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Are you fervent about justice and passionate about the ideals necessary to live in a democratic society? Do you believe that your freedoms are the rights of all United States citizens? If so, you should definitely consider a degree in Democracy and Justice Studies. This program explores diverse ideals and practices of democracy and justice in the U.S. and the world through social and historical studies. Students are strongly encouraged to put the principles of democracy and justice into action in the classroom, in internships, in research projects, in their volunteer and daily lives and in their eventual career choices.
Democracy and Justice Studies students look at how people past and present have sought in various ways to sustain and change political, economic, cultural and social orders. We ask why and how societies develop and whether their political, economic, cultural and social relations and activities promote justice, freedom, equality and democracy. By cultivating critical thinking and problem-focused thinking, we enable students to become engaged citizens and professionals.
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Jon Shelton is associate professor and chair of democracy and justice studies. He is the author of Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order, which was the winner, as a dissertation, of the Labor and Working-Class History Association’s Herbert Gutman Prize for Best Dissertation in 2014 and the International Standing Conference of the History of Education’s First Book Award in 2018. His new book, The Rise and Fall of the Human Capital Myth, was funded in part by a post-doctoral fellowship from the National Academy of Education and is under contract with Cornell University Press. Shelton has also published work in the Washington Post, Dissent, Jacobin, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, and other publications. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Labor and Working-Class History Association and the Wisconsin Labor History Society and is Vice-President for Higher Education of the American Federation of Teachers-Wisconsin.
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Democracy and Justice Studies is encouraged as a major for individuals interested in a variety of careers related to community development, social justice, social and environmental activism, women's and gender equity and other social issues. View a wide range of careers possible with a DJS Major.
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