Welcome to the College of Social Sciences
Recognized for excellence
By choosing the College of Social Sciences, you’ll not only choose from a diverse group of programs such as Mass Communication, Nursing, and Pastoral Studies, and disciplines such as Counseling, Criminal Justice, Liberal Studies, Political Science, and Sociology. You’ll also be choosing a college touted as a leader, singled out for excellence as one of the Great Schools for Communications Majors and Great Schools for Journalism Majors by the Princeton Review in 2008.
In addition, the College of Social Sciences is home to several centers and institutes that serve as important resources as Loyola teaches students to think critically and act justly: Center for Environmental Communication, Jesuit Social Research Institute, Shawn M. Donnelly Center for Nonprofit Communication, and the Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice.
Student Successes
Sociology Student Presents at National Conference
Nathalie Delise has been invited to share her paper, "To Tip or Not to Tip: The Social Norm of Restaurant Tipping in the United States," at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
Faculty Successes
Marcus Kondkar awarded a Marquette Faculty Fellowship
Professor Kondkar was awarded a Marquette Faculty Fellowship for the Summer of 2009 for his research, “Intimate Partner Homicide: Exploring the Relationship between Race, Gender, Law and Violence.”
Alumni Successes
State senator started his career at Loyola
Edwin Murray, A'82, L'85, is the Louisiana state senator for District 4, which includes the Lakeview neighborhood in Orleans Parish.
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