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About the Art The Institute is guided by the normative proposition that a just world is a beautiful world, and we believe that the interconnectedness between justice and beauty is essential to nurturing human dignity. These commitments are reflected in the original artwork found throughout this report. The artist featured in this report, Sunita Khedekar, […]

People AT THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL CONCERNS FACULTY Suzanne Shanahan Leo and Arlene Hawk Executive Director Professor of the Practice Jay Brandenberger Professor of the Practice Daniel Graff Professor of the Practice (SOCO/History) Director, Higgins Labor Program Ryan Juskus Assistant Professor of the Practice Keona Lewis Assistant Professor of the Practice Assistant Provost Connie Snyder […]

SOCO By the Numbers

PROXIMITIES SEMINARS Justice Up Close Proximities seminars are a creative, new spin on one of the Institute’s founding convictions: that the best way to learn about and engage the work of justice is to get proximate with those most affected by injustice—and those working in their communities to undo it. As Pope Francis once noted, […]

FROM THE DIRECTOR “How do you ever know for certain you are doing the right thing?” All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (2014) Each summer the new McNeill Justice Fellows read Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel All the Light We Cannot See. Doerr’s exquisite novel is the World War II story of […]