• Social Science Division Sabbaticals 2011-2012
• Accounting & Finance
• Economics
• Education
• Management
• McCarthy Center for Public Policy
• McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship
• Military Science
• Peace Studies
• Exercise Science and Sport Studies
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Social Science Learning Goals

Social Science Division

The Social Science Division consists of the following departments and programs: Accounting and Finance, Economics, Education, Management, McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship, Military Science, Peace Studies, Physical Education, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work and Sociology. These departments are housed on the College of Saint Benedict campus and/or Saint John's University campus. Dr. Ernest Diedrich is the Social Science Division Head.

Spotlight

CONGRATULATIONS on the approval of 2011-2012 sabbaticals for the Social Science Division faculty noted below!

• Claire Haeg, Political Science Dept.
• John Hasselberg, Management Dept.
• Jan Holtz, Psychology Dept.
• Jeff Kamakahi, Sociology Dept.
• Janna LaFountaine, Physical Education Dept.
• Sanford Moskowitz, Management Dept.
• Gary Prevost, Political Science Dept.
• James Read, Political Science Dept.
• Parker Wheatley, Economics Dept.

Congratulations to Political Science majors Melanie Miesen, Lindsey Krause, and Jenny Schwope who will present their honors research at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research in New York, March 31-April 2, 2011. The titles of their research projects are:

• Melanie Miesen, "Financial Services Reform: A Case Study in Unorthodox Lawmaking"
• Lindsey Krause, "Conditions for Success: Examining Conditional Party Government in the Minnesota House of Representatives"
• Jennifer Schwope, "Female Legislators' Impact on Policy Initiatives Related to Gender Equity: Case Study of the Evolution of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009"

Congratulations to RON PAGNUCCO, Peace Studies Department and Christopher Hausmann '04 on their recent publication:
Journal for Peace & Justice Studies; Fall  2010 Volume 20, Number 2
Special Issue: Peacebuilding in Africa
Guest Editors: Ron Pagnucco and Christopher Hausmann
Table of Contents and further information

Congratulations to MARY JEPPERSON, Accounting and Finance Department, on being selected for the George Krull/Grant Thornton 2010 Teaching Innovation Award for her presentation "Use Technology to Enhance Auditing Classes" at the Summer 2010 American Accounting Association (AAA) Conference.  AAA is the premier conference of accounting faculty and is attended by about 3,000 accounting faculty.

October 2010 - Congratulations to Louis Johnston (Economics Department) on being a significant contributor to Principles of Enonomics, Brief Edition, 2/e, 2011:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073511439/information_center_view0/.

Congratulations to Dan Finn(Economics Department) on the publication of: The True Wealth of Nations: Catholic Social Thought and Economic Life, edited by Daniel Finn. Oxford University Press: September 2010.