As part of the Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on Gender & Sexuality series, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and the Department of Peace and Justice Studies recently hosted a Global Feminisms panel featuring Wilkinson College professors with expertise in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Indigenous America. The panel included presentations
Professor Steven Pfaff, one of the Sociology Department’s newest faculty members, considers himself an eclectic scholar who gets to study all the “interesting things” – politics, religions, conflict, and social change. In his most recent book, The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance and Mutiny in the Age of Sail (Cambridge University Press) Pfaff and co-author
Students enrolled in the SOC 231 Foundations of Criminal Justice course last spring had the opportunity to visit the Orange Police Department (OPD). The experiential trip was a highlight of Dr. Nancy Rios-Contreras’ (Sociology) course, which covered topics relevant to police, courts, and corrections. Students learned criminology theories and contemporary social issues impacting the criminal justice system.
Dr. Chris Bader (Sociology) received two grants totaling $945,515 from the John Templeton Foundation and Templeton Religion Trust for “Using the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) to Strengthen the Religion Research Community.” These awards are part of larger $1,601,031 John Templeton Foundation and $782,086 Templeton Religion Trust awards to Dr. Andrew Whitehead at Indiana
The job market is rapidly evolving, driven by technological advancements and social changes. This means new and exciting career opportunities for Wilkinson College graduates. Let’s dive deeper into some of the emerging career trends, understanding the context and the skills required for these roles. Interested in some of these career paths? Consider an internship in
Dr. Pete Simi (Sociology) was awarded a $74,999 grant from the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE) at the University of Nebraska Omaha for work on “International Academic Partnerships for Science and Security.” The International Academic Partnerships for Science and Security (IAPSS) is an international research consortium that brings together academics, government, and
Dr. Pete Simi (Sociology) is known for his expertise in political extremism and his research focuses on both violence and extremist groups in the United States and around the world. His previous book, American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate, explores the difference between movements such as the Ku Klux Klan,
When Miyoko Takaragawa (1922-2015) died, her family found two photo albums among her possessions that included over 100 photographs taken at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, a World War II Japanese American confinement site. Miyoko and her husband, Yutaka Takaragawa, were incarcerated at Heart Mountain from 1942 to 1945, where their son Tetsuro Ronald Takaragawa was
For his research on extremism and white supremacy, Dr. Pete Simi (Sociology) was awarded a $211,074 one-year grant from the University of Nebraska Omaha’s National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE), the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center of Excellence. Simi has received four NCITE grants totaling over $811,000 to support two large-scale multi-year
This edition of From Our Eyes features alumnus and current staff member Christian Grevin (Political Science and History ‘22), who reflects on Dr. Stephanie Takaragawa’s recently installed Images and Imaginings of Internment: Comics and Illustrations of Camp exhibition, which examines the little-known visual representations of daily life within internment camps where Japanese Americans and Japanese