Social Science News

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  Leisure activities cultivate hope, resilience in disaster survivors
  12/4/2012Sharita Forrest, Social Sciences Editor writer Sharita Forrest, Social Sciences Editor by Sharita Forrest, Social Sciences Editor published by Sharita Forrest, Social Sciences Editor
  As survivors of Hurricane Sandy are learning, the emotional toll of natural disasters is as profound as their physical devastation. However, a new study of people who survived Japans deadly earthquake and tsunami in 2011 suggests that leisure activities can play critical roles in victims psychological recovery from natural disasters.
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  Magazine cites U. of I. historian's book as among best in 2012 list
  12/3/2012Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor writer Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor by Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor published by Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor
  Atlantic Magazine named Evenings Empire, by University of Illinois history professor Craig Koslofsky, as one of the 15 best books reviewed by the magazine or published in 2012.
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  The selling of wartime needs sold the U.S. on advertising, author says
  11/27/2012Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor writer Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor by Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor published by Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor
  While it might be hard to imagine in the midst of the ad-soaked holiday season, there was a time in the 1930s when advertising faced fierce opposition from the public. Then came World War II, and everything changed, says Inger Stole.
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  Troubled neighborhoods deter some fathers from child involvement
  10/25/2012Sharita Forrest, Social Sciences Editor writer Sharita Forrest, Social Sciences Editor by Sharita Forrest, Social Sciences Editor published by Sharita Forrest, Social Sciences Editor
  Crime, gang activity and other problems of disordered neighborhoods decrease nonresident fathers involvement with their children, but it doesnt have the effect on fathers who live with their children in two-parent households, a recent study indicates.
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  200 years of American Indian persistence turned U.S. into 'Indian Country'
  10/22/2012Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor writer Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor by Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor published by Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor
  Frederick Hoxie starts each of his courses asking students to list three American Indians, and their answers are almost always the same: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and Geronimo.