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Should parents be worried that many teens are putting off traditional rites of passage like working, driving and dating?
Move over millennials, there’s a new generation in town. Dubbed ‘iGen,’ they differ from their predecessors on a range of measures, from mental health to time spent with friends.
Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, taught that a righteous man could help numerous women and children go to heaven by being ‘sealed’ in plural marriage. Norms have been revised, but tensions remain.
How has the first generation of kids to grow up with the iPhone been affected?
It’s become fashionable to suggest that generational designations are arbitrary or a ‘myth.’ But social scientists can pinpoint generational and cultural changes with a surprising degree of accuracy.
Hannah Arendt, a political theorist, fled Germany during Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and later wrote about ‘the banality of evil.’ Her work has recently become a best-seller. Here’s why.
British American Tobacco Australia has lobbied Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration to have electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) classified as a harm-reduction pharmaceutical product. If successful…
The NHS is funding a pilot programme that prescribes surfing lessons for young people with depression and low self-esteem. Based in Dorset, the Wave Project is open to people aged between eight and 21…
Twitter has become the latest online tool to be used to monitor the spread of disease. Researchers are looking at whether health providers can identify the locale of a disease outbreak by monitoring the…
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Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University
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Assistant Professor. L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Tourism RESET, San Diego State University
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Assistant Professor of Nutrition, San Diego State University
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James J. Stansell Assistant Professor of Classics and Humanities, San Diego State University
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Associate Professor of Biology, San Diego State University
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Professor of Anthropology & Director for Undergraduate Research, College of Arts and Letters, San Diego State University
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Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies , San Diego State University
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Professor and USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military History, San Diego State University
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Professor of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University
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Professor and Chair of Women’s Studies, San Diego State University
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Associate Professor of Mathematics, San Diego State University
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, San Diego State University
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Professor of Anthropology, San Diego State University
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Associate Professor of Africana Philosophies of Religions and American Religious Diversity, San Diego State University
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, San Diego State University
