Kennesaw State University Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice

Graduation is under a week away and we want to celebrate YOU!

Find us on the campus green after the ceremony for gifts and photos with your professors.

Need help with the final stretch? Don't forget to utilize the SMART Tutoring Center!

Available in ALC 4525 or online. Scan the QR code for appointments and more information.

Please join the Teach-In Committee for a lecture on "Erosion of the Separation of Powers? The Constitution and Implications for American Society" presented by Kenneth White, Ph.D, J.D.

🗓 Wednesday, April 8th
🕰 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
📍Social Sciences (SO) 2038

Join us for the semesters final installment of the First Tuesday Series!

Student-Faculty Collaborative Research: Coding Prison Misconduct and System Treatment in "Orange is the New Black"

Dr. Amber Wilson will share about the student-faculty collaboration process, research techniques, and one of her current research projects which uses coded data.

Together, we will learn how the project was conceptualized, how the coding instrument was developed, and how the data is analyzed, before trying your hand at coding yourself!

🗓 Tuesday, April 7th
🕰 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
📍Social Sciences (SO) 4060

RSVP not required but request at [email protected] or on Owl life at: https://owllife.kennesaw.edu/actioncenter/organization/scj

Please join us next week for March's First Tuesday event! Dr. Salazar-Tobar will speak about First Generation Perspectives on College and Beyond, before opening the floor for discussion.

Tuesday, March 3rd from 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm in Social Sciences 4060.

This event is open to everyone and all are welcome and encouraged to join in thoughtful discussion.

Please join us in conversation as Georgetown Assistant Professor Zandria Robinson speaks on Black Studies Epistemology on the Other Side of Time.

February 17th
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Social Sciences room 1021 with overflow to SO 1019

"As a sustained engagement with Black thought and Black ways of knowing emerging primarily from the formation of the Black Atlantic. Black Studies at its core asks us to reconcile hegemonic and indigenous ways of knowing. This talk considers the field's offerings for reclaiming suppressed theoretical and epistemic impulses through a meditation on sound, afterlives, and deep listening on the other side of time."

Catch Wally Pete and the Criminal Justice Student Organization at the Chill Student Involvement Fair!

Under the mentorship of Assistant Criminal Justice Professor Lisa Thompson, Psychology student Emily Martinez explores how trauma affects decision marking. Her research was featured nationally at the American Society of Criminology Conference in Washington, D.C.

Read the full article here: https://www.kennesaw.edu/news/stories/2025/student-explores-how-trauma-affects-decision-making.php

Don't forget to drop by the Social Science Career Table on Thursday!
Cobb County Sheriffs Office and Macy's Asset protection will be available to share about their organization and career opportunities.

Please join us for this semesters final Instalment of the First Tuesday Series!

Award winning author Emily Lenning will lead a conversation on Building Theory for Liberating Praxis, before opening the floor for discussion.

This conversation is open to all and light refreshments will be provided.
RSVP requested but not required via [email protected] or on Owl Life.