College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Walking with the people of East Timor	Sister Julia Shideler had no idea what to expect as Afina, one of her students in East Timor, led her on a four-hour walk to her home village in the mountains. When they got there, many of Afina’s relatives and neighbors were happily surprised that Shideler had walked all the way to visit them.…	2010-10-07
Sequim Gazette names Dashiell its new editor	Michael Dashiell is the new editor of the Sequim Gazette, newspaper managers announced this week. Dashiell, 34, is a graduate of Western Washington University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism degree in 2001. Dashiell…	2010-10-06
Olympia's new shape	There’s no doubt the national concern about the economy is “going to cream some incumbents,” said Todd Donovan, a political science professor at Western Washington University. But he said Democrats could do better than they did in the primary, when GOP turnout was likely boosted by a…	2010-10-05
Special Collections open for student study, research atop Wilson Library		2010-10-04
Cohabitation before marriage risky	The U.S. divorce rate has held steady at 45 percent since 1981. Jay Teachman, a sociology professor at Western Washington University, said age (older than 26) and education (a bachelor's degree) are far more important predictors of marital success than cohabitation, which he believes…	2010-09-28
WWU's Ira Hyman to present Turning Points lecture on 'inattentional blindness' Oct. 20		2010-09-28
Women bankers and the glass ceiling	Others claim that women think that they want to focus on their career, but in reality choose family over career. Recent research by Western Washington University revealed that women who become the chief breadwinners in their domestic partnerships are more likely to…	2010-09-23
Candidate endorsements don't always have intended effect	A Western Washington University political scientist has looked at the ways voters sort through initiatives and believes endorsements are important cues. In fact, says Todd Donovan, voters do what legislators do when they are faced with a large number of complex decisions – they seek shortcuts…	2010-09-16
Women's divorce 'cur$e'	It's the money, honey. High-flying career women who are the breadwinners in their families are nearly 40 percent more likely to get a divorce than cash-strapped ladies, a surprising 25-year study shows. The access to dough makes…	2010-09-10
High-earning wives 'are more likely to end up divorced'	The American researchers studied the marriages and income of more than 2,500 women who married for the first time between 1979 and 2002. They found that those women who consistently made more money than their husbands were up to 38 per cent more likely to divorce than others. Jay…	2010-09-09

Walking with the people of East Timor

Sister Julia Shideler had no idea what to expect as Afina, one of her students in East Timor, led her on a four-hour walk to her home village in the mountains. When they got there, many of Afina’s relatives and neighbors were happily surprised that Shideler had walked all the way to visit them.…

2010-10-07

Sequim Gazette names Dashiell its new editor

Michael Dashiell is the new editor of the Sequim Gazette, newspaper managers announced this week.

Dashiell, 34, is a graduate of Western Washington University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism degree in 2001.

Dashiell…

2010-10-06

Olympia's new shape

There’s no doubt the national concern about the economy is “going to cream some incumbents,” said Todd Donovan, a political science professor at Western Washington University.

But he said Democrats could do better than they did in the primary, when GOP turnout was likely boosted by a…

2010-10-05

Special Collections open for student study, research atop Wilson Library

2010-10-04

Cohabitation before marriage risky

The U.S. divorce rate has held steady at 45 percent since 1981.

Jay Teachman, a sociology professor at Western Washington University, said age (older than 26) and education (a bachelor's degree) are far more important predictors of marital success than cohabitation, which he believes…

2010-09-28

WWU's Ira Hyman to present Turning Points lecture on 'inattentional blindness' Oct. 20

2010-09-28

Women bankers and the glass ceiling

Others claim that women think that they want to focus on their career, but in reality choose family over career.

Recent research by Western Washington University revealed that women who become the chief breadwinners in their domestic partnerships are more likely to…

2010-09-23

Candidate endorsements don't always have intended effect

A Western Washington University political scientist has looked at the ways voters sort through initiatives and believes endorsements are important cues. In fact, says Todd Donovan, voters do what legislators do when they are faced with a large number of complex decisions – they seek shortcuts…

2010-09-16

Women's divorce 'cur$e'

It's the money, honey.

High-flying career women who are the breadwinners in their families are nearly 40 percent more likely to get a divorce than cash-strapped ladies, a surprising 25-year study shows.

The access to dough makes…

2010-09-10

High-earning wives 'are more likely to end up divorced'

The American researchers studied the marriages and income of more than 2,500 women who married for the first time between 1979 and 2002.

They found that those women who consistently made more money than their husbands were up to 38 per cent more likely to divorce than others.

Jay…

2010-09-09