Social Sciences
Behind the Mask
Penn State researchers look below the surface of terrorism to understand what compels and repels individual involvement.
Boomers examined
Aging Baby Boomers face political shifts, life-cycle stress and an uncertain financial future.
Understanding disaster
Kevin Furlong discusses the need to create a "thinking response" to natural disasters.
Fighting back
Bullying is epidemic in American schools—but it can be prevented.
What the world was like
The Ape in the Tree tells the story of the human link to Proconsul.
Home to Orkney
An undergraduate ethnographer explores the Dominican Republic.
Boys of the streets
Lindsay Watkins studies Scottish seaweed.
Is God going South?
Philip Jenkins discusses the transmigration of Christianity.
Double exposure
Economic geographer Robin Leichenko is mapping the human dimension of global change.
Looking at the landscape
A special report from the Society for Economic Anthropology.
Practice Makes Problems
Couples who live together before marriage may think it is a positive arrangement, but sociologist Claire Kamp Dush has linked early cohabitation to increased marital problems.
Warm Welcome
Americans' adoption of international children has doubled from just a decade ago. In her book, Lita Linzer Schwartz discusses the possibilities and challenges of the adoption process.
GIS Council
Geographers and environmental and agricultural scientists quickly spotted the usefulness of Geographic Information Systems, and social scientists are now beginning to see the benefits of the system, as well.
Dark Legacy
Heather Hartley could not have guessed what forgotten pieces of history she would stumble upon while researching the Italian-American experience.
Times of Sorrow and Hope
Between 1935 and 1943, a group of American photographers fanned out across the country to document the effects of the Depression and war on the American people.
Beyond Bandaids
Many small hospitals walk a thin line between profitability and closure, according to Rebecca Wells. She says their CEOs face tough decisions in this era of steeply rising health care and malpractice insurance costs.
Boys Life
How has the world of boys shifted shape in the wake of societal change? Priscilla Ferguson Clement and her colleagues attempt to answer this in the book, Boyhood .
Not by Jobs Alone
Welfare reform marked a radical change in the American war on poverty. But how has it affected the lives of struggling families?
First Impressions
A Penn State student travels to New York City weeks after the bombings of September 11. Through film, she captures the heartbreak and hope of a city struggling to rebuild itself from the ashes of a horrific event.
Flood Watch
Andrew Jones' latest film project takes him to Johnstown Pennsylvania , a city prone to flooding, where he seeks to both explore and influence people's views on this natural phenomenon.
A Tattle Tale
Gabby and Joey are just like any other kindergartners. They're curious, they like to play, and they sometimes tattle on each other. Oh, and they're also puppets.
Saga House
Paul Durrenberger is using archaeology to study the political system of Iceland . He wants to find out how chiefs lost power and were replaced by a centralized state.
Political Appeal
An avid participant in politics, Penn State student Thomas Bonsaint studies the effectiveness of the United States ' domestic propaganda campaigns during World War I and the Vietnam War.
Peace Chat
To Penn State student Amanda Wetzel, one of the most important ways to establish peace is simply by talking to one another. She believes that dialogue is the most fundamental way that people can bridge their differences of identity, generation, and culture.
History through the Negatives
Robin Hoecker uses film to explore past and present race struggles throughout America and within Penn State .
The Land of the Pharaohs
An archaeologist with 40 years experience in Egypt , Donald Redford's exploration continues to unfold with exciting new discoveries about this ancient culture.
Dieting Italian Style
An in-depth look into Italian culture explores the complex relations between food, community, and health, while offering insight into the American diet.
Land of Discord
Increasing international tension with countries like Afghanistan can blind us from their rich cultural traditions. Penn State archeologists and professors attempt to recreate a common humanity through a collection of artifacts.
An Elderly Freud
Ever wondered what was behind the phrase "dirty old man?" Penn State doctoral student Sarah Goodfellow studies the history behind such assumptions and examines how ideas of elderly sexuality have developed in different cultures.
Boas, Bones, and Race
In 1912, Franz Boas stunned the world of anthropology by reporting striking differences in cranial form of American and European children. Recently, Corey Sparks reanalyzed Boas's head-form data.
