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A Sign Of The Times: Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

TeachThought

MAY 15, 2024

A Sign Of The Times: Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields Title: Embracing Statistics: A Pillar of Modern STEM Education In today’s rapidly evolving landscape of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), statistics is emerging as a pivotal discipline, transcending its traditional role as a mere supporting tool.

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Political Science Scholar, Janelle Wong, Elected to the Academy of Political and Social Science 2024 Fellowship

Political Science Now

APRIL 4, 2024

The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) will welcome eight scholars as 2024 fellows this fall. It is a privilege to welcome another highly accomplished cohort of social scientists as fellows of the AAPSS, and it is especially gratifying to award inaugural fellowships in memory of Academy Fellows James S.

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Want More Innovation? Try Connecting the Dots Between Engineering and Humanities

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. This article is a part of The Conversation’s series on unique courses. For other articles in this series, read here and here. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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AI for Learning: Experiments from Three Anthropology Classrooms

Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

We engaged in a collaborative project based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) designed to explore how AI tools might support undergraduate learning in anthropology. In the final stage of the project, students situated medical AI tools in a broader social and economic context.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics.

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Print References/Reading List/Bibliography in Your Syllabus (With Some Style) in R Markdown and {stevemisc}

Steven V. Miller

JANUARY 12, 2022

stevepubs is a data frame of my publications (in print and forthcoming), mostly my journal articles. Social Science Quarterly* #> 93(5): 1202–17. #> Economic Threats or Societal Turmoil? Peace Economics, Peace Science and #> Public Policy* 24(1). #> of {stevemisc}. This is stevepubs.

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The Gap between Policy and Action on Gender Mainstreaming

Political Science Now

JUNE 18, 2024

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. Gender differences materialize in disparities in economic rights, social participation, and political voice and opportunity. This piece, written by Irem B.

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De Gruyter and American Political Science Association (APSA) Sign Partnership Agreement

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Its portfolio makes De Gruyter one of the world’s largest and most reputable humanities publishers while extending to subject areas like natural and social sciences, economics, technology, mathematics, architecture, design and more. For more information, visit: www.degruyter.com.

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Same Old Story in Silicon Valley

Political Science Now

APRIL 12, 2024

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. In a recent fascinating APSR article by Alina Utrata, we are invited to reconsider these futuristic ambitions of outer space colonialism through a historical lens.

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Cultural Dimensions of health - Introduction

Anthropology for Beginners

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Drawing from biological and social sciences, as well as clinical sciences, medical anthropologists have contributed significantly to the understanding and improvement of human health and health services worldwide. A specialised branch of anthropology, i.e, that predispose people to certain diseases.

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Correlating Democracy and Per Capita Income: A Simple Introduction to an Old Finding

Steven V. Miller

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Does democracy precede economic development? Does economic development precede democracy? I’ll be teaching that in R around Lipset’s (1959) well-known article that first made a comment of this empirical relationship. The problem is we disagree a great deal about what causes what.

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In Memoriam: Renowned Political Scientist and former APSA President, Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr., Passes Away

Political Science Now

MARCH 14, 2025

He also completed an APSA Oral History Interview in 1993, where he shares his experiences in the discipline of political science. He was also President of the Policy Studies Organization and a Board Member of the Social Science Council. Read more Related Articles: The HistoryMakers: Biography: Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr.

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Stephen A. Smith and International Relations Scholarship

Steven V. Miller

APRIL 17, 2025

5 Lets start with this opening salvo from Why the Ukraine Crisis is the Wests Fault (which, Jesus Christ, that article title). The central aim of social science is to develop knowledge that is relevant to understanding important social problems. Putins pushback should have come as no surprise. 9 Emphasis added.

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The Sexual Division of Labor (con’t)

Perspectives in Anthropology

MAY 1, 2024

Sex divisions in the Caribbean and West Africa I spent two years of fieldwork in Ghana for my PhD and published a book, The Political Economy of Agriculture, plus several articles on Ghana’s urban informal economy. I spent two years in Jamaica teaching in a new graduate school of social sciences…

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WWI and the 1920s: Interview with Jennifer Keene, Part 1

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. Keene, a specialist in American military experience during World War I, has published three studies of this subject, along with numerous essays, journal articles, and encyclopedia entries.

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Meet the New Editorial Team for the American Political Science Review (APSR)

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Recent years have seen extensive discussion over how to achieve scientific progress in the social sciences. She has also published over thirty articles in peer-reviewed journals, including an APSA award-winning article in the APSR. Pablo Beramendi is Professor of Political Science at Duke University.

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Anthropology against Behavioral Science

Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

After explaining the history of colonization as a process of intense economic extraction and political subjugation by imperial powers, she then explained that decolonization was something far more modest. In this article, I begin with a brief overview of SBS in DRG work.

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A Sign Of The Times: Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

Political Science Scholar, Janelle Wong, Elected to the Academy of Political and Social Science 2024 Fellowship

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Want More Innovation? Try Connecting the Dots Between Engineering and Humanities

AI for Learning: Experiments from Three Anthropology Classrooms

If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Print References/Reading List/Bibliography in Your Syllabus (With Some Style) in R Markdown and {stevemisc}

The Gap between Policy and Action on Gender Mainstreaming

De Gruyter and American Political Science Association (APSA) Sign Partnership Agreement

Same Old Story in Silicon Valley

Cultural Dimensions of health - Introduction

Correlating Democracy and Per Capita Income: A Simple Introduction to an Old Finding

In Memoriam: Renowned Political Scientist and former APSA President, Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr., Passes Away

Stephen A. Smith and International Relations Scholarship

The Sexual Division of Labor (con’t)

WWI and the 1920s: Interview with Jennifer Keene, Part 1

Meet the New Editorial Team for the American Political Science Review (APSR)

Anthropology against Behavioral Science

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