Society & Psychology

Ethics in the University Setting: An Interview With Doug Thrower

October 11, 2020 by

What safeguards are put in place to prevent the university from engaging in unethical research practices? To find out, Serhat Suzer spoke to Dr. Doug Thrower.
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Science and Ethics in History, the Ivory Tower and Beyond

October 11, 2020 by

Public confidence in science is important. In order to preserve this confidence, we must recognize its shortcomings.
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UCSB Anthropologists Identify Common Misconceptions About Child Marriage Among Americans

October 4, 2020 by

The questionnaire was designed to ascertain the participants’ understanding of the legality of child marriage.
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The Balancing Act: “Using and Refusing the Law”

September 24, 2020 by

There is a struggle, as Hale describes, between “using” the law to advance one’s interests and “refusing” the tenets of it which invalidate one’s way of life.
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UCSB Researcher Illuminates Serotonin Trajectories, Density in the Brain

June 5, 2020 by

New research describes using fractional Brownian motion to create predictive “descriptions and manipulations” of the serotonergic matrix.
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Understanding the Social Implications of COVID-19

May 27, 2020 by

The May 12 session of “Issues, Approaches, and Consequences of the COVID-19 Crisis” featured Professors Heejung Kim, David Sherman and Robin Nabi. 
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Having Vivid or Bad Dreams During the Pandemic? You’re Not Alone

May 22, 2020 by

The phenomenon of unusual sleep experiences during the pandemic may be due to “emotional overloading,” according to Professor Steve Smith.
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Partisanship, Racial Politics, Public Health and the Planet

May 21, 2020 by

Ian Carrillo seeks to add another dimension to a debate in environmental sociology.
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The Economics of the COVID-19 Crisis with Peter Rupert

May 18, 2020 by

Rupert introduced the Mortensen-Pissarides model for unemployment to the S.I.R. model for infectious diseases to estimate the effects of COVID-19 on the labor force.
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UCSB Professors Discuss Uncertainty in COVID-19 Datasets

May 11, 2020 by

The seminar is the third of the UC Santa Barbara’s interdisciplinary COVID-19 Webinar series.
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Gender Diversity and the New Discoveries It Brings to Neuroscience

May 4, 2020 by

Jacobs spotlights the issue that is common in science — the underrepresentation of both female researchers and scientific studies about women. 
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UCSB Natural Science Departments Conduct Spring Quarter Lab Classes Remotely

April 30, 2020 by

With the transition from in-person to online lab classes, lab instructors, TAs and students are learning to adapt to the new format.
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Better Together: The Evolution of Commitment and Altruism in Relationships

March 31, 2020 by

The paper aimed to answer two questions: Why do people care about the commitment of others, and why do we use gifts and other acts of kindness to display our own commitment?
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UCSB’s Fourth Annual Zero Waste Festival Highlights Sustainability and Waste Reduction

February 27, 2020 by

The festival, held at Storke Plaza, featured over a dozen on-campus organizations and local businesses that are dedicated to reducing Goleta’s waste output.
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National Society of Black Engineers at UCSB Provides Black S.T.E.M. Students “Encouragement” and “Knowledge”

February 20, 2020 by

NSBE also frequently collaborates with another MESA engineering program partner, Los Ingenieros, as well as UCSB’s College of Engineering.
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