Social media has changed the game. People have always looked for candidates they could have a beer with but now it’s about the ways in which they’re able to connect with voters online.”
—Sara Sadhwani, assistant professor of politics, in the
Los Angeles Times on the new era of campaigning.
Oftentimes people with BPD will over-rely on relationships to understand who they are, and that can make the relationship instability even more tenuous.”
—Sara Masland, associate professor of psychological science, in The New York Times on Borderline Personality Disorder.
The decentralization process in this guise is an attempt to destroy the capacity and effectiveness of agencies like the Forest Service.”
—Char Miller, W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History, in The Washington Post on moving the U.S. Forest Service HQ out of Washington and into Salt Lake City.
It’s easy to label someone as ‘too emotional,’ but in reality, emotion is a social event. Our nervous systems constantly respond to one another—which means our ability to stay regulated affects not only how we feel, but how others react to us.”
—Jessica Stern, assistant professor of psychological science, in The Conversation on shifting the dynamic in a difficult relationship.