Welcome to Marquette University’s Department of Social and Cultural Sciences!

 

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Welcome to the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette. We are a multidisciplinary department with faculty trained in anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, law, social work and sociology.

Learn more about our majors.


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Log into CheckMarq (navigate to the Tasks tile) to declare your major/minor.   You can drop or change major/minors here as well.

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In the News

CRLS students benefit from experiential learning opportunities 

SOCS Internship Director Wendy Volz Daniels helps students see the world differently

SOWJ Alum Sarah Kuhns publishes op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

Dr. Dawne Moon co-authors article in The Conversation about 'sacramental shame' experienced by LGBTQ+ conservative Christians


Dr. Anya Degenshein awarded Way Klingler Early Career Award

Dr. Aleksandra Snowden named as an awardee of the 2024 Explorer Challenge Grant

Dr. David Nowacek's feasibility study of a campus-wide geothermal system at Marquette funded by EPA grant

Dr. Louise Cainkar's book, Sajjilu: A Reader in SWANA Studies, receives 2023 Honorable Mention from Arab American National Museum.


Dr. Heather Hlavka's book Bodies in Evidence awarded Senior Book Award by American Ethnological Society