SDSM&T Humanities and Social Sciences

05/22/2026

Last fall, three STS faculty and two STS students went to the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) conference in Seattle. Learn more about faculty presentations and what students learned!

Last fall, three STS faculty and two STS students went to the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) conference in Seattle. Learn more about faculty presentations and what students learned!

05/13/2026

This semester, classes taught by Dr. Erica Haugtvedt and Dr. Christy Tidwell made commonplace books. Read the full post to learn more about commonplace books and their place in the classroom - plus, see samples of student work!

This semester, classes taught by Dr. Erica Haugtvedt and Dr. Christy Tidwell made commonplace books. Learn more about commonplace books and their place in the classroom – plus, see samples of…

05/11/2026

For Worldwide Climate Games Day, Dr. Mary Witlacil's Environmental Law and Policy class played CATAN - New Energies.

Learn more here about the game and its relevance to the class:

For Worldwide Climate Games Day, Dr. Mary Witlacil’s Environmental Law and Policy class played CATAN – New Energies. Learn more about the game and its relevance to the class!

11/21/2025

This semester's final STS 401 student post features Kendall Custer writing about her capstone research on forecasting large snowfall events. https://sdsmtnovum.org/2025/11/21/were-off-to-see-the-blizzard/

Image credit: Mid-Latitude Cyclone Over the Midwestern US as seen from the GOES West Satellite. Photo: NOAA Satellites.

This semester’s final STS 401 student post features Kendall Custer writing about her capstone research on forecasting large snowfall events.

11/20/2025

The third in this year's series of posts from STS 401 students is by Colin Gholson, whose capstone project will focus on environmental justice issues related to uranium mining in western New Mexico.

The third in this year’s series of posts from STS 401 students is by Colin Gholson, whose capstone project will focus on environmental justice issues related to uranium mining in western New …

11/19/2025

Dinosaur marionettes in the Apex Gallery! This pop-up show of student work highlights connections between engineering education, art, and STS.

Dinosaur marionettes in the Apex Gallery! This pop-up show of student work highlights connections between engineering education, art, and STS.

11/18/2025

In this post from STS 401, Atmospheric and Environmental Science student Ryenne "Rye" Julian writes about improving methods of measuring sea ice to provide better ice forecasts. https://sdsmtnovum.org/2025/11/18/where-the-heck-is-the-ice-deriving-arctic-sea-ice-concentrations-using-remote-sensing-methods/

Image credit: NOAA CoastWatch L1/L2 Spatial Search, https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cw_html/NearRealTimeSearch.html?region=NP&product=nrcs&sensor=SAR&daysback=5&desc=sat.

In this post from STS 401, Atmospheric and Environmental Science student Ryenne “Rye” Julian writes about improving methods of measuring sea ice to provide better ice forecasts.

11/17/2025

How accurate are pop culture representations of dinosaurs? And why does their accuracy matter? This year's series on STS 401 capstone projects begins with STS student Paul Roques considering these questions. https://sdsmtnovum.org/2025/11/17/reality-and-realism-in-dinosaur-fiction/

Image credit: Heather Kyoht Luterman, CC BY 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

11/05/2025

Check out the winners of this year’s STS Costume Contest! We got some great entries and are looking forward to seeing more next year!

Check out the winners of this year’s STS Costume Contest! We got some great entries and are looking forward to seeing more next year!

10/14/2025

Dr. Erica Haugtvedt’s STEM Communication course is working with Trinity Eco Prayer Park this semester – bringing together the science and society at the heart of STS.

Dr. Erica Haugtvedt’s STEM Communication course is working with part of the community this semester – bringing together the science and society at the heart of STS.