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

Department News and Events

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Welcome!

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.

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In the News

Victoria Zeisig (CRLS) named 2025 A&S Outstanding Senior

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

Dr. Louise Cainkar discusses the current presidential administration's handling of student visas in the Chicago Tribune

Dr. Anya Degenshein awarded Way Klingler Early Career Award

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

CRLS student Kamaria Gragston awarded prestigious study abroad scholarship

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

Dr. Louise Cainkar's restorative Afghan project funded by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Archewell Foundation

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