Ph.D. student Emilia Ravetta receives P.E.O. funding

Congratulations to Ph.D. student Emilia Ravetta who has received a P.E.O. Scholar Award for 2025-26! P.E.O. awards scholarships to women of the U.S. who are pursuing doctoral-level degrees and have the potential to make significant contributions to their fields and positively impact society. Emilia’s award will help fund her dissertation research. “My research project focuses […]

Sidney Stadelmann founds CSU’s Community for Climate Anxiety

Sidney Stadelmann, junior SOC major in our Environmental concentration, created and runs the Community for Climate Anxiety, an organization through the School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) Student Sustainability Center. She led a breakout session at CSU’s Climate Leadership Summit held last spring. More than 400 students in 8th through 12th grades from 19 Northern Colorado […]

SOC students launch Colorado Higher Education Basic Needs Summit

Jorja Whyte, senior sociology and psychology double-major and Associated Students of Colorado State University (ASCSU) Director of Basic Needs (pictured far right), and Amber Obermaier, sociology Ph.D. student and leader of CSU’s Food Security Advisory Council (pictured center), planned and hosted the first-ever Colorado Higher Education Basic Needs Summit. Approximately 80 attendees from 13 universities […]

Lynn Hempel interviewed by Inside Climate News

Dr. Lynn Hempel shared her insights on religion, politics, and environmentalism in an interview with Inside Climate News for their article, “Faith Leaders Push Back After EPA Head Disparages Climate Action as ‘Religion’.“ “I think it’s important to recognize and appreciate how varied Christians are in their views on climate change and the environment and […]

Kellie Alexander, Sneha Kadyan, and Noel Strapko successfully defend dissertations

Dr. Kellie Alexander successfully defended her doctoral dissertation titled “How Do You Do the Right Thing and Not Get Fired or Ruin Your Career?”: The Role of University Administrators in Hazing Prevention and Education. Kellie currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Denver. Kellie’s dissertation is one of the only […]