News and Events
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Finding Post-Grad Success
Graduating from Lewis & Clark College means you will earn a bachelor of arts degree that is grounded in critical thinking, written and verbal communication skills, teamwork, and problem solving—all of the essential qualifications you need to succeed in any career.
What’s Next for Sociology and Anthropology Students?
A different type of sociology and anthropology course is helping students bridge the gap between campus and post-college life through lectures, discussions, career guidance, and alumni connections.
2025 SOAN Summer Enrichment Fund Recipient: Liam Murphy
Liam Murphy ’26 was awarded the Anna Williams ’22 SOAN Research & Enrichment Fund. Learn how Liam utilized his funding and his experience as a speaking teacher at an English language school in Cuenca, Ecuador.
2025 SOAN Summer Enrichment Fund Recipient: Tully Jones-Wilkins
Tully Jones-Wilkins ’26 was awarded the Anna Williams ’22 SOAN Research & Enrichment Fund. Learn how Tully utilized his funding and his research on adventure tourism in Ecuador.
Sociology Professor Earns Accolades from the American Sociological Association
Associate Professor of Sociology Maryann Bylander has earned an honorable mention in the 2025 Thomas and Znaniecki Best Book competition of the American Sociological Association.
Sarah Warren Appointed Executive Director of Community Partnerships
Warren, who assumes the new role on August 4, will spearhead Lewis & Clark’s historic partnership with Albina Vision Trust, as well as cultivate new institutional partnerships.
2024 SOAN Summer Enrichment Fund Awardee: Marissa Lum
Marissa Lum BA ’25, was awarded The Anna Williams ’24 SOAN Research & Enrichment Fund. Learn how Marissa utilized the funding and her internship experience.
Community Builder Wins College’s Highest Honor
Azucena Lizbeth Morales Santos BA ’24, who double-majored in Hispanic studies and sociology/anthropology, received this spring’s Rena J. Ratte Award, the undergraduate college’s highest honor. Named for an esteemed professor, the award recognizes a senior whose abilities and commitment have combined to produce work of the highest distinction.
Senior Speaker: Cooper Kroll BA ’24
Cooper Kroll BA ’24 will address graduates at the College of Arts and Sciences commencement on May 4.
Teach-In on Palestine and Israel Generates Strong Turnout
In an effort to grapple with the unfolding tragedy in Gaza and Israel, Lewis & Clark hosted a multidisciplinary forum, featuring a faculty panel followed by a Q&A.
- EVENTS
Past Events
Indigenous Education for Abolition: Panel Discussion with Mapuche Educators
Ethnic Studies & Prison Abolition Club Present a Panel Discussion with Mapuche Educators
Indigenous Education for Abolition: Mapuche Schools, Language Revitalization, and Decolonial Futures
Attacks on Indigenous rights, public education, and cultural diversity have increased with the rise of fascism in the U.S and Chile. This event explores how Mapuche-run schools and language nests challenge assimilationist state policies and offer lessons for educators, students, and activists in the U.S. grappling with parallel struggles over democracy, education, and cultural survival.
This event will also be available to be viewed on Zoom: ZOOM LINK
—Educación Indígena para la abolición de la cárcel: escuelas mapuche, revitalización lingüística y futuros decoloniales
Los ataques a los derechos indígenas, la educación pública y la diversidad cultural han aumentado con el auge del fascismo en Estados Unidos y Chile. Este evento habla acerca de cómo las escuelas y los nidos lingüísticos mapuche desafían las políticas estatales asimilacionistas y ofrece lecciones para educadores, estudiantes y activistas en Estados Unidos que lidian con luchas paralelas por la democracia, la educación y la supervivencia cultural.
Este evento también estará presentado por Zoom: ZOOM LINK
SOAN Colloquium: JaDee Y. Carathers, PhD
Please join the Department of Sociology and Anthropology for a talk by JaDee Y. Carathers, PhD entitled, Embodied Euphoria of Escatic Belonging: Exploring the potential impact of psilocybin-assisted therapy on individual perceptions of gender and sexuality.
Gender Studies Symposium Keynote: Sophie Lewis
Please join us for a Gender Studies Symposium keynote presentation by writer, critical utopianist, and scholar of feminist, queer, and trans politics and philosophy Sophie Lewis.
The presentation is titled “Destroy the Family to Realize Its Promise: Abolition as Care Communization.”
Description: The idea of family abolition has reappeared among parts of the radical left, following a hiatus of almost fifty years. But–as some have objected–is not capitalism itself “abolishing” familial life (in the colloquial sense of destroying it) in various ways? Indeed, the private nuclear household appears embattled and undermined. In this context, the resurgent debate clarifies why the form of destruction family abolitionists seek is one that realizes familism’s false promise. Abolition, here, is the actualization of humanity’s universal care-neediness through the communization of lifemaking. Defending this sense of the word “abolish” (i.e., positive supersession) remains worthwhile.
