Dr. Maples' new book on the history of the Red River Gorge climbing community is now available. Rock Climbing in Kentucky's Red River Gorge: An Oral History of Community, Resources, and Tourism recounts five decades of climbing in the Red amid the context of the people and resources right here in EKU's service region.
Dr. James Maples (EKU Sociology) and Dr. Michael Bradley (Arkansas Tech Univ.) have released their 2020 economic impact study of rock climbing in Kentucky's Red River Gorge. Results include:
EKU Sociology's Social Science Undergraduate Research Symposium program for Thursday April 20 is now live and available here. This includes all Zoom links to the sessions.
EKU Sociology is proud to announce that our student, Mary Boujaoude, is the winner of the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Science's prestigious Dean's Award of Merit for 2021.
On Tuesday, October 13, EKU Sociology held its first student conversations event focused on race and policing. This new event series places student questions and reactions at the heart of a robust conversation about social issues happening in our society. Future student conversation events will be announced for the Spring 2021 semester.
Dr. Lisa Day was recently featured in EKU Online's ecast series on Youtube. Dr. Day is chair of Women and Gender Studies and Appalachian Studies. She is also a core part of Team Sociology's new Diversity in Society Certificate.
Two sociology majors are part of important changes underway at the university with this year's Student Senate and the passing of SEN Act 001: An Act Requiring Student Representation.
The Sociology Program would like to congratulate May 2020 graduate Kaleigh Hawthorne. Kaleigh will receive an officer commission at the end of the semester in the U.S. Army. The sociology faculty would like to take this time to congratulate future U.S. Army Officer Kaleigh Hawthorn and her future husband. Post-graduation, Kaleigh will be moving to Ft.
