The Sociology and Anthropology Department with Dr. Aaron Pitluck will host the first of their Research Series this year.
Research Series featuring childhood rebellion, September 11
Unit: Sociology and Anthropology
Multicultural Outreach Team’s Student Spotlight: Triston Brown
Triston Brown, a second-year graduate student studying cultural anthropology, wears many hats on Illinois State’s campus.
Embracing challenges: My beginnings in the Peace Corps
Peace Corps. For a lot of people, especially those who’ve already served, it means a lot. I’ve always heard former volunteers use words like “amazing,” “cathartic,” and “life-changing” to describe their service abroad.
#RedbirdScholar students use grants to spend summer researching
This summer, 27 students received the new Undergraduate Research Support Program grant provided by the Office of Student Research. To honor the inaugural summer of the grant, we have featured five student researchers and their projects.
Incoming Stevenson Center Fellow: Natasha Moodie
“I decided to pursue graduate school because my work in education felt reactive, not proactive,” said Natasha Moodie. The Stevenson Center will soon welcome Moodie as an Applied Community and Economic Development Fellow in sociology.
Incoming Stevenson Center Fellow: Kenyetta McGowens
The Stevenson Center center will soon welcome Kenyetta McGowens as an Applied Community and Economic Development Fellow in anthropology.
College thanks chairs and directors
The College of Arts and Sciences thanks Dr. Craig Gatto and Dr. Craig C. McLauchlan for their outstanding service.
Leading a call: Recent grad creates memorial altar for women of color killed by law enforcement
In summer 2016, a group called Black Feminist Future began a movement across the country building altars in response to police killings of black women and girls.
Sociology and Anthropology Department celebrate the accomplishments of students
Spring semester brings the time when the Department of Sociology and Anthropology gathers to celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of our students. It is an event that we greatly anticipate every year, but as you know, 2020 is unlike any other year in the past. Due to COVID19, our in-person celebration was cancelled. However, this does
Stevenson Center students deliver excellence
The Stevenson Center attracts bright and accomplished graduate students to its Fellows programs and undergraduate students to Peace Corps Prep. This academic year brought recognition of students’ success, on campus and off campus.
