School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Gibbs Knotts, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Gibbs Knotts joined the College of Charleston Department of Political Science as chair in 2012 and has headed HSS since 2019. “...

http://blogs.cofc.edu/hss/2021/04/02/meet-the-dean/

November 7, 2018 was the best day of Allie Watters’s life. A year earlier, the 2017 College of Charleston graduate had been appointed finance director for Joe Cunningham’s campaign to serve a...

http://blogs.cofc.edu/hss/2021/04/02/alumna-seizes-opportunities-on-the-road-to-victory/

Just days before the nation shut down due to the COVID 19 pandemic in March 2020, the HSS LEAP program launched at the College of Charleston. While this might seem an inauspicious beginning, the ...

http://blogs.cofc.edu/hss/2021/04/02/hss-leap-community-propels-student-success/

By Alexandra Oberempt Having the honor of being a panelist at the South Central Modern Language Association Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas, was an absolutely incredible experience! As one of...

http://blogs.cofc.edu/hss/2020/01/22/2344/

By Stuart Henry After three flights and over 24 hours of travel, I ended my journey from Charleston, SC in Bodrum, Turkey for the annual salon of the Property and Freedom Society. The PFS is an o...

http://blogs.cofc.edu/hss/2019/10/30/student-participates-in-debate-discussion-at-salon-of-the-property-and-freedom-society-in-turkey/

By Krista Day I chose to do an internship with the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) because I have always felt that it is our responsibility as human beings to help one another....

http://blogs.cofc.edu/hss/2019/04/17/haddad-internship-award/

By: Emily Anderson Thanks to financial assistance provided by a School of Humanities and Social Sciences travel grant, I attended the Nineteenth Century Studies Association’s (NCSA) 2019 interd...

http://blogs.cofc.edu/hss/2019/03/20/presenting-research-at-the-nineteenth-century-studies-association-conference/

By: Rebekah Edmondson I am grateful to have received a School of Humanities and Social Sciences’ travel award, making it possible for me to attend a conference in Norfolk, VA, held by the North...

http://blogs.cofc.edu/hss/2019/03/20/student-attends-conference-celebrating-international-womens-day/

By: Tanner Crunelle With support from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, I was recently afforded the opportunity to present a paper at the 2019 Southeastern Women’s Studies Associati...

http://blogs.cofc.edu/hss/2019/03/20/student-attends-southeastern-womens-studies-association-conference/

Learn more about the summer 2019 College of Charleston faculty-led study abroad programs offered by the School of Humanities and Social Science. Applications can be found at international.cofc.ed...

http://blogs.cofc.edu/hss/2019/01/17/2019-summer-study-abroad/