Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education - Graduate Degrees
GRADUATE DEGREES
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education
Changemakers Take Their Careers to the Next Level
For imaginative thinkers and action-oriented professionals, RIT’s tech-infused liberal arts programs are a sandbox where you can play, experiment, and innovate. RIT is the place that generates creative and innovative leaders who positively transform the world.
Be uniquely prepared to lead into the future.
Criminal Justice Faculty Awarded Grant to Create Coordinated Services for Victims of Gun Violence
A team of faculty from RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives is spearheading a new strategy to address community trauma and health inequity caused by gun violence. A $225,000 grant will support the launch of a new one-stop shop in Rochester to provide comprehensive services for victims of gun violence.
RIT Colloquium Examines Ethical and Social Issues of Emerging Technology
An interdisciplinary group of RIT alumni, academics, researchers, and public policy professionals met to discuss how ethical or moral issues shape the applications of emerging technologies and what role should public officials play to ensure that innovation doesn’t undermine equity, freedoms, sustainability, and social justice.
Hundreds of RIT Researchers Developing Wide Range of AI Applications
RIT researchers are developing a range of applications using AI, varying from medical monitoring devices to deepfake detection tools. RIT also started a master’s degree program in artificial intelligence that aims to prepare well-rounded AI professionals from diverse educational backgrounds. Throughout the university, generative AI is redefining the boundaries of creation.
Facilities
Unprecedented Access to World Class Studios and Labs
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Center for Public Safety Initiatives
A unique collaboration between RIT and the City of Rochester and its criminal justice agencies and the Rochester Police Department, the center contributes to criminal justice strategy through research, policy analysis, and evaluation.
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Center for Statesmanship, Law, and Liberty
Working to enhance the understanding of statesmanship as the apex of political greatness and explore its role in a free, democratic republic under the rule of law.
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Work with experts in story creation, technical media practices, narrative studies, education, interactive media, story-based analytics, and story-driven pedagogies.
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Expressive Communication Center
Strengthen your ability to deliver dynamic public presentations confidently, clearly, and eloquently—skills that give you an advantage on the job and throughout your life.
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Health and Addictions Research Center
Focusing on health and addictive behaviors, faculty have expertise in behavioral research methodology, psychophysiological measurements, eye-tracking, advanced statistical techniques, and various empirically supported treatments related to health behavior, addiction, and other psychological disorders.
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Neurobehavioral Research Laboratory
Focusing on psychophysiological and neuropsychological correlates of impulsive and aggressive behavior, particularly in the context of alcohol and substance use.
Communication Course Raises $1200 For Haitian School
Graduate students in the Contemporary Media and Communications course used a fundraising campaign for a Haitian school as a class assignment to provide students with experience using marketing, media, and communication.
Alumna Leads U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Mona Harrington ’08 MS (professional studies) was appointed executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in June 2020, and charged with revamping the agency and spearheading a series of initiatives to ensure COVID-19 and cybersecurity challenges don’t harm the election process.
Alumna Earns Fulbright Scholarship to Study Impact of Conservation Efforts in Madagascar
Sydney VanWinkle ’19, ’21 MS (environmental science) received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to spend nine months analyzing the impacts of conservation initiatives that occur through the Centre ValBio (CVB), a field station in Ranomafana National Park.