Shippensburg University has recently launched an Interdisciplinary Public Health minor. Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department, Allison Carey, highlights the value of this new minor and its potential to broaden the public’s understanding of health through biological, social and environmental frameworks. Carey emphasized that public health requires not only an understanding of science…
“I really like bridging the gap between the community and the college,” he said. “There’s often this divide between townspeople and students and I think projects like this help bring them together.” William Flannery, a graduate student in the sociology department, partnered with associate professor Chad Kimmel to analyze the failure of the former Carlisle…
Monaghan recently published two articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. The first was titled: “Schooled Families: Higher Education and Familial Virtue” and was published in the journal Sociological Perspectives. The second is titled, “Can the Promise of ‘Free’ Improve College Attainment? Lessons from the Milwaukee Technical College Promise” (co-authored) and was published in the journal Research…
The sociology and anthropology department's faculty member, Lawrence Eppard, explores misinformation and gender pay gap in latest publication.
Dr. Lawrence Eppard was featured in a recent Sentinel Article discussing the Connors Institute for Nonpartisan Research & Civic Engagement at Shippensburg University. Read the article here: https://cumberlink.com/opinion/editorial/guest-editorial-new-ship-u-institute-tackles-misinformation-from-right-and-left/article_e3de9bea-ae59-11ee-9157-0ffa8c3406a2.html