Social Sciences

April 7, 2023

Anthropology professor LaShandra Sullivan investigates land rights movements and inspires a new generation of thinkers.

April 3, 2023

The associate professor of psychology will spend the upcoming academic year continuing his studies of linguistic framing.

February 17, 2023

Profs. Jamie Pommersheim [math] and Tom Landvatter [GLAM] each received grants to conduct research abroad.

February 8, 2023

The Burn Your Draft podcast talks Taiwanese politics with Seamus Boyle ’22.

September 28, 2022

Get to know ten professors making exceptional contributions to the college’s mission.

December 16, 2021

A year since the murder of George Floyd, the scientific community still needs to listen to more Black voices.

December 10, 2021

Psychologist Luke Chang ’02 spills the beans about the hidden power of gossip.

December 8, 2021

July 12, 2021

Prof. Mary James has been working to reshape Reed’s trajectory on race for three decades.

July 9, 2021

Malcolm Gladwell exposes the circular logic and the culture of privilege embedded in the ranking giant’s algorithm.

May 25, 2021

The Ground Breaking unearths the sinister history of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

April 13, 2021

Urban heat islands are often a legacy of racism. Cate Mingoya ’08 has ideas on how to fix that.

April 12, 2021

Reed grads have written an astonishing number of books about climate change and sustainability. Here’s a tiny sample.

March 30, 2021

Watson Fellow Alisa Chen ’21 will examine the dynamics of power and privilege in ice hockey.