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Schools, Culture, and Society
N491 Lindquist Center
Iowa City, IA 52242-1529 

319/335-5302

Program Coordinator
Dr. Christine McCarthy
christine-mccarthy@uiowa.edu

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Schools, Culture, and Society Graduate Program

The faculty and graduate students of Schools, Culture, and Society (SCS) invite you to pursue an advanced course of study with us at The University of Iowa.

The Schools, Culture, and Society program is an interdisciplinary program designed to enhance students’ ability to analyze the influence of social, historical, and philosophical factors that frame contemporary issues in the formal social enterprise of education. 

There are three Disciplinary Foundation Areas in the SCS Program:

  • Sociology
  • History
  • Philosophy

Program faculty have academic interests in these three areas and are united by their emphasis on providing graduate students with the teaching and research experiences that will serve them well in their future roles as academics, educational researchers, and policy analysts. 

The EPLS department offers both a Masters degree and a Ph.D. degree in Schools, Culture, and Society.

Applications for the Ph.D. program will be reviewed beginning January 15th.  All full-time Ph.D. applicants will be considered for the The William Duffy Schools, Culture and Society Doctoral Fellowshipwhich provides a full tuition scholarship and generous stipend.

MA applications will be reviewed beginning February 15th. 

Questions?  Contact Christopher Morphew, Program Coordinator


Assistant Professor Brian An (SCS) has been selected to participate in the Institute for Higher Education (IHEP) and Lumina Foundation for Education Young Academic Fellows Program.  This selection recognizes the high quality and policy relevance of Professor An's research.  As part of his work with IHEP, Lumina, and the other Fellows, Professor An will provide evaluation of relevant peer-reviewed articles and participate in the Research-to-Policy Summit held at the Lumina Foundation in Indianapolis.  




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