Criminal Justice Association hosting guest speaker March 24

The Criminal Justice Association is hosting a guest speaker on 3/24/15 from 3:30-5PM. Mike Schommer (2012 MN Department of Corrections Agent of the Year) will be on campus to talk about a variety of criminal justice related topics including high risk supervision, sex offender treatment, and motivational interviewing. If you are interested in hearing more from Agent Schommer, please join […]

NEW Leadership Institute receives Bush grant

Tri-College National Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership Development Institute, coordinated by Dr. Deborah White, MSUM Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, has been awarded a two-year, $40,000 Bush Foundation Leadership Network grant. NEW Leadership is a non-partisan intensive 5-day residential program designed to provide leadership training, inspiration, and support for women. “Our goal is to increase the number of women, […]

Sociology Graduates Publish Second Article with Dr. Vigilant

Dr. Lee Garth Vigilant (SOC/CJ), Tyler C. Anderson, and Lauren Wold Trefethren have published the second article in their research on homeschooling families in Sociological Spectrum, Vol. 34, No. 4: 293-313, the official peer-reviewed journal of the Mid-South Sociological Association. The article, “I’m Sorry You Had a Bad Day, But Tomorrow Will Be Better:” Stratagems of Interpersonal Emotion-Management in Narratives […]