Curling up in your favorite armchair, cracking open a book, and diving into a real page-turner offer far more benefits than an entertaining and relaxing way to unwind after a long day. Reading is actually an important health habit for your brain because it improves memory, concentration, and stress, among other big benefits. Six Benefits …

As published in The Campus (part of Times Higher Education) Institutions must stop and think before helping reshape the career trajectories of millions of workers, says Gangaram Singh When I was a graduate student in the late 1990s, the North American labor market was undergoing a profound (albeit gradual, in modern terms) shift. A still …

Iraq War Veteran/ Dancing with the Stars champion/actor to speak during Sept. 17 ceremony at Petco Park LA JOLLA, CALIF. (September 15, 2021) — The remarkable J.R. Martinez – U.S. Army Veteran, actor, motivational speaker, New York Times best-selling author, and Dancing with the Stars Season 13 winner – will deliver the keynote address at …

In today’s fast-paced, digital world, multimedia learning has become an integral part of education. It allows learners to engage with content through a variety of formats, such as text, images, audio, and video. This approach to learning not only caters to different learning styles but also helps make learning more enjoyable and effective. In this …

The number of reported healthcare breaches is significant, and even just one breach of a person’s confidential medical records could reasonably be considered alarming. In 2019 there were 41.2 million healthcare records exposed, wrapped up in 505 data breaches that crossed industries and regions. The cost of each breach, according to an IBM report, was …

The importance of psychology in business is difficult to overstate. Because directly or indirectly, it can be used to help improve virtually every aspect of doing business. That might include making a better workplace, more productive employees, or better products. Psychology is essentially the science of understanding the way people think and behave, and business …

Any business can benefit from an infusion of creative leadership, no matter what challenges it faces, what industry it is part of, or what type of service it provides. But what does that actually translate to in practice? What can leaders do to help promote innovation and growth? And why does being creative as a …

Dr. Robert Lee joins the Southern California nonprofit university, the largest provider of teaching credentials in California, as college of education dean LA JOLLA, CALIF. (August 30, 2021) — National University, a nonprofit university with a 50-year history of serving working adult learners, educators, and Veterans, today announced the appointment of Dr. Robert Lee as …

No business, team, or organization can thrive without effective leadership — and to maximize their efficacy, leaders must think, act, and problem-solve creatively. As we will explore in this article, leaders who are able to successfully innovate and “think outside the box” often reap career and financial benefits, while simultaneously fostering personal growth in their …

From healthcare and entertainment to engineering and transportation, technology has revolutionized every industry on a global scale, impacting not only businesses, but also families, students, and educators. Today, with millions of U.S. students completing at least a portion of their coursework online, the need for technology in education has never been more pronounced. Educational technology, or …

In modern medicine, the best medicine is often targeted to a specific condition or audience. So, too, is the best therapy. Each type of psychological therapy also has a list of necessary skills. There is not a single “psychotherapy,” but several subtypes. There is one-on-one therapy, group therapy, couples therapy, and a variety of theory-based …

It is not uncommon for patients and casual observers to pose the question, “What is the difference between a psychologist and psychiatrist?” They are each scholars of psychology and can both be client-facing professions. They practice psychotherapy, obtain doctorates, are both trained to identify mental issues and disorders, and thrive on helping others. It’s no …

Set aside what you think you know about forensic psychology from popular media. The deep and dramatic analysis of criminal suspects and the profile-making process found in TV shows might have their place in some roles, but the application of forensic psychology in the real world is much broader and entirely more complicated.  It’s also …

Anxiety disorders are among some of the most common mental health disorders in the United States, and it isn’t just adults who are affected. In addition to an estimated 40 million U.S. adults, anxiety has also been diagnosed in more than 7 percent of U.S. children aged 3 to 17, according to the Centers for …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more common than most people realize, affecting approximately 1 in 54 children throughout the United States. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), places that number even higher, estimating a figure closer to 1 in 40, or …

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PART OF PRESTIGIOUS TEAM SELECTED FOR $20M NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT TO STUDY AI AND OPTIMIZATION LA JOLLA, CALIF. (August 2, 2021) — As part of an initiative to establish a series of artificial intelligence research institutes nationwide, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $20 million grant to a partnership of …

Sociological imagination is the ability to connect personal experiences to broader social, historical, and structural forces, seeing how individual circumstances are shaped by the society and historical moment in which a person lives. The concept was coined by sociologist C. Wright Mills, who argued that neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be fully understood without understanding both together.

Sociological theories of crime view criminal behavior not as an inherent individual trait but as a product of social conditions, relationships, and structural inequalities, explaining how crime arises from the environment rather than from individual moral failure. The three major sociological paradigms each offer a distinct explanation: functionalists argue that deviance is a social necessity that reinforces norms and reminds people of the consequences of violating them; conflict theorists argue that crime stems from systemic inequality that keeps those with power protected and those without it disproportionately criminalized; and symbolic interactionists focus on how the labels society applies to individuals, not the acts themselves, construct deviant identity over time.