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W&L’s Sociology and Anthropology Department Presents 2022 Lecture Series The new social justice series titled “Measuring Choice and Freedom" will highlight the work of department alumni.

SJS-Line-Up-Poster W&L’s Sociology and Anthropology Department Presents 2022 Lecture Series

Starting this month, Washington and Lee University’s Sociology and Anthropology Department (SOAN) will present a new social justice series titled “Measuring Choice and Freedom.” The featured speakers in the series are SOAN graduates.

The first talk of the semester occurred on Jan. 18 at 5 p.m., with Stephanie Chung ’18, a graduate research assistant at the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Future talks in the series will highlight the work of various SOAN alumni:

  • Feb 1: Kara Fitzgibbon ’11 (University of Virginia): “Progression with Regression: Fighting for Social Justice through Survey Research.”
  • Feb. 15: Christina Kamis ’16 (Duke University): “Assessing Health Inequalities over the Life Course: The Importance of Early Life Adversity.”
  • March 15: Leah Gose ’15 (Harvard University): TBA

Read more about W&L’s Sociology and Anthropology Department here.