Sociology Department

NWU students and faculty transform lives through prison outreach

James Perry, Associate Professor of Professional Studies.

Published

December 16, 2025

Associate Professor James Perry’s prison outreach program has evolved from a small book club into a 17-year initiative in which NWU students co-teach classes inside correctional facilities, highlighting the transformative power of education for everyone involved.

Sociology Department

NWU sociology honor society receives grant to support reentry program

Published

December 15, 2025

NWU's chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD), the international sociology honor society, received the Social Justice Award, a grant supporting meaningful social justice initiatives, to offer a reentry skills course for incarcerated individuals.

Sociology Department

Faculty and Staff

Khalil presented Faculty Scholarship Presentation Award

Heba Khalil teaching in front of a classroom.

Published

June 2, 2025

Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Forum Committee presented its Faculty Scholarship Presentation Award this spring to a professor studying international democratic backsliding.

“I’m a sociologist of law, and my research explores how the law is used and abused for antidemocratic purposes here and around the world,” said Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology Heba Khalil.