Archives for February, 2014

AERA Appoints Inaugural Editors for New Open-Access Journal
Announcements
February 28, 2014

AERA Appoints Inaugural Editors for New Open-Access Journal

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Citizen Scientists Should Have a Home in the Social Sciences, Too
Interdisciplinarity
February 28, 2014

Citizen Scientists Should Have a Home in the Social Sciences, Too

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Introducing SAGE edge!
Business and Management INK
February 28, 2014

Introducing SAGE edge!

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Never Afraid of Living: William Chambliss, 1933-2014
Announcements
February 27, 2014

Never Afraid of Living: William Chambliss, 1933-2014

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Family advantage: Why all the doom and gloom

Family advantage: Why all the doom and gloom

[Editor’s Note: This piece was originally posted on the Family Firm Institute’s blog “The Practitioner” and is re-posted here with the kind […]

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Cuts to Behavioral and Social Science Funding Threatened

Cuts to Behavioral and Social Science Funding Threatened

Two pieces of upcoming legislation, the Frontiers in Research, Science, and Technology bill and American COMPETES, could include some unwelcome news for social and behavioral science if certain key legislators get their way.

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Snooping Professor, Friendly Don? The Ethics of Learning Analytics

Snooping Professor, Friendly Don? The Ethics of Learning Analytics

Where should we draw the line between normal data gathering about university students–with the intent of helping them, of course–and outright intrusiveness?

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Are Dementia-Friendly Tourist Destinations on the Horizon?

Are Dementia-Friendly Tourist Destinations on the Horizon?

As life expectancy increases, so does the number of dementia cases. Some of us have had a loved one who suffered from […]

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Social Sciences Learn the Tactical Benefits of Concentration

Social Sciences Learn the Tactical Benefits of Concentration

As it is released in North America, a book on the impact of social science in Britain suggests guidance for raising the disciplines’ profiles in the U.S. and beyond.

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Consumer Identification and Corporate Social Responsibility

Consumer Identification and Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporations are encouraged more and more to consider social responsibilities when producing their merchandise. But do the virtues advertised by these corporations […]

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Recent Scholarship on the Black Experience in the U.S.

Recent Scholarship on the Black Experience in the U.S.

From Martin Luther King to black political participation to race relations to teaching African American students, here are some academic papers from the ‘Journal of Black Studies’ that provide a scholarly snapshot of different aspects of black history and current issues in black studies.

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Price and Prejudice: How a Neighborhood’s Ethnic Characteristics Affect Housing Values

Price and Prejudice: How a Neighborhood’s Ethnic Characteristics Affect Housing Values

Dr. John Yinger looked at Cleveland housing market at the turn of the millennium to see if neighborhood ethnicity impacts housing prices […]

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