Many Oakland University students care deeply about the world around them yet feel uncertain about how to make a difference.

Sociologists study human behavior in groups, the interactions between people, and the patterned structure of relationships that result. Criminal and deviant behavior, racism, inequality, gender, the ...

Social movements were born out of schools and learners. Students, in May 1968, were one of the most present groups during this turbulent period in France. The 1989 Tian'anmen Square protests in China ...

Living in an intensely divisive and contentious time like this current sociopolitical moment makes certain perspectives on the world more needed now than ever. As a college professor for 30 years, I ...

Nancy Whittier’s areas of specialization are gender, social movements and women's movements, social change, sexual violence and sexuality. She teaches courses on gender, sexuality, social change, ...