Social Sciences

The political advertising expert will begin a four‑year term as director of the school on July 15. He replaces Professor Steven Stehr, who served nearly four years as interim director and then director of the school.

Until now, the use of specific smoking plants by ancient people in the American Northwest had only been a matter of speculation.

Political Science Professor Thomas Preston decided to stay in Romania after his Fulbright-sponsored teaching stint was suspended.

Maria Gartstein will share some of her latest research examining how parent-child interactions help shape a baby’s emotions and behaviors.

Anthropology instructor Jack McNassar is the winner of the award that recognizes Global Campus teachers who employ best practices to engage, inspire, and support students.

Innovations in information processing such as writing and coinage were as critical to the development of early human societies as the internet is to us today, according to new WSU research.

Before the end of the century, rapid heating could mean 3.5 billion people will be living outside the climate ‘niche’ in which humans have thrived for 6,000 years, according to a new study led in part by a WSU scientist.

The four-year bachelor of arts degree program offered on the WSU Pullman and Vancouver campuses consists primarily of courses in anthropology and biological sciences, with additional courses of the student’s choosing.

Coughing fits, anxiety and paranoia are three of the most common adverse reactions to cannabis, according to a recent study by WSU scientists.

A new study by a WSU psychologist explores how living in a big city or small town can help shape an infant’s behavior.