Southern Oregon Anthropology & Sociology

10/21/2025

SOU grad Katie Minich featured for her important work in doula care!

By Colin Bowyer on May 15, 2025 As an applied anthropology master’s student in the School of Language, Culture, and Society, Minich’s multimodal ethnographic research examines how doula work can become more sustainable Image Katie Minich By Taylor Pedersen, CLA Student Writer - May 28, 2025 As a...

03/12/2025

SOAN major Ally featured with English & GSWS major Connor for their advocacy work.

SOU English major Connor Babbitt recently had the opportunity to attend the American Civil Liberties Union Conference with Sociology and Anthropology major Ally Grommes. Connor and Ally learned about how to engage in social-justice advocacy. They share their insight from the conference and give advi...

11/15/2024

Sociology and Anthropology faculty Mark Tveskov and alum Sophia Tribelhorn join Gwendolyn Trice, director of Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center, to discuss findings from archeological work in Maxville.

Over 100 years ago, a Missouri-based lumber company built what became known as Maxville, a segregated logging town in northeastern Oregon. In September, archaeologists and students from Southern Oregon University dug to find artifacts from the town’s lost Black neighborhood. Now, the students are ...

09/17/2024

SOAN faculty and alumni highlight Black history at Maxville, Oregon

Found artifacts from the segregated logging town of Maxville include personal domestic objects such as vinyl records fragments and a diaper pin.

07/16/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Tveskov for receiving a Oregon State Historic Preservation Office grant!

A state historic preservation grant will allow the SOU Sociology and Anthropology Program to investigate at Maxville, in eastern Oregon.

04/17/2023

Hear SOAN grad Katie Minich on The Jefferson Exchange talk about her work as a doula and its connection to what she learned as a SOAN major.

Martha Rivera runs Doulas and Company which supports pregnant women.

11/17/2022

11/11/2022

Interested in learning about histories and lived experiences of q***r communities? Check out GSWS 342 LGBT2QIA+ LIVES & COMMUNITIES!