Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discussed the necessity of developing an action plan to eradicate gun violence in an article published in Keeping Students Safe and Helping Them Thrive, an edu...

By the time she was 6, Rebecca Barchas knew she wanted to be a doctor—and not just any kind of doctor: a psychiatrist. Credit her mother, who was reading her adult classics like The Microbe Hunters, along with tales of women in science and medicine. “She opened my eyes to the fascinating workings ...

BBC News: Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed how “red flag” laws can be an effective way of preventing would-be mass shooters from large-scale attacks. “These are people who were either troubled, emotionally dysregulated or express...

Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, co-wrote an op-ed regarding policies he said have failed and undermined Ohio’s juvenile justice system, making communities less safe. Titled “Mandatory bindover - unfairly turning children into adults,” Fl...

In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, it became abundantly clear to Jennifer King that most people didn’t have the basic knowledge to help them mentally cope with the related stress. “I realized that what I know and understand about trauma, stress and healing was super relevant to all of us...

In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, it became abundantly clear to Jennifer King that most people didn’t have the basic knowledge to help them mentally cope with the related stress. “I realized that what I know and understand about trauma, stress and healing was super relevant to all of us...

First Year Cleveland (FYC) has transitioned to the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. FYC was previously a part of CWRU’s School of Medicine, and the move to the Mandel School will allow the organization to shift into a more community...

Ann Nguyen, assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was selected to be a Research Education Component (REC) Scholar by the Cleveland Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. The REC aims to support the scientific and career development of early caree...

Healthline: Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discussed the 30% increase in unintentional fatal shootings by children compared to 2019. “More young people are carrying guns, guns are more easil...

Results suggest this highly vulnerable population could be significantly better protected The pandemic has hit nursing home residents especially hard, with a disproportionately large share of COVID-19 infection and mortality rates in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control a...