Students stand side by side with linked arms to celebrate the International Day of Tolerance.

The Gonzaga Institute for Hate Studies


This is our magis – to work against hate and in solidarity for a world with greater justice.

Notable Speakers and Individuals

Joe Levin, Co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, speaking at the 2017 International Conference on Hate Studies.

Joe Levin

Co-Founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Levin was a keynote speaker for the 2017 International Conference on Hate Studies.

Rabbi Francine Roston, a keynote speaker of the 2017 International Conference on Hate Studies.

Rabbi Francine Roston

Rabbi Francine Roston, who has had a first-hand experience with hate, was a keynote speaker for the 2017 International Conference on Hate Studies.

Photo of Marnie Rorholm, 2017 Eva Lassman Award Recipient.

Marnie Rorholm

2017 Eva Lassman Award Recipient

Marnie Rorholm, a student of the Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, received the Inaugural Eva Lassman Memorial Student Research Award in 2017.

News and Stories

Statement on Most Recent Senseless Mass Shootings

As an Institute for Hate Studies, we stand in solidarity with those suffering and in pain, to act upon the promise and practice of peaceful multicultural democratic communities for everyone.

Anti-Muslim Sentiment: What Hate Studies Can Tell Us

John N. Sheveland discusses Anti-Muslim Sentiment, and how we can better understand and represent Islam through Hate Studies.

The Race Issue

All three Keynote Speakers from the 2017 International Conference on Hate Studies highlighted the importance of Hate Studies in the modern world.

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