正义研究是一个跨学科的研究领域，汇集了社会科学和人文学科的见解，以探讨正义问题。通过对正义与不公正行为的严格的经验和规范分析，它旨在帮助学生建立正义的个人定义，更全面地了解他们所生活的世界的本质，并确定职业和行动策略。正义研究重视社区和公民参与，鼓励学生积极参与社区并为社区做出贡献，并提供参与机会和资源。司法研究专业不是刑事司法专业。
Justice studies is an interdisciplinary area of inquiry that brings together insights from the social sciences and humanities to explore questions of justice. Through the rigorous empirical and normative analyses of justice and injustice it seeks to help students develop a personal definition of justice, a fuller understanding of the nature of the world in which they live, and identify careers and strategies for action. Justice Studies values community and civic engagement, encourages students to actively participate in and contribute to their communities, and provides engagement opportunities and resources. The justice studies major is not a criminal justice program.