On February 25, 2022, the Department of Sociology hosted the first of the spring colloquiums. Professor Kamesha Spates delivered her lecture, Built for Pressure?: A Closer Look at Suicide in the Black Community, in the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Community Studies Center.
Professor Kamesha Spates is an Associate Sociology Professor at Kent State University and the founder and director for the Racial Justice and Health Equity Research and Education Collaborative. She published, “What Don’t Kill Us Makes Us Stronger: Black Women on Suicide” which revealed positive life strategies underlying black women’s resilience. Read more…
In November 2021, CWRU, member of the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) initiative of New America, received $270,000 in grant awards. PIT-UN funding was awarded to Sociology Professor Brian Gran and An Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Data Sciences, to create a new, multidisciplinary course “Socio-Technology of Cyber Security: An Experiential Learning Course.” Click here to read more.