Humanities & Social Sciences

Kennesaw State research team receives federal grant for artisanal alcohol research

April 25, 2023

Four Kennesaw State faculty members have been awarded a National Science Foundation grant for more than $313,000 to study the economic, cultural, historical and health significance of artisanal alcohol production in a small island nation in West Africa.

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Kennesaw State students' interdisciplinary project engages incarcerated youths in storytelling

April 24, 2023

When Zy Justice arrived at Kennesaw State University in Fall 2018, she knew she wanted to major in criminal justice. She didn’t expect her studies to include training in acting. Nonetheless, Justice recently sat in a black-walled room with a mixed group of theatre and criminal justice majors participating in a dramatic reading of selections from the play version “Long Way Down” by Jason Reynolds, a novel about the code of vengeance governing the streets where the main character lives.

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Kennesaw State awards ceremony recognizes outstanding faculty members

April 18, 2023

College of the Arts Theatre and Performance Studies professor Ming Chen has received the University Distinguished Professor Award, the top honor presented during Kennesaw State’s annual Faculty Awards ceremony on Monday.

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Charity Butcher, Ph.D., Announced as Director of the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development

March 28, 2023

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Moving forward: New deans discuss plans for the Radow, Honors and Graduate colleges

March 10, 2023

Kennesaw State University has recently welcomed new deans to lead three of its colleges – Katie Kaukinen in the Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Karen Kornweibel in the KSU Journey Honors College and Juliet Langman in the Graduate College. Each are accomplished scholars and leaders who come to KSU ready to help the University achieve its goals.

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History Makers: During Black History Month, current KSU students are making their marks

February 23, 2023

History is created day by day, minute by minute as the present becomes the past. As the Kennesaw State community celebrates Black History Month, the newest chapters of the University’s history are being written today by outstanding Black students. Join us in marking Black History Month at KSU by meeting a few of those students who are making history today.

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Kennesaw State researcher receives NSF grant to study effects of climate change in North Atlantic

February 17, 2023

Kennesaw State University faculty member Thomas Rotnem has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study how recent climate shifts have affected farming and other communities in the North Atlantic island nations of Iceland and Greenland.

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Postdoctoral researchers boost Kennesaw State to a new level

February 13, 2023

As Kennesaw State expands its reach as a research university, there is a greater emphasis on building qualified faculty and staff to drive that research into new areas.

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Kennesaw State professor gives southern hip-hop a voice

February 09, 2023

Many people spend a lifetime searching for their passion. But Regina N. Bradley found hers as a teenager growing up in the 1990s in Albany, Georgia.

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Award-winning chef, author encourages exploration of roots in lecture at Kennesaw State

January 27, 2023

For renowned chef, culinary historian and writer Michael Twitty, living at the intersection of multiple identities provides an opportunity to educate - and his medium is food.

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