Kennesaw State University Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice

Kennesaw State University Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice Welcome to the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Kennesaw State University The department actively promotes experiential learning.

Welcome to the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Kennesaw State University! We offer majors in Sociology and Criminal Justice, including a fully online Sociology degree program. The department also offers a Masters in Criminal Justice which has a unique focus on “Global/International Perspectives in Criminal Justice". As well, the department offers minors in Criminal Justice, Crimino

logy, Gerontology and Sociology. Sociology and Criminal Justice undergraduate majors are required to complete an internship or cooperative studies. We also value and promote global learning and in that connection, our faculty have offered study abroad opportunities in France/Italy, Ghana, Netherlands, Romania and Thailand. Our department houses the official journal of the Georgia Sociological Association, the Journal of Public and Professional Sociology.

Graduation is under a week away and we want to celebrate YOU! Find us on the campus green after the ceremony for gifts a...
05/08/2026

Graduation is under a week away and we want to celebrate YOU!

Find us on the campus green after the ceremony for gifts and photos with your professors.

Need help with the final stretch? Don't forget to utilize the SMART Tutoring Center! Available in ALC 4525 or online. Sc...
05/01/2026

Need help with the final stretch? Don't forget to utilize the SMART Tutoring Center!

Available in ALC 4525 or online. Scan the QR code for appointments and more information.

Please join the Teach-In Committee for a lecture on "Erosion of the Separation of Powers? The Constitution and Implicati...
04/01/2026

Please join the Teach-In Committee for a lecture on "Erosion of the Separation of Powers? The Constitution and Implications for American Society" presented by Kenneth White, Ph.D, J.D.

🗓 Wednesday, April 8th
🕰 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
📍Social Sciences (SO) 2038

Join us for the semesters final installment of the First Tuesday Series!Student-Faculty Collaborative Research: Coding P...
03/24/2026

Join us for the semesters final installment of the First Tuesday Series!

Student-Faculty Collaborative Research: Coding Prison Misconduct and System Treatment in "Orange is the New Black"

Dr. Amber Wilson will share about the student-faculty collaboration process, research techniques, and one of her current research projects which uses coded data.

Together, we will learn how the project was conceptualized, how the coding instrument was developed, and how the data is analyzed, before trying your hand at coding yourself!

🗓 Tuesday, April 7th
🕰 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
📍Social Sciences (SO) 4060

RSVP not required but request at [email protected] or on Owl life at: https://owllife.kennesaw.edu/actioncenter/organization/scj

Please join us next week for March's First Tuesday event! Dr. Salazar-Tobar will speak about First Generation Perspectiv...
02/24/2026

Please join us next week for March's First Tuesday event! Dr. Salazar-Tobar will speak about First Generation Perspectives on College and Beyond, before opening the floor for discussion.

Tuesday, March 3rd from 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm in Social Sciences 4060.

This event is open to everyone and all are welcome and encouraged to join in thoughtful discussion.

Please join us in conversation as Georgetown Assistant Professor Zandria Robinson speaks on Black Studies Epistemology o...
02/05/2026

Please join us in conversation as Georgetown Assistant Professor Zandria Robinson speaks on Black Studies Epistemology on the Other Side of Time.

February 17th
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Social Sciences room 1021 with overflow to SO 1019

"As a sustained engagement with Black thought and Black ways of knowing emerging primarily from the formation of the Black Atlantic. Black Studies at its core asks us to reconcile hegemonic and indigenous ways of knowing. This talk considers the field's offerings for reclaiming suppressed theoretical and epistemic impulses through a meditation on sound, afterlives, and deep listening on the other side of time."

Catch Wally Pete and the Criminal Justice Student Organization at the Chill Student Involvement Fair!
01/15/2026

Catch Wally Pete and the Criminal Justice Student Organization at the Chill Student Involvement Fair!

Don't forget to drop by the Social Science Career Table on Thursday! Cobb County Sheriffs Office and Macy's Asset protec...
12/01/2025

Don't forget to drop by the Social Science Career Table on Thursday!
Cobb County Sheriffs Office and Macy's Asset protection will be available to share about their organization and career opportunities.

Please join us for this semesters final Instalment of the First Tuesday Series!Award winning author Emily Lenning will l...
11/18/2025

Please join us for this semesters final Instalment of the First Tuesday Series!

Award winning author Emily Lenning will lead a conversation on Building Theory for Liberating Praxis, before opening the floor for discussion.

This conversation is open to all and light refreshments will be provided.
RSVP requested but not required via [email protected] or on Owl Life.

Address

402 Bartow Avenue NW, Social Science Bldg #402, MB#2204
Kennesaw, GA
30144

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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