Society & Environment blog

  • Anthropology Major Becomes a McNair Scholar

    February 19, 2015

    Senior Anthropology Major Ronnia Estes has just been accepted into the 2015 cohort of McNair Scholars. The purpose of the McNair Program is to increase the attainment of Ph.D. degrees by students from underrepresented segments of society. The Program will achieve its mission by providing opportunities for high quality research. Nia’s research builds on preliminary […]

  • Aaron Albrecht Presents Research

    October 14, 2014

    Senior Sociology major Aaron Albrecht presented, “Armed Drones in the Global War on Terrorism: A Quantitative Analysis of Attitude Change among Truman State University Students,”(mentor: Dr.Elaine McDuff) at the 18th Annual McNair Heartland Research Conference in Kansas City, Mo., on September 19-21. McNair Scholars have conducted independent research, have been mentored by faculty, and plan […]

  • Senior Sociology Majors Present Research

    May 27, 2014

    Elizabeth Ward, Sarah Westfall, and Emma Shirey, senior Sociology majors, presented research projects at the Undergraduate Poster Session at the Midwest Sociological Society annual meeting in Omaha, Neb., April 4. All three students completed their research as part of the two-course methods sequence in Sociology/Anthropology, SOAN 380-Research Design and SOAN 381-Data Analysis. Ward presented “Do […]