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The Blue Sky Account for the Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminology Department at Eastern Michigan University 712 Pray Harrold Ypsilanti, MI, USA 48197 734.487.0012 || http://www.emich.edu/sac
Tomorrow!
Join this important discussion featuring Ms. Courtney Smith, Detroit Phoenix Center Founder and EMU Sociology alum! Ms. Smith will be joined by Caylene Rudd and Bobbi Simmons, members of the Detroit Phoenix Center Youth Action Board.
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Thank you, Kayla! We are so grateful you chose us! 💚
Come to campus and get to know EMU Anthropology!
And be sure to follow the fantastic EMU Anthropology Club on Instagram: @emuanthropology
Attention EMU Students!
We hope everyone enjoyed the Labor Day holiday. Celebrate by learning more about one of our criminology alumni: Tatyana Thaxton!
Since graduation, Tatyana has devoted her career to protecting laborers and promoting safe workplaces.
More here:
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Congratulations to EMU Criminology alumni, Gunnar Oakes!
www.easternecho.com/article/2025...
Welcome back, Eagles!
Join us in congratulating SAC department secretary Fonda Martin on receiving the 2025 Wanda J. Monks Staff Member of the Year Award!
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Its Earth Day!
We'd like to highlight the work of one of our Sociology alumni: Brett Zeuner. Brett was a collaborator in designing Michigan's MiEJScreen tool. Today Brett manages the Foundation for California Community Colleges’s Environmental Equity program.
More:
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Please join us next week for a presentation from EMU Sociologist Dr. Rachel Schroeder!
SAC was well represented at the 2025 EMU Undergraduate Symposium. Thank you to all of the student presenters, faculty mentors, and symposium organizers!
Photos courtesy of Dr. Rachel Schroeder
More great news from our criminology students:
Aisha Rocha has just been offered a position to work alongside Judge Cedric Simpson in 14A-1 district court 🎉
Congratulations, Aisha!
Courtney Smith, Founder and CEO of the Detroit Phoenix Center and EMU Sociology Alumni, is featured in EMU Today!:
today.emich.edu/story/story/...
We have news from the Southeast Michigan Criminal Justice Policy Research Project (SMART)! Listen to the announcement shared w/WEMU by the project’s Director, Dr. Kevin Karpiak. Dr. Karpiak is also a Professor in the Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology department at EMU.
tinyurl.com/mdzu3v22
Congratulations to Emma, Tosh'ja, and Dylan!
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-Emma Herron has been accepted for an internship w/the Michigan State Police Crime Lab 🎉
-Tosh'ja Couch is now working as a Drug Technician for the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department 🎉
-Dylan Overton is going through the hiring process to be an officer w/the Chelsea Police Department 🎉
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We have several criminology student accomplishments to share (1/3):
Need to register for Summer or Fall classes?
Join Dr. Shah, Dr. Moore, and Swoop over at today's Registration Blitz!
Mark your calendars!
Dr. Rita Shah is an Associate Professor of Criminology at EMU. She will be joined by her colleagues Dr. Rob Jones (Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University) and Dr. Peter Blackmer (Assistant Professor of Africology and African American Studies, EMU).
EMU Anthropology will be well-represented at Saturday's Transformations conference! tinyurl.com/yedmj3py
Chelsea Butler Davis & Zoe Pappas, Dr. María Luz García’s mentees, will be presenting research. Karsten Allendorfer & Tyler Edmonds, EMU Anthropology alumni, will also be presenting research.
March is National Social Work Month!
Celebrate by learning more about the work of one of our alumni: Yeliani Flores (BA Criminology '18).
Yeliani is a doctoral candidate at OSU & the research and evaluation manager at the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.
csw.osu.edu/student/flor...
Watch this must-see moment featuring EMU Sociology Professor Dr. Solange Simões:
Dr. Simões is currently at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, representing “Sociologists for Women in Society."
Dr. Simões attends this meeting every year & always brings EMU students!
Head to campus Monday for “What is DEI anyway? Myths, Realities, Propaganda, and American History,” a discussion featuring Tyrone Kelsey, Senior Consultant at the 911 Training Institute & EMU Sociology graduate student, as one of the panelists!
Coming Fall 2025: Hyflex Masters Programs in Sociology & Criminology at EMU!
Read! Share! Apply! 👇
The EMU Honors College has highlighted EMU Sociology Alumni Jessi Kwek for her paper "The Long-Term Impacts of Working as Student Leaders in the TaLT Program" published in the journal "Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education."
Congratulations, Jessi!
Two-time U.S. Olympian, and EMU Criminology Alumni, Donald Scott recently returned to campus to compete in the Bob Parks Memorial— and won the triple jump!
Congratulations, Donald!
Read more in the February 2025 EMU CAS Newsletter: sites.google.com/emich.edu/ca...
The Honors College is celebrating Honors Criminology major Trinity Perkins, for publishing her latest article, "Did 'Flipping the Script' Flip Perceptions? The Impact of a Student-Led Teaching Conference," in the Teaching & Learning Together in Higher Education journal.
Congratulations, Trinity!!
Check out EMU’s tribute to Sociology Alumni, President Jackie Jenkins-Scott!
Learn more about President Jenkins-Scott in press coverage after she recieved the 2024 Massachusetts Excellence Award (tinyurl.com/bdhu53y9) and the 2024 Governor’s Award in the Humanities (tinyurl.com/4u97a7pv).
Join our anthropology students tomorrow for a movie night!
(And be sure to follow @emuanthropology on Instagram for more events and announcements!)
Tomorrow!
Head to campus for the FDC Connect Conference, featuring a workshop from EMU Criminology Professor Dr. Rita Shah! Dr. Shah will be leading a workshop titled "Incorporating Grading Alternatives in the Classroom."
Dr. Shah presents in Halle rm 320 from 11:55-12:40.
