social science

Our guest for the hour today is scholar, author, philanthropist, and USU College of Humanities and Social Sciences graduate Dr. Mehdi Heravi. Dr. Heravi was born in Tehran, Iran and moved to Logan, Utah, for high school and remained in Logan to continue his education

Could the liberal arts be the future of the digital world?

How much do your personal choices affect climate change? Does promoting the use of energy efficient light bulbs take away from pushing for bigger policy…

The frustration over police use of force has been simmering for years in the United States. A new study, published in the February 2021 issue of the…

Could watching your favorite movie be a successful form of therapy? Researchers are looking into the ways that movies influence their viewers, and they're…

Even if you’re a judge, a prosecutor or a police officer, you might not have given a lot of thought to the question of why we punish people. You might…

The Los Angeles Unified School District funds the largest independent school police department in the nation. Last year, the department was funded to the…

The word “docent” comes from the same Latin root as the word “doctor.” “Doctor,” of course, has come to be most associated with people who are…

If you are a frequent participant in a social media community, you know what it’s like when someone new comes along and just doesn’t seem to understand or…