He was a civil rights activist and academic.
The son of a Native American who taught at an all-black college.
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Social Science at ASU: Improving human outcomes
At Arizona State University, the social sciences provide knowledge, insight and skills to answer our world's most pressing questions. Ranked #4 in the nation by the 2016 NSF HERD assessment, ahead of University of California-Berkeley, Cornell University and University of Califormia-Los Angeles, we leverage our place to solve human problems, improve our capacity for decision-making, generate new knowledge about society, increase social and cultural diversity and inclusion, and inform policy and social processes through design and planning.
By pushing boundaries and engagement across the university, the social sciences at ASU drives local and global research in engineering, business, health care, science and policy, as well as educational successes. Join us!
The Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment aims to be an incubator of novel research on collective action and the commons. more
Healthy Lifestyles Research Center is a center of excellence to prevent and reduce the burden of chronic disease across the lifespan. more
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Urban Climate Research Center integrates social and physical sciences to develop and test urban design and management policies to enhance the productivity, health and sustainability of urban populations. more
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January 11, 2019
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has selected Mónica Gutiérrez, a second-year ASU PhD student in social work, as a Health Policy Research Scholar.
January 8, 2019
Anxious mothers may pass the stress hormone cortisol on to their babies through breast milk — but how does it affect infant development?