News Tagged as Social and Behavioral Sciences

Five female students sit on the sidewalk in front of the Performing Arts Center, some with laptops in their laps, as they smile and laugh with eachother.

Inside the Classroom: Five Students on What They're Learning This Spring

Mar 13, 2026

As the season’s first California poppies bloom along campus walking paths, the spring semester at SUA is in full swing. But what exactly does a liberal arts education look like on a day-to-day basis

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From Office Hours to Published Book: Faculty-Student Collaboration Spans a Decade

Feb 13, 2026

When Max Bieganski ’19 M.A. ’22 walked into Professor of Political Science Peter Burns’ office during their first week at SUA, neither knew that it would be the start of an intellectual partnership

Three Social and Behavioral Sciences students look over a document together.

Social and Behavioral Sciences: Where Theory Meets Real-World Change

Nov 15, 2024

“I think the students who come here want to change the world,” said Professor of Political Science Peter Burns — and as a teacher of public policy, urban politics, American government, and

Three panelists sit at a desk together during the SBS Symposium

From Ideas to Action: Insights from SBS Symposium on Tackling the Housing Crisis

Apr 19, 2024

Delving into one of society’s most difficult challenges, the 2024 Social and Behavioral Sciences Symposium Series convened a discussion to generate new ideas on tackling the housing crisis. From

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Soka Alumni Isolde Pierce and Trey Carlisle Receive a Second Fulbright Fellowship

Jun 01, 2021

Last year, two Soka students–Trey Carlisle ’20 and Isolde Pierce ’20–were awarded Fulbright fellowships to conduct research and teach English abroad for a year. The pandemic disrupted their plans. But

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Western Psychological Association Conference 2019

Apr 25, 2019

Emma Grant-Dreher, class of 2019, and Shania Davis, class of 2018, report on their experience attending and presenting at the 2019 WPA conference.

A group photo from the Fullbright Meeting

Fulbright Fellowship Advising Program

Apr 22, 2019

A new Fulbright Fellowship Advising program has been created at SUA to help advise students who are interested in being part of the Fulbright program.

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Western Political Science Association Conference 2019

Apr 18, 2019

Lana Lief, class of 2019, and Sofia Torres, class of 2019, report on their experience attending and presenting at the 2019 WPSA conference.

Ana at conference

Southern Political Science Association Conference 2019

Jan 17, 2019

Ana Schugurensky, class of 2020, reports on her experience attending and presenting at the 2019 SPSA conference.

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Meet the Author Series | Ted Lowe, Associate Professor of Anthropology

Nov 14, 2018

Professor Edward D. Lowe’s presentation “Whatever I have to Do That’s Right: Culture and the Precariousness of Personhood in a Poor Urban Neighborhood”, was derived from a special issue of Ethos