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Former Sociology and CREO graduate student Andrew Hoyt is the founding Head of the Portage School of Leaders in South Bend . PSL is chartered through Trine University and is a part of the Career High School/Middle School network in South Bend, Indiana. Andrew earned his Bachelor's, Master's, and...

CREO Postdoctoral Research Associate Meaghan Mingo's article "Stay in a Child's Place: Adult Authority in Schooling in the Louisiana Delta" is now published in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity of Sage Journals. Mingo performed over one year of ethnographical work and research at Abundance Junior High...

ND PIER Burns Fellow Sofia Duenas represented the graduate students at Fr. Dowd's Convocation and Inauguration Ceremony on Thursday, September 12, 2024. She spoke on behalf of the ND graduate students to offer a greeting to Fr. Robert Dowd in his role as President of the University. For more...

During the 2020-21 school year, the number of Black male students involved in disciplinary outcomes at school was disproportionately high compared to their enrollment numbers in kindergarten through grade 12, according to a report the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights published...

Sociology graduate student Jamya Robinson was awarded the Black Excellence Graduate Student Award by Notre Dame Student Government in collaboration with the Notre Dame Black Student Association. This award is intended to honor the outstanding Black community members on campus. The nomination letter...

Associate Professor Anna Haskins was awarded the Black Excellence Faculty Award by Notre Dame Student Government in collaboration with the Notre Dame Black Student Association. This award is intended to honor the outstanding Black community members on campus. The nomination letter reads as follows:...

Mark Berends , CREO/Sociology Professor and the Hackett Family Director of the Institute for Educational Initiatives was among the 200 scholars selected for the Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual listing published by Education Week highlighting academics who had the year's biggest...

Sociology/CREO Professor Anna Haskins was interviewed recently by the ND College of Arts & Letters. Anna Haskins interview on how schools, families, and the criminal legal system preserve or mitigate inequality