr. Michael Krzewinski wins the Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award
Learn about our new interdisciplinary minor in Culture, Health and Illness
Explore our new interdisciplinary minor in Law and Society
Two Professors Observed Over 650 Court Cases to Write Book on Sexual Violence Research
New Director Angelique Harris says Center for Gender and Sexualities will Focus on Research
Dr. Meghan Stroshine quoted in a story on Time Magazine's website
Students, join Social and Cultural Sciences on April 28th for the Research Salon.
Hlavka and Mulla's Research Featured in Medical Anthropology Series
Dr. Dawne Moon receives $190,000 Templeton Foundation Award to study reconciliation between Evangelicals and LGBT people
Dr. Semukhina presented a lecture titled "Public-Police Contacts in Russia: Revisiting the Predatory Model of Policing "at the Center for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
CRLS Student Luis Feliciano Goes for Boxing Gold
Social and Cultural Sciences New Hire - Dr. Jesse Cheng
Two criminology scholarships are available for undergraduate students. Please apply by 9/21/15
Dr. Angelique Harris discusses community health initiative in Lindsay Heights neighborhood
Dr. Dawne Moon receives Way Klingler Sabbatical Award
Annual McGee lecture was conducted on April 27 at 3:30 p.m. in Raynor Library.
The second Annual Research Salon was conducted on April 23 from 5-7 pm in Lalumiere #177
Social and Cultural Sciences new hire – Wendy Volz Daniels
Social and Cultural Sciences new hire – Michael McCarthy
Dr. James Holstein receives Marquette University Research Excellence Award
Dr. Hlavka’s research on sexual violence is featured on Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS)
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