Speech is not just about what we hear. Listeners make judgments about how they think people will talk using visual cues to ...

Originally from Under the Cloud: The Decades of Nuclear Testing by Richard Miller, and featured in Silent Fallout  From 1959-1970, the communities of Saint Louis, Missouri were tasked with a unique ...

In a companion piece published earlier, we explored how chemistry, connection, and orgasms topped the list for “great sex” components. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, we thought you might ...

A background check can make or break someone’s future. Every day, people are denied jobs, housing, and educational opportunities because of “failing a background check.” These checks are often ...

Jordyn is a first year PhD student in the Sociology Department at the University of Minnesota. Her interests lie on the perpetuation of gender inequality across intersecting dimensions of culture, ...

It is late January 2025 and my eyes are still affixed to the websites and reels and headlines about the Los Angeles fires. A ...

As an academic, I am driven by the following commitments: liberatory knowledge, sharing power, and critical application. These values inform my teaching and relationship building with students. In the ...

Michael James Walsh , “‘I’m also slightly conscious of how much I’m listening to something’: Music streaming and the transformation of music listening,” Media, Culture & Society, 2023 A phone with ...

Musk’s plea to Germans resonates with his master’s appeal to Americans: “Make America Great Again,” a message that implies forgetting about the dark sides of this country’s own history. Americans ...