Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Why America’s Strategy For Reducing Racial Inequality Failed
Harvard professor Christina Cross debunks the myth of the two-parent Black family.
by Saima Sidik
Harvard faculty national academy of sciences 2013
Eight professors honored
Harvard faculty expertise on terrorism
Faculty expertise on terrorist behavior, from the magazine's archives
John U. Monro, activist educator, by Toni-Lee Capossela
Brief life of an uncommon educator: 1912-2002
Harvard's William Julius Wilson and others on long-term unemployed
Paths toward employment for low-income blacks and Latinos
Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy studies race
Randall Kennedy probes the “variousness” of charged racial issues.
The failed effort to enact cap and trade legislation to fight global warming
A distinguished panel considers why Congress failed to pass economy-wide measures to cap carbon emissions.
Harvard programs bring students together with inmates and their neighborhoods
Courses and programs bring Harvard students and scholars face-to-face with inmates and the communities they come from.
Abigail Donovan and Laura Prager, pediatric psychiatrists and authors
The pediatric psychiatrists’ book depicts emergency-room experiences with mentally ill children.
Harvard's Bruce Western advocates new prison, rehabilitation policies
Sociologist Bruce Western rethinks incarceration in America
Harvard Law's Michael Klarman on gay-marriage litigation and politics
On activism, litigation, and social change in America