Social Sciences

Torivio Fodder, manager of the Indigenous Governance Program, explains the principles that guide successful tribal governance and why the university is a leader at teaching them.

University of Arizona primatologist Jacob Negrey co-authored a study of the Ngogo community in Uganda that shows humans aren't the only primates with a long post-fertile life stage.

Lisa M. Sanchez researches ethno-racial disparities in American politics. In this Q&A, she discusses what the U.S.'s increasingly energized Latino electorate means for the next election.  

A fiction writer and professor of English, Muñoz will use part of his $800,000 stipend from the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation award to support future students.

A leading researcher of the psychological and physiological impacts of grief discusses the gaps she thinks need to be filled in understanding how the brain handles grief.

The Service Dog and Veteran Experiences Study will look at the impact of service dogs on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as the factors that may contribute to the success of individual animals.

The new fellowship program will support research on how to reach more students from diverse communities with science, technology, engineering and math education.

The UArizona New Dawn-Warrior Women project is helping expand the reach of Tucson's Native Ways Program, which helps clients with substance use recovery while incorporating Native American culture and traditions.

As climate change affects conditions for growing local ingredients, your favorite hometown dish could taste different in the future. The Tasting Tomorrow project seeks to preserve family recipes in the face of climate change.