Social Science News
Leisure activities cultivate hope, resilience in disaster survivors
Published Date:December 4, 2012
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.
Published Date: December 4, 2012
Magazine cites U. of I. historian's book as among best in 2012 list
Published Date:December 3, 2012
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.
Published Date: December 3, 2012
The selling of wartime needs sold the U.S. on advertising, author says
Published Date:November 27, 2012
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.
Published Date: November 27, 2012
Troubled neighborhoods deter some fathers from child involvement
Published Date:October 25, 2012
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.
Published Date: October 25, 2012
200 years of American Indian persistence turned U.S. into 'Indian Country'
Published Date:October 22, 2012
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.
Published Date: October 22, 2012
