A crowd of protesters holding signs against the World Trade Organization

Building Community through Protest

Mar 11, 2024
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.
The Sociology and Subculture website

Sociology and Subculture

Dec 19, 2023
Student Livia Stein Freitas ’25 explores Sociology and Subculture through a Vivero Fellowship.
Scott gesticulates while speaking to a seminar class.

Grinnell To Host Civic Action Academy Nov. 10–11

Oct 16, 2023
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.
Wenqi Yang

Faculty and Staff Research Series Presents a Research in Progress Talk with Wenqi Yang

Nov 01, 2023
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".
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Faculty and Staff Research Series Presents a Research in Progress Talk with Karla Erickson

Oct 10, 2023
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”.
Isabelle Kolleth '24

Local Internship; Global Impact.

Sep 11, 2023
The Rosenfield Program enabled student Isabelle Kolleth to work at an internship that met her educational goals.
Sharon Quinsaat

Quinsaat Secures Grant to Study Conservative Attitudes Among Filipino Immigrants

Feb 14, 2023
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.”
Colorful sunset reflected in the Boundary waters

Protecting the Boundary Waters

Dec 20, 2022
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.
A laptop and models of the human skull

Archaeological Field Methods

Nov 02, 2022
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.
A stack of newspapers

Mass Media and Society

Oct 27, 2022
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.

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