The social sciences and history seek to give us insight into human conduct—the potentials and limits of people individually and in groups. At Concordia, history and the social sciences also emphasize the pursuit of justice in society, bringing to our study insights we learn from Scripture. Our geography courses offer an exciting challenge to learn as much about God’s marvelous earth as possible.
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 The variety of classes I took made me a more versatile student. While many of my peers could only talk intelligently about American history, I (as a European historian) could still talk intelligently about American, European and Asian history."
Kory Bajus ’04
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In brief from the Department of Social Sciences
[UPDATED 2010-03-01]
Dr. Jerrald Pfabe, professor of history, received an award of commendation from the Concordia Historical Institute for his article, "Was It Foretold? Theodore Graebner, Millennialists and the World Wars".[
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[POSTED 2008-10-24]
Dr Joel Helmer, associate professor of geography, had an article published in Quality Whitetails: the Journal of the Quality Deer Management Association entitled “Mapping Record Whitetails.” The article examines the spatial distribution of record -book whitetail deer in the United States from 1996-2005. Using Geographic Information System (GIS) software Helmer mapped the location of over 25,000 whitetails and then analyzed the distribution in relation to conservation history, habitat preferences and wildlife management decisions.
[POSTED 2007-09-20]
Concordia University, Nebraska was mentioned favorably in the Intercollegiate Studies Institute study for improving the civic literacy of its students. [MORE]
[POSTED 2007-06-24]
Dr. C. Matthew Phillips, associate professor of history, contributed to the journal Crusades with an article titled “The Thief’s Cross: Crusade and Penance in Alan of Lille’s Sermo de cruce domini.”
