Author: Gus Wachbrit

Augustus Wachbrit (or, if you’re intimidated by his three-syllable name, Gus) is the Social Science Communications Intern at SAGE Publishing. He assists in the creation, curation, revision, and distribution of various forms of written content primarily for Social Science Space and Method Space. He is studying Philosophy and English at California Lutheran University, where he is a research fellow and department assistant. If you’re likely to find him anywhere, he’ll be studying from a textbook, writing (either academically or creatively), exercising, or defying all odds and doing all these things at once.

The Marshmallow Study Revisited: Does Our Willpower Increase Our Likelihood of Achievement?
Insights
August 28, 2020

The Marshmallow Study Revisited: Does Our Willpower Increase Our Likelihood of Achievement?

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Aspect Annual Webinar Event 2020: Building Propensity & Well-Being Through Social Science Innovation
Innovation
August 27, 2020

Aspect Annual Webinar Event 2020: Building Propensity & Well-Being Through Social Science Innovation

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Minerva Initiative Seems Likely to Avoid Untimely Death
News
July 10, 2020

Minerva Initiative Seems Likely to Avoid Untimely Death

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Anthropology Webinars Explore Fieldwork, Public Health, & Coronavirus
Industry
June 9, 2020

Anthropology Webinars Explore Fieldwork, Public Health, & Coronavirus

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Standing For the Neglected: Marcia Worrell, 1966-2020

Standing For the Neglected: Marcia Worrell, 1966-2020

Marcia Worrell, an engaged professor of psychology and psychological researcher, died suddenly on April 14 at age 54. Over the course of […]

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Compendium of Research Funders’ Impact Requirements

Compendium of Research Funders’ Impact Requirements

Editor’s Note: This resource will evolve over time. If you’ve seen impact-related language on a grant application and would like to share, […]

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Student Perspectives on the Online Teaching Landscape

Student Perspectives on the Online Teaching Landscape

Under the threat of coronavirus, many universities took early initiative to empty their campuses and transition to online classroom spaces. In the […]

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Ken Prewitt Wants to Retrofit The Social Sciences

Ken Prewitt Wants to Retrofit The Social Sciences

“In a world facing many complex, formidable problems,” Kenneth Prewitt asks, “how can the social sciences become a decisive force for human […]

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Free Essay Collection Examines State of Open Data

Free Essay Collection Examines State of Open Data

By offering a broad overview of the open data movement’s first 10 years, the editors of a recent collection of essays hope to provide an account that helps practitioners, policy-makers, community advocates, and anyone else in the open data movement, to progress the movement over the next 10 years…

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Identifying the Challenges of Social Science’s Newest Technology

Identifying the Challenges of Social Science’s Newest Technology

Choice is overwhelming. This should be no surprise to anyone who has spent a good few hours in a department store looking for the right pair of jeans. What if you’re a researcher looking at the landscape of technological tools available for data collection, analysis, or participant recruitment? A new white paper from SAGE has some answers.

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COPE Report Explores Publication Issues in HSS

COPE Report Explores Publication Issues in HSS

A new report from the Committee on Publication Ethics, or COPE, offers an intriguing way to look at the differences between academic disciplines: what do journal editors routinely identify as struggles?

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Student Success from the Perspective of Students Themselves

Student Success from the Perspective of Students Themselves

The Community College Libraries and Academic Support for Student Success project examines student success from the perspectives of the students themselves, the challenges they face in achieving it, and the services they think might effectively support them in their attainment of success. Given that three quarters of students surveyed also have jobs, when students’ needs aren’t met in their everyday lives, their academic performances suffer.

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