CNU Center for Education Research and Policy

04/01/2026

We are excited to spotlight three powerful upcoming events at CNU that you won't want to miss.

🎭The Laramie Project will open on April 10 and runs through April 19 at the Ferguson Center.
Tickets: $9 for students, $14 for general admission.

🧵Also on display April 10 - 19: select panels from the National AIDS Memorial Quilt.
This moving exhibit is FREE and will be located in the Studio Theatre Lobby.

🎬 Join us for a free screening and panel discussion of the award-winning documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt on April 16 at 5:30 PM in the Torggler Lecture Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
🏆 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (1989)
🏆 Interfilm Award, Berlin International Film Festival (1990)
🏆 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Documentary (1990)
🏆 Peabody Award (1990)

Come experience these meaningful events that honor stories of resilience, community, and remembrance.

01/07/2026

🚨 Final Call! Today is the last day to submit your proposal for the 2026 Hampton Roads Social Justice Conference.

Share your research, activism, or innovative solutions and help us empower meaningful change in our region. Submit your idea for a full session or a short talk before the deadline tonight! Visit us at https://www.hamptonroadssocialjusticeconference.org/

10/20/2025

🤝 Workshop: Supporting Our School Communities

The Center is proud to host a critical workshop this Wednesday on Gun Violence and Trauma-Informed Care.

Join us for an uplifting and empowering session led by our own expert, Dr. Linda Waldron.

This workshop is designed to equip educators, future teachers, and school community members with the practical strategies needed to address trauma. The central question we will explore is: How can we, as a community, provide proper care and necessary resources to children living with trauma stemming from gun violence?

Calling all teachers and future teachers! 📢

Join us this Wednesday for a FREE workshop on Gun Violence: how can educators and school communities provide proper care and resources to children living with trauma extending from it?

Hosted by our own Dr. Linda Waldron, this promises to be an uplifting and insightful workshop!

⏰Wednesday, October 22, 4pm
📍CNU, Luter 242

09/15/2025

The submission portal for the 96th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society is now open! This year's theme is "Transformation & Repair: Worldmaking in Contexts of Struggle and Constraint".

Join us in Washington, D.C. from March 5-8 2026. Share your insights, connect with peers, create belonging, and be a part of the conversation!

Worldmaking is a capacious concept. Far from imagining Empire, sociological treatments of worldmaking are expansive, anchoring the building of new systems, new scaffolds of belonging, and new ways of being in everyday work and collective practices. Through worldmaking processes, new interpretations....

09/12/2025

Join us for an informal open house with Hampton City Schools Superintendent, and CNU alumni, Dr. Haynes.

03/24/2025

The CNU Math Department invites you to a special screening of the award-winning film Counted Out, a powerful documentary that explores the impact of math literacy on society.
📅 Date: March 31st
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Torggler Lecture Hall
🎟️ FREE with RSVP

Secure your spot by registering here: RSVP Now

Join us for an engaging evening as we discuss the role of math in shaping our world. We hope to see you there!

03/12/2025

05/15/2024

Parents in Hampton Roads! Do a 10min survey about your experiences with feeding your infants and win one of four $50 gift cards! Link: bit.ly/infantfeedingcnu

¡Padres en Hampton Roads! ¡Complete una breve encuesta sobre sus experiencias alimentando a su bebé y gane una de las cuatro tarjetas de regalo de $50!
*Enlace*: https://bit.ly/AlimentacionInfantilCNU

Eligibilidad:
✅ Haber dado a luz al menos a un hijo en enero de 2020 o después
✅ Haber vivido en Hampton Roads en el primer año de vida de su hijo

This survey is part of a research project to investigate the lived experiences of infant feeding practices in Hampton Roads, VA. It explores the motivations and challenges that parents face every day to feed their infants as well as the way they try to face these challenges.

02/25/2024

Hello all!

Our senior sociology, criminology, and anthropology majors in CERP’s home department are conducting surveys for their final senior projects. Taking one or more of them would be incredibly helpful for a senior on the cusp of graduation! Sharing this post and liking/following the Center’s FB page would also be greatly appreciated!

Some of the surveys are for anyone and others are specifically for CNU students. None should take more than ten minutes to compete. I thank you, and our students thank you! Links below!

-Dr. Drew Baird, Center of Education Research and Policy research associate and SOCL490: Senior Seminar professor.

Survey 1: Social Media Use, Attitudes Toward Policing and Crime [Open to all respondents]: https://forms.gle/8mygkBf2HVnmZKKaA

Survey 2: Mental Health, Parental Relationships, and YikYak Usage [Seeking CNU students ONLY]: https://forms.gle/T8ALJrj86vVycY5L9

Survey 3: Regiousity, Government Trust, and Cybercrime Victimization [Open to all respondents]: https://forms.gle/YkJLWS1a2t6bnFyi9

Survey 4: Views of CNU’s Title XI Office, Alcohol Consumption, and Perceptions of Future Degree Relevance [Seeking CNU students ONLY]: https://forms.gle/rHxSJ5cTnegtUXzj8

Survey 5: Sleep Health, Weight Loss, and Perceptions of Animated Characters [Open to all respondents]: https://forms.gle/HQ71NCFKzXRgSE2j8

Survey 6: Mental Health Experiences, Awareness of Mental Health Courts, and Experiences with Bullying [Open to all respondents]: https://forms.gle/3WJTK5oDh6x1j8Zu5

02/14/2024

Parents! We are seeking parents of children who attend public schools on The Virginia Peninsula to take our survey! Our primary goal is to document the perspective and concerns of parents, and then share our information with the schools and districts on the Peninsula. The anonymous survey takes about 10 to 15 minutes to complete, and upon completion you will receive a link to register for a raffle that will occur in May to win a Nintendo Switch Lite. Link: https://bit.ly/CERP-parent-survey

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