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Social Sciences

  • ե֭ students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by sociology/anthropology and women’s studies major Evan Chartier ‘14, of Oak Park, Illinois. Almost everyone has known a nursing assistant. They might take your vitals at the hospital or help with daily activities that someone […]
    November 25, 2013
  • Student economists had the chance to take their understanding of the U.S. economy and make a recommendation for the Federal Reserve at the College Fed Challenge on November 5. 
    November 19, 2013
  • Meika Loe, associate professor of sociology and women’s studies and director of LGBTQ and Women’s Studies, was a guest on WRVO’s “Take Care” program. In a 15-minute segment that aired Sunday, Loe discusses the history and the effects of Viagra. She is the author of The Rise of Viagra: How the Little Blue Pill Changed […]
    October 28, 2013
  • U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R-Barneveld, connected with the ե֭ community Monday, meeting with faculty, administrators, and students, discussing issues ranging from natural-gas fracking to political gridlock and the federal budget sequester. After hearing Michael Hayes, professor of political science, describe ե֭’s Washington D.C. Study Group, Hanna immediately handed Hayes a business card and said […]
    September 17, 2013
  • Forty seven new faculty members have joined ե֭ this year, adding to the university’s robust intellectual community and joining other professors and students in the vigorous pursuit of learning. “We are fortunate to have such a dynamic group of colleagues join us and enrich our curriculum,” said Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty.
    September 9, 2013
  • ե֭ students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Charity Whyte ’16, with contributions from fellow interns Sam Linnerooth ’14 and Elise Van Gelder ’15 — they spent their summer at the United Nations. Elise and I spent the summer in […]
    August 23, 2013
  • ե֭ students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by history major Caitlin Sackrison ’15, of Minnetonka, Minn. This summer I conducted research on over 75 19th-century French political cartoons found in the ե֭ archives. I was funded through a grant from the Division […]
    August 23, 2013
  • ե֭ students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by economics and geography double major Chris Esposito ’14, of Santa Cruz, Calif.. I remember a striking quotation from Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist. Usually academics write carefully and with […]
    August 12, 2013