Humanities & Society

When it comes to curbing gun violence in America, the field of public health should consider focusing less on the guns themselves and more on the human emotions that make people reach for guns in the first place, says a researcher from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis suggest new explanations for iconic prehistoric sites at Poverty Point in Louisiana.

Dan Butler, a political scientist in Arts & Sciences, brings civic lessons to life through Lego bricks. He created a series of stop-motion videos that turn pop culture into lessons on the U.S. government for high school students.

A new paper from Andrea Katz, associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and expert on constitutional law and presidential power, disputes a long-standing claim that America’s founders agreed the president holds an unrestricted power to fire executive officials.

Research from a psychologist at Washington University in St. Louis has found that anger is the emotion that can drive abrupt shifts in political attitudes.

Global (Un)Conference 2, a meeting of the Urban Humanities Network, will take place around St. Louis Oct. 16-18. Featuring both academic and public-facing events, the conference is hosted by WashU’s “Engaged City” initiative, a Mellon-funded project that highlights the city’s cultural legacy.

A new study from Washington University in St. Louis published in Communications Biology presents compelling evidence to support the theory that humans evolved from an African ape-like ancestor, bringing researchers one step closer to identifying the origin of human lineage.

Michael Sherraden, the George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor at WashU, has dedicated much of his research to asset building. His efforts helped lay the groundwork for a recent federal law to help children and families.

Diana J. Montaño and Christina Ramos, both faculty members in the Department of History in Arts & Sciences, have been selected as Georgie W. Lewis Career Development Professors.

What is artificial intelligence good at? What is it not good at? How might it reshape the employment landscape? Last spring, WashU’s Ian Bogost interviewed Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, chief technology officer at Meta, and others for Bogost’s class “How AI Will Change Your Career.”