Our mission is to create conditions for our faculty members to excel, individually and collectively, in their teaching, professional activities, research and public engagement endeavors. Toward this end, the Dean’s office guides the recruitment, retention and evaluation of our outstanding faculty, and in addition, serves as a catalyst for special initiatives that heighten the efficacy and enhance the stature of our Division. These initiatives nearly always require infusions of support from a range of external sources, such as grants, contracts, and private gifts. The generosity and vision of our donors, many of whom are Social Science Alumni and Dean's Cabinet Members, play a crucial role in helping the Division achieve our highest aspirations for excellence.  

Dean's Cabinet

SOSC Centers and Special Initiatives (2024-2025)

The Dean’s Social Science Fund provides seed funding for these initiatives, which are organized in two distinct categories. Placement of initiatives will evolve as priority initiatives are fully funded and launched.

1. Launched and in Search of Additional Support

• SOSC Faculty Mentorship Program
• 2035 Initiative (with the College of Engineering)
• Area Global Initiative 
  • Burdick Scholars Program
  • Centers: Middle East, Latin American & Iberian, and East Asian Studies
  • Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies
• Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy
  • U.S. Awasthi Initiative for the Study of Cooperative Economics
  • Regional Equity Study
  • Labor Studies Center
• The Leonard and Gretchan Broom Center for Demography
• Dean’s Investment Group
• Educational eXcellence and Inclusion Training Opportunities (EXITO)
• Elizabeth and Cedric Robinson Archive (with the University Library; launched May 2024)
• Feminist Futures Center (inaugurated 23-24)
• PROPEL Scholars Program

2. In Process of Formation and Transformation

• American Presidency Project
• Center for Health Equity (CHE)
• Center for Information, Technology, and Society (revisioning process underway)
• Exercise and Sports Studies/Health, Justice, and Community
• Global Immigration and Inequality
• Intersectional Justice Facilitator Program
• Mead Initiative for Economic Innovation (in formation)
• The Pahl Center for the Study of Critical Social Issues
• SOSC Practitioner-in-Residence
• Dean’s Social Science Lecture Series

I invite you to browse our website to learn more about our programs, departments and people.

Charles R. Hale
SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences