Social Science Division

Dr. Evan Shenkin

Dr. Shenkin’s dissertation research explores environmental justice, land sovereignty struggles, and sustainable livelihood in the Bolivian, Amazon. 

Honduras Resists: Contronting a US-fueled Human Rights Crisis

The WFP Solaidarity Collective 2019 Speaker Tour

Heidy Alachán is a writing, attorney and activist of the Broad Movement for Dignity and Justice (MADJ – Movimiento Amplio por la Dignidad y la Justicia).  She is a member of the leagal team representing the family of internationally renouned indigenous and environmental rights activist, Berta Cáceres, in their struggle for justice for her assassination.

Social Science Symposium Series

The War in the Ukraine: A Forum Discussion

Professor David Doellinger (History) & Professor Eliot Dickinson (Political Science)

Join us for a discussion of the War in the Ukraine from the perspective of history and international relations.

For more information, contact Dr. David Doellinger, 503-838-8254, doellind@wou.edu.

Community Organizing Presentation: “To Question All Types of Authority”

Nick Licata

To question all types of authority you have to be creative and brave.  Continually moving forward is the goal- not finding a perfect solution to rest upon.  There is no utopia – but there is a path foward one.

NEW Certificate in Social Justice and Service Learning (Bilingual)

This new interdisciplinary certificate builds on a core course in two departments:  one course in Service Learning in the Spanish Department, and another core course in Service Learning applied to the Latino Community offered by the Sociology Department. 

“ACTIVISM, LOBBYING, AND THE OREGON LEGISLATURE”

With Oregon Speaker of the House:
DAN RAYFIELD

Brought to you by the Department of Politics, Policy & Administration’s Civic Engagement Project.

For more information, contact Dr. Mark Henkels, henkelm@wou.edu

“Supporting A Healthy Human Service Workforce: Understanding Occupational Stress and Turnover within Child Welfare”

Join us for a presentation by Sociology/Social Work Faculty Candidate:  Rebecca Phillips

Co-Sponsored by the SOC321 Labor Relations class and the Social Science Symposium Series

For more information, contact Dr. Mary Pettenger,   503-838-8301, pettengm@wou.edu

Model U.N. Hosts Dr. Warren Binford: “Four Days in Clint”

To celebrate the United Nations’ birthday, the Model UN club hosted “Four
Days in Clint” on Wednesday October 23rd.

This featured Willamette Law professor Dr. Warren Binford, who described what she observed at the southern U.S. border.
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