Social Sciences Hosts Fall Gathering

Wednesday, Oct. 11, the Department of Social Sciences held a get-together in celebration of fall.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gwu-today/1504/thumbnail.jp

04-24-2012 SWOSU Students Honored at Social Sciences Honors Banquet

Several Southwestern Oklahoma State University students were honored at the recent Department of Social Sciences honors banquet held on the Weatherford campus

05-09-2011 SWOSU Professor Talks Immigration on OETA Program

Dr. Fred Gates, associate professor of history in the SWOSU Department of Social Sciences, recently appeared on OETA’s weekly discussion show Oklahoma Forum hosted by Dick Pryor

04-10-2012 SWOSU Group Attends Criminal Justice Conference

Twelve students and three professors from the Department of Social Sciences at Southwestern Oklahoma State University recently attended the annual conference of the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Association in Edmond

Students Visit Staff Members For Sociology Assignment

A project assigned in the Department of Social Sciences required students to “sleep over” at the home of a GWU faculty or staff member.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gwu-today/1508/thumbnail.jp

11-25-2013 Astle Receives Golden Quill Award from Oklahoma Bar Association

Dr. Dorie Astle, associate professor in the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Department of Social Sciences in Weatherford, recently received the Maurice Merrill Golden Quill Award from the Oklahoma Bar Association

Short Case Study: The First Year Experience: Students’ Perceptions on Assessment

This case study reports on the results of a pilot study with first year students in the Department of Social Sciences in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Ireland. It discussed the findings in relation to student perceptions on the assessment process for first years

President’s 2022 Early Career Award Recognizes Social Sciences Professor

Dr. Aihua Zhang, assistant professor in the Gardner-Webb University Department of Social Sciences, has been recognized for her exceptional productivity in scholarship, creative discovery, and instruction. She is the recipient of the President’s Early Career Award for 2022.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3413/thumbnail.jp

Book review: parenting out of control

Charlotte Faircloth discusses Margeret Nelson’s book Parenting out of control and discusses how class affects parents’ use of technology. Charlotte is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Roehampton, London, UK. She is also a Visiting Scholar and founding member of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies (CPCS) at the University of Kent