{"id":9021,"date":"2018-05-14T11:06:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T15:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/?p=9021"},"modified":"2018-05-14T11:06:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T15:06:39","slug":"max-robidoux-will-speak-at-2018-sociology-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/2018\/05\/14\/max-robidoux-will-speak-at-2018-sociology-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Robidoux will speak at 2018 Sociology Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keeping with tradition, the Department of Sociology has invited an alumna\/us to speak at the department convocation. In 2018, the alumna\/us guest speaker will be Maxwell Robidoux (CAS ’17).<\/p>\n

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Maxwell Robidoux (CAS ’17)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maxwell Robidoux graduated<\/span>\u00a0magna<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>cum laude<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>from Boston University in May of 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Psychology. He subsequently became a candidate for Juris Doctor, Class of 2020, at Northeastern University School of Law. While pursuing his law degree, he has worked with classmates to perform an in-depth appellate review of a potential wrongful conviction case for the New England Innocence Project. In late-May of 2018, Maxwell will begin a summer judicial internship with Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts,\u00a0<\/span>John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maxwell\u2019s time at Boston University sparked his interest in the intersection between empirical research and government. During his tenure as an undergraduate, he\u00a0<\/span>became a Registered Human Subjects Researcher through the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences. He\u00a0<\/span>completed a directed study in experimental psychology by assisting\u00a0Prof. Margaret\u00a0Hagen\u00a0in her Fault Line Laboratory study entitled, \u201c<\/span><\/span>How Jurors Assign Liability in a Complex Personal Injury Case.\u201d Maxwell also served as a contributing editor and then as the Vice President of the BU Pre-Law Review. He was the student speaker at the 2017 All-University Commencement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

During the summer between graduation and his first semester of law school, Maxwell\u00a0<\/span>collaborated with Dr. Andrea Mercurio in the\u00a0<\/span>Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0quantitative survey research that analyzed the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>interrelations between\u00a0<\/span>religion, sexuality, and well-being. He continues to be involved in development projects with the College of Arts & Sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maxwell is certified to\u00a0<\/span>mediate in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Massachusetts Trial Court system\u00a0<\/span>and is a volunteer mediator with Metropolitan Mediation Services in Brookline, MA, where he also worked as a summer intern in 2016.\u00a0<\/span>Maxwell has mediated cases in<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>Small Claims sessions of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Boston Municipal Court in the West Roxbury, Central, Brighton, and Dorchester Divisions. He also recently re<\/span><\/span>ceived supplemental training and attended continuing legal education in order to become qualified to mediate summary process (eviction) cases.<\/span><\/p>\n

When not working or studying, Maxwell enjoys socializing with friends, going to the gym, and staying informed about politics and current events.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keeping with tradition, the Department of Sociology has invited an alumna\/us to speak at the department convocation. In 2018, the alumna\/us guest speaker will be Maxwell Robidoux (CAS ’17). Maxwell Robidoux graduated\u00a0magna\u00a0cum laude\u00a0from Boston University in May of 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Psychology. He subsequently became a candidate for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5095,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3973,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5095"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9021"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9024,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9021\/revisions\/9024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}