Thank you for visiting our site and for your interest in our Labor Studies Program.  It is my sincere pleasure to welcome all students, alumni, and visitors to our website.  After 50 years of leadership in labor studies education, Indiana University continues to stand tall in providing quality education.  The Labor Studies program educates students for the workplace and labor movement.  We pride ourselves on being a nationally and locally recognized interdisciplinary program housed in the School of Social Work as of July 1st, 2007.  The School of Social Work has been in existence since 1911 with a mission …

…to educate students to be effective and knowledgeable professional social workers prepared for practice in the twenty-first century.  Such practitioners are committed to the alleviation of poverty, oppression, and discrimination.  The school is dedicated to the enhancement of the quality of life for all people, particularly the citizens of Indiana, and to the advancement of just social, political, and economic conditions through excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.  Within the context of a diverse, multicultural, urbanized, global, and technologically oriented society, the school prepares social workers who will shape solutions to a wide range of interpersonal and social problems by developing and using knowledge critically as they uphold the traditions, values, and ethics of the social work profession.

It is within the parameters of this mission that we will devote our energies to continue the excellence of Labor Studies at Indiana University. All of us are committed to make Labor Studies the best it can be.  We will continue to offer our online and face-to-face courses for the Certificate, Associate, and Bachelor of Science in Labor Studies degrees.  Also, students can earn a Minor in Labor Studies.

Please bear with us as we try to make the transition as seamless as possible.

Irene Queiro-Tajalli, LCSW, Ph.D.
Professor
Interim Executive Director of Labor Studies