Archives for 2021

GameStop: A Story Without Heroes (or Villains)
Insights
February 8, 2021

GameStop: A Story Without Heroes (or Villains)

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Video: Reconsidering Congress: Where Do We Go from Here?
Videos
February 5, 2021

Video: Reconsidering Congress: Where Do We Go from Here?

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Computational Social Science Takes on Anti-Black Racism
Announcements
February 5, 2021

Computational Social Science Takes on Anti-Black Racism

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Video: Two Psychologies of COVID-19
Insights
February 4, 2021

Video: Two Psychologies of COVID-19

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Teaching Black Lives Matter Tenets to Shape Humanizing Research and Methods Pedagogy

Teaching Black Lives Matter Tenets to Shape Humanizing Research and Methods Pedagogy

The 13 principles of Black Lives Matter are the starting point of my qualitative methods courses Researchers, and those who teach them, […]

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The Trailblazing Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander

The Trailblazing Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander

“I knew well that the only way I could get that door open was to knock it down; because I knocked all of them […]

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If You Hope To Make Great Things Happen, You Have to Learn How to ‘Make Things’ First

If You Hope To Make Great Things Happen, You Have to Learn How to ‘Make Things’ First

Students often are enthused about innovations being developed in the world and the potential impact of creative, productive ideas, but when it comes time to roll up their sleeves they often don’t know what to do.

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We Know More Than What is Measured About Gender Inequality in Academia

We Know More Than What is Measured About Gender Inequality in Academia

In academia gender bias is often figured in terms of research productivity and differentials surrounding the academic work of men and women. Alesia Zuccala and Gemma Derrick posit that this outlook inherently ignores a wider set of variables impacting women, and that attempts to achieve cultural change in academia can only be realised, by acknowledging variables that are ultimately difficult to quantify.

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Need a Quick Primer on Impeachment or Executive Power? Free Chapters from ‘Congress Reconsidered’

Need a Quick Primer on Impeachment or Executive Power? Free Chapters from ‘Congress Reconsidered’

The opening days of the administration of Joe Biden as U.S. president have continued two themes of the last administration: using impeachment […]

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How Can We Strengthen the Academic Pipeline?

How Can We Strengthen the Academic Pipeline?

While Americans have a long way to go until U.S. higher education accurately reflects the country it inhabits and honestly depicts that road that got us here, below are eight organizations working to strengthen the academic pipeline right now.

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Diego Gambetta on Signaling Theory

Diego Gambetta on Signaling Theory

In this Social Science Bites podcast, Diego Gambetta, a professor of social theory at the European University Institute in Florence, discussing his research around signaling theory and the applications of his work, whether addressing courtship, organized crime of hailing a cab.

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Video: Polarization During COVID-19

Video: Polarization During COVID-19

What might be one of the most severe effects of the pandemic. According to two psychologists who contributed to the book Together […]

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