{"id":5767,"date":"2025-09-12T18:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/?post_type=program-page&#038;p=5767"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:02:35","slug":"social-justice-gender-race-and-queerness-minor","status":"publish","type":"program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/social-justice-gender-race-and-queerness-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Justice: Gender, Race and Queerness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='program-hero'><div class='top-part'><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" data-original-image=\"\/academics\/wp-content\/plugins\/msu-program-finder\/2025-08-07_mosaic-background-high-res.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/academics\/wp-content\/plugins\/msu-program-finder\/2025-08-07_mosaic-background-high-res.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/><div class='content-area'><h1 id=\"content-start\">Social Justice: Gender, Race and Queerness<\/h1><p class=\"program-info\"><a href=\"\/academics\/program-finder\/?program_type=minor\">Minor<\/a><\/p><div class='image-holder'><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/060824_00241_Social-justice-minor-hero.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/060824_00241_Social-justice-minor-hero.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Several people hold and exchange small LGBTQ+ pride flags, including Progress Pride, lesbian, transgender, and pansexual flags\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='bottom-part'><div class='wrapper'><div class='content-area'><br \/>\nUnleash your passion for equity and advocacy with the Social Justice: Gender, Race, and Queerness (GRQ) minor. Housed in the Justice Studies Department, in partnership with the Gender, Sexuality, and Women\u2019s Studies Program, this minor empowers students to explore the critical issues shaping our world. Through a focused blend of three core classes and three electives, you\u2019ll learn and think critically about the ways in which structural inequalities and injustices based on gender, race and queerness exist, both historically and today, in the world of the criminal legal system and from a social justice perspective. Prepare for careers in advocacy, social services and community organizations, equipping you to challenge injustice and promote equity for all. <a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.montclair.edu\/programs\/social-justice-gender-race-queerness-minor\/\">See the curriculum<\/a>.\n<\/div><aside><p><strong>Program Format<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"\/academics\/program-finder\/?modality=in-person\">In-person<\/a><\/p><p><strong>College or School<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"\/academics\/program-finder\/?college=chss\">College of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Area of Study<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"\/academics\/program-finder\/?area_of_study=public-service-and-the-humanities\">Public Service and the Humanities<\/a><\/p><p><span class='prpl-button full-width'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/visit-us\/\">Visit Us<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/aside><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-band lt-gray no-margin\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2>Career Opportunities<\/h2>\n<div class=\"link-list triple\">\n<ul>\n<li>Social Worker<\/li>\n<li>Counselor<\/li>\n<li>Diversity &amp; Inclusion Officer<\/li>\n<li>Policy Analyst<\/li>\n<li>Community Organizer<\/li>\n<li>Educator<\/li>\n<li>Attorney<\/li>\n<li>Public Administrator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-band no-margin\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2>Featured Faculty<\/h2>\n<p class='a11y-label'><!-- fetch new: 252.10 ms --><!-- decode:  0.21 ms --><!-- output:  0.03 ms --><\/p><ul class=\"profile-grid\"><li><div class=\"card\"><div class=\"profile-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" alt=\"Christopher Salvatore profile photo\" data-original-image=\"\/profilepages\/media\/4419\/user\/aragonheadshotchristophersalvatore2025092790.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/profilepages\/media\/4419\/user\/aragonheadshotchristophersalvatore2025092790.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"profile-text\"><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/~salvatorec\">Christopher Salvatore<\/a><\/span><span class=\"title\">Professor<\/span><span class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:salvatorec@montclair.edu\">salvatorec@montclair.edu<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"card\"><div class=\"profile-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" alt=\"Zachary Dorsey profile photo\" data-original-image=\"\/profilepages\/media\/14225\/user\/zacharydorseybiophoto2touchedupcopy.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/profilepages\/media\/14225\/user\/zacharydorseybiophoto2touchedupcopy.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"profile-text\"><span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/~dorseyz\">Zachary Dorsey<\/a><\/span><span class=\"title\">Associate Professor<\/span><span class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:dorseyz@montclair.edu\">dorseyz@montclair.edu<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-band lt-gray no-margin\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column two-fifths\">\n<h2>Related Programs<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column three-fifths\">\n<p><div class=\"related-program-container\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ba-gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/\" class=\"name\">Gender, Sexuality and Women\u2019s Studies<\/a><span class=\"program-info\"><span class=\"program-info\">BA &bull; Major, Minor<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"program-contact-band\"><div class=\"background-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" data-original-image=\"\/academics\/wp-content\/plugins\/msu-program-finder\/2025-08-07_mosaic-background-high-res.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/academics\/wp-content\/plugins\/msu-program-finder\/2025-08-07_mosaic-background-high-res.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<h2>Questions? We&#8217;re Here to Help.<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"contact-card-holder\"><div class=\"contact-card\"><div class=\"narrative\"><p class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/\">Office of Undergraduate Admissions<\/a><\/p>The office of Undergraduate Admissions will guide you every step of the way on your journey from learning about the University and its offerings, to applying for a program through to acceptance and enrollment.<\/div><div class=\"details\"><ul class=\"contact-list\"><li><svg title=\"envelope icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M0 64l512 0 0 80L256 320 0 144 0 64zM0 448L0 182.8 237.9 346.4 256 358.8l18.1-12.5L512 182.8 512 448 0 448z\"><\/path><\/svg><a href=\"mailto:msuadm@montclair.edu\">msuadm@montclair.edu<\/a><\/li><li><svg title=\"phone icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M164.9 24.6c-7.7-18.6-28-28.5-47.4-23.2l-88 24C12.1 30.2 0 46 0 64C0 311.4 200.6 512 448 512c18 0 33.8-12.1 38.6-29.5l24-88c5.3-19.4-4.6-39.7-23.2-47.4l-96-40c-16.3-6.8-35.2-2.1-46.3 11.6L304.7 368C234.3 334.7 177.3 277.7 144 207.3L193.3 167c13.7-11.2 18.4-30 11.6-46.3l-40-96z\"><\/path><\/svg><a href=\"tel:973-655-4444\">973-655-4444<\/a><\/li><li><svg title=\"map icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M215.7 499.2C267 435 384 279.4 384 192C384 86 298 0 192 0S0 86 0 192c0 87.4 117 243 168.3 307.2c12.3 15.3 35.1 15.3 47.4 0zM192 128a64 64 0 1 1 0 128 64 64 0 1 1 0-128z\"><\/path><\/svg>Susan A. Cole Hall, Suite 100<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"contact-card\"><div class=\"narrative\"><p class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/justice-studies\/\">Justice Studies<\/a><\/p>The Department of Justice Studies seeks to advance research and offer a rigorous course of study examining the intersection of justice, law, policy and social change. We analyze the conception and practice of justice through sociological, philosophical, criminological, legal and political lenses. 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