Social Sciences

Greg Hickok

Studying what happens when words fail

With renewed NIH funding, cognitive scientist Greg Hickok studies the neural origins of speech disorders.

Writing on paper

Writing therapy not for everyone

Health benefits of expressive writing do not apply equally across all cultures, study finds.

Karen Rook

All the lonely people

UC Irvine psychologist Karen Rook can trace her interest in how loneliness affects the elderly to her childhood, when she saw a much-loved, once-robust grandmother decline markedly after losing her husband. Unable to manage the family farm on her own, her grandmother moved into an apartment. After breaking her hip in a fall, she ended […]

Sexual revolution rooted in 1940s, study shows

Shifting societal views of sex have changed classification and regulation of sex crimes.

Distinguished Professor Brian Skyrms

Extraordinarius winner shares his philosophy

Brian Skyrms, winner of the 2011 Extraordinarius award, discusses the finer points of social contract theory.

A woman holding a mop and a man holding a broom

Domestic duties still largely ‘women’s work’

UCI sociologist explains how society, culture and public policy influence the division of household labor.

Andrew Chang

Fellowship winner follows his heart

Andrew Chang left a promising engineering career to pursue a doctorate in economics. His research aims to empower U.S. policymakers to create appropriate laws for possible future regulation of the financial sector.

Helping students is family affair for UCI grads

Two generations of Pattersons have been well served by UCI — and now serve other college students.

Child playing counting games

Boosting preschoolers’ math skills

UCI team seeks to boost number-concept skills – and chances of academic success – among low-income, bilingual preschoolers.

John Dombrink and Robert Sterling with students

Vice and virtue

Amid the riot of books, papers, student exams, posters and paraphernalia in John Dombrink’s office at UC Irvine, one thing stands out: little yellow sticky notes he’s tacked onto a row of file drawers labeled “sin.” Dombrink — who once considered the priesthood before finding his true calling — specializes in sin. The professor of criminology, […]