Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Office: Beaven 219
Phone: (508) 793-3478
Fax: (508) 793-3088
Email: chowe@holycross.edu
Office Hours: On Leave
Carolyn Howe is Associate Professor of Sociology with a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin (1987). She is the author of Political Ideology and Class Formation (Praeger, 1992) and numerous articles on social movements and social change, with a focus on race, class, and gender dynamics of social movements. She teaches courses on The Sociological Perspective, Women and Society, Social Movements, Latinos in the U.S., Social Change in Latin America, and a seminar on Sociology of Education.
Professor Howe is currently President of the Worcester Women's History Project, a Worcester-area, non-profit, community organization whose mission it is to do research and raise awareness of the important role the city of Worcester and women and men in Worcester played in the history of the women's rights movement and the struggles for racial, class, and gender equality. She maintains an involvement in the Worcester community, especially in areas related to improving the quality of public education.