Two Lebanon Valley College Students Named Rising Leaders
Social Justice & Civic Engagement
LVC’s Social Justice & Civic Engagement degree will help you cultivate the knowledge, experience, and skills to identify and address the causes of inequity and suffering in a globalized world. You'll complete projects based on your community service and outreach interests.
Working with faculty from many departments, you’ll gain a multi-layered perspective on inequity; a nuanced and inclusive understanding of the call for justice; and an ethically responsible and creative approach to social change.
Need-based departmental scholarships are available.
Learn More About the Program
This comprehensive social justice program provides a firm foundation in ethics, the history of social movements, and political philosophy. You’ll deepen your understanding of cultural criticism and the mechanisms of social change and have plenty of opportunities to develop career skills. Hands-on projects have focused on mental health awareness, animal rescue, housing, clothing, and domestic violence.
3.75%
projected job growth 2024–34
$79,417
median U.S. salary
$79,313
average wages in Pennsylvania
Career Opportunities
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Mental Health Advocacy
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Environmental Justice
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Human Rights
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Sexual Violence Prevention
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Arts Promotion
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Community Activism
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Public Health Advocacy
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Domestic Violence Prevention
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Climate Activism
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Housing Advocacy
In Their Words
The Social Justice major is meaningful to me because it weaves seamlessly into my work in philosophy, political science, and environmental studies. Studying social justice helps me see how questions of ethics and sustainability overlap within our societal systems and personal lives. Social justice encourages me to think about who I am in my community, what kind of impact I want to have, and how those everyday choices matter in the larger effort to create a more just world.
Aly Sager
’27,
Social Justice & Civic Engagement and Political Science Double Major with Minors in Environmental Studies and Common Law
I really enjoyed the social justice major because of the personalized exploration that it provides. Not only did I get to apply my own passions to all my classes, projects, and service opportunities, but it also encouraged me to take classes on topics that I never would have considered on my own but have found that I really enjoy! I earned an internship related to social justice and am now employed in the field.
Gillian Wenhold
’24,
Organizer, Lehigh Valley Stands Up
LVC’s Social Justice and Civic Engagement program builds on the incredible passion and commitment LVC students have long shown for service. Faculty and coursework aim to channel that student energy by providing the tools, knowledge, experience, and connections to maximize students’ desires to make the world a better place.
Dr. Jeff Robbins,
Professor of Religion and Director of the Social Justice & Civic Engagement
Faculty Spotlight
