By Michael Hall, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Winchester
Having to move home and school can mean disrupting trusted adult relationships and the loss of access to established support.
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By Rebecca Hutcheon, Research Fellow at the Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, University of South Wales
From Hardy’s Wessex to Brontë country, literary tourists may be chasing places that never quite existed as they imagine them.
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By Diana Orcés, Adjunct Professor of Government, School of Public Affairs, American University
A public opinion researcher explains why this group’s declining faith goes beyond partisanship and reflects a fundamental question about its sense of belonging.
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By Sydney Giacalone, Postdoctoral Lecturer, University of Virginia
For farmers breaking away from conventional agriculture, the Kentucky farmer-poet was a powerful example of someone who combined faith with a commitment to the environment.
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By Jennifer Reich, Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Denver
Some parents in Colorado are uncertain about the safety and necessity of vaccines given to their children. They also question how the vaccines are timed.
I am a sociologist who has spent nearly two decades studying how parents make vaccine decisions for themselves and their families.
I have interviewed dozens of Colorado parents, as well as pediatricians, researchers and policymakers, and observed vaccine clinics, educational events for parents and providers, and meetings of groups…
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By Filipe Mendonça, Associate Professor of International Relations, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
Henrique Menezes, Associate Professor of International Relations, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)
Because Trump picked this fight due to his concerns about Brazilian politics, that country’s presidential elections might quell it soon.
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By Catherine Armbruster, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Decades of pollution at Pittsburgh brownfields left bacteria that evolved to survive it – and maybe help clean up contaminated soil.
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By Henry F. Fradella, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
George Grispos, Associate Professor of Digital Forensics, Arizona State University
Jihun Joun, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Forensics, Arizona State University
Laws against surreptitiously recording someone extend to home devices like robot vacuums, but those recordings can still be used against you in court.
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By Clare Whitton, PhD Candidate in Medieval History, University of Oxford
Italian immigrants used to be accused of clinging too tightly to the Old World. Today, millions gather in Little Italy to celebrate the food, faith and traditions they brought with them.
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By Jason Bramburger, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University
Silicon Valley may end mathematical trophy hunting by making sport of it. But the modern mathematical landscape is so much broader than that.
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