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Faculty
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Prof. Fields Brings Black Identity Studies to Ignatius Seminar

Professor Corey Fields is one of Georgetown’s newer faces. This fall, he’ll help welcome its newest faces by leading one of the Georgetown College Ignatius Seminars. Fields,…

July 30, 2018

Alumni
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Shakera Vaughan (C’19) has been named a Newman Civic Fellow

The government major and sociology minor has received a 2018 Newman Civic Fellowship, a national program for students who demonstrate meaningful engagement with their.…

March 19, 2018

Alumni
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Andrea Keklak Writes about obstacles for female runners

Andrea Keklak was a sociology major who graduated in 2015. She ran track at Georgetown and before. She has written are powerful condemnation of the male chauvinism that kept…

March 19, 2018

Alumni
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Marta Aparicio wins Rangel Graduate Fellowship

Alumna Marta Aparicio (C’14) of Providence, Rhode Island; Kala Deterville (C’18) of Queens, New York; and Sofia Gomez (SFS’18) of Hanover, New Hampshire, have received the…

January 10, 2018

Alumni
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Yalda Baktash (C’18) Speaks Out On Life as a Refugee

Fall 2015 was Yalda Baktash’s (C’18) first at the Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences—but her journey to the Hilltop began long ago. Baktash, a sociology…

April 4, 2016

Alumni
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Princess Euphelma Choden Wangchuck’s (C’16) Submission Accepted to “Writing Women’s Lives” Panel

Sociology major Eeuphelma Wangchuck’s paper was chosen by the Georgetown University Panel for “Writing Women’s Lives.” The panel took take place March 20-21, 2016 at…

March 22, 2016

Alumni
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Caitlin Snell (C’16) Awarded Summer Fellowship by the Education and Social Justice Project

Sociology major Caitlin Snell was awarded a summer fellowship from the Education and Social Justice Project to spend three weeks promoting social justice within institutions in…

February 12, 2016

Alumni
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Aya Waller-Bey (C’14) Awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Aya Waller-Bey has been named one of less than 100 scholars worldwide to receive a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which covers a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject at the…

May 21, 2015

Alumni
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Sociology Major Derek Dangerfield (C’12) named a Fulbright scholar

Initially enrolled in the McDonough School of Business, Dangerfield switched to the College during his sophomore year, pursuing sociology for its ability to link human beings to…

August 13, 2012