Students in Prof McCabe’s Social Problems class learned first-hand about social problems related to these issues through a powerful guest lecture by Fernando Bermudez, who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 18 years in prison, & Reyna Ramirez ’10 (New England Innocence Project).
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Guest speaker, Professor Christopher Wildeman from Yale University, speaks in a Health Policy Workshop about how child maltreatment and foster care placement affect children.
[more]My thesis, entitled “Hookups, Romantic Relationships, and Companionate Love at Dartmouth” is an exploratory, qualitative study of intimacy norms and meaning-making among college students. My research addresses the question, “What are the ways in which undergraduates conceptualize intimate relationships in an environment where hookups are featured in some campus subcultures?” Although some aspects of intimate relationships have actually remained stable over time, relationships on college campuses today also take several different forms than in the past.
[more]Life Sciences Center Friday, January 24, lunch and keynote speaker, 12:30-2:15pm; breakout sessions 2:30-5:45pm Saturday, January 25, film screening, 6pm For more information click here.
[more]Monday, January 27 9-11am, DCAL in the Library This seminar is with Dr. Kristie A. Ford, Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of Intercultural Studies, and the Director of the Intergroup Relations Program at Skidmore College. Dr. Ford will share research findings that evidence Intergroup Dialogue as a unique and transformative educational method that engages students to explore issues of identity, diversity, and inequity while building skills for and commit to social responsibility and action.
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