Margarita Guillory Receives Endowed Professorship in Religion and Culture from CAS
Margarita Guillory, professor of religion and director of the African American & Black Diaspora Studies Program and CISS affiliate, has been appointed… More
CISS Undergraduate Interns Present Research at May 2026 Showcase
The 2025-26 CISS… More
BU Historian Chepchirchir Tirop Studies the Role of Sports in East Africa
Chepchirchir Tirop came to running relatively late. Not as an athlete, but as an academic. Tirop, a historian of the social and… More
May 2026: Dr. Jane Pryma (CAS/Sociology)
Jane Pryma is a sociologist of health and medicine who explores how politics, medical technologies, and human rights shape what we know… More
Nolan on Child Trafficking, Genocide, and Impunity in Guatemala’s Adoption Industry
Professor Rachel Nolan, Assistant Professor of International History and author of Until I Find You, recently sat down with Carlos Dada of El… More
COSSA Shares Toolkit for Protecting NSF’s SBE Divsion
COSSA (Consortium of Social Science Associations) has reported that the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) is… More
CISS Names 2026 Summer Writing Internship Program (SWIP) Interns
The Center for Innovation in Social Science (CISS) is collaborating with the Writing in the Disciplines (WID) program for the third year of the Social… More
CISS Awards Two 2026 Book Incubator Grants
CISS and Associate Dean of the Faculty for Arts & Sciences Arianne Chernock are pleased to announce the two recipients of 2026 Book… More
CISS To Host 2026 Undergraduate Research Internship Showcase on May 1
CISS invites you to the 2025-26 Undergraduate Research Internship Showcase on Friday May 1st, 2026 at noon in the CISS Conference Room,… More
NASEM Hosts 4/23-24 Workshop on Scientific Integrity in Social Sciences
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine is hosting a workshop entitled "Enhancing Scientific Integrity: Progress and Opportunities in the Social… More