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Meet the Social Service Faculty

The interdisciplinary Social Service minor brings together the expertise of professors from a variety of backgrounds including anthropology and sociology and psychology.

Tim Kasser Tim Kasser, Chair
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1994
"My research has recently been investigating how values relate to well-being in various nations around the world, as well as what leads some people to become especially focused on different types of values."
Duane Oldfield Duane Oldfield
Associate Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1992
"I am currently working on a book ... [that] analyzes the ways in which social movements of the Left and the Right make sense of, politicize, and form alliances to deal with the processes frequently labeled with the term 'globalization.'"
Carol St. Amant Carol St. Amant
Lecturer in Anthropology and Sociology
M.A., Roosevelt University, 1969
M.A., University of Chicago, 1997
"As a professional social worker, while I worked in several different fields of practice, the bulk of my professional career was in the area of public child welfare delivery."
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Knox Among Top Colleges for Fulbright Scholar Awards in 2009-10

Knox College is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation for Fulbright Scholar grants awarded to faculty during 2009-2010. Karen Kampwirth is studying feminism and politics at the University of Buenos Aires, and Jeremy Day O'Connell is conducting musicology and linguistics research at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Japanese Club Marks Halloween with Kimodameshi

Severed heads, a ghost in the well -- the Knox College Japanese Club marks Halloween by building a "Kimodameshi," which led visitors through scenes drawn from traditional Japanese ghost stories.

Amity Shlaes Gives Lecture on US Economy

Too much government action, not too little, lengthened the Great Depression, according to author and columnist Amity Shlaes, in an October 15 lecture at Knox College.

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