Sociology

Sharon Quinsaat’s book, “Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora,” looks at how protest allows migrants to form a community that extends across borders.

Student Livia Stein Freitas ’25 explores Sociology and Subculture through a Vivero Fellowship.

Please join the Grinnell College Libraries at 4:15 p.m., Nov. 7, as we continue our Faculty/Staff Research Series with Wenqi Yang, Mellon post-doctoral fellow, and lecturer in sociology and gender, women's, and sexuality studies (GWSS) for her Research in Progress talk, “Coercion in Mediation".

Students, faculty, and staff passionate about civic action and community engagement are invited to discuss and learn during Iowa and Minnesota Campus Compact’s annual Civic Action Academy.

Please join the Grinnell College Libraries at 4:15 p.m., Oct. 24, as we continue our Faculty/Staff Research Series with Karla Erickson, professor of sociology, for her Research in Progress talk, “Tethers and Tight Spaces”.

The Rosenfield Program enabled student Isabelle Kolleth to work at an internship that met her educational goals.

The American Philosophical Society has awarded Sharon Quinsaat a $6,000 grant for her project, “Understanding Support for U.S. Conservative and Right-Wing Politics among Filipino Immigrants.”

Zach Spindler-Krage wrote an op-ed piece (“For the Boundary Waters protection movement, the time is now”) about efforts to protect the Boundary Waters. To his surprise, it was accepted for publication by MinnPost, an independent, nonprofit news source covering issues of interest to Minnesotans.

In the course titled Archaeological Field Methods (ANT 291), not only will you learn how to survey, excavate, and examine the past in an archaeological field setting, you will also practice hands-on laboratory methods to analyze and interpret the artifacts discovered in the field, such as stone tools, animal remains, and more.

Our current society is flooded with media. The course Mass Media and Society explores the relationships among mass media, the public sphere, and democracy. This course will help you reframe those messages and analyze the biases that may arise.