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Stanford University Press ( SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University. It is one of the oldest academic presses in the United States and the first university press to be established on the West Coast. It is currently a member of the Association of University Presses. [ 2][ 3] The press publishes 130 books per year across the ...
Stanford was founded by Leland Stanford, a railroad magnate, U.S. senator, and former California governor, together with his wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford. It is named in honor of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who died in 1884 from typhoid fever just before his 16th birthday. His parents decided to dedicate a university to their only son ...
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a book about the history of science by the philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn. Its publication was a landmark event in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science. Kuhn challenged the then prevailing view of progress in science in which scientific progress was viewed as "development-by-accumulation" of ...
1542-7099. Stanford Social Innovation Review ( SSIR) is a magazine and website that covers cross-sector solutions to global problems. SSIR is written by and for social change leaders from around the world and from all sectors of society—nonprofits, foundations, business, government, and engaged citizens. SSIR 's mission is to advance, educate ...
Margo Price calls out mounting mental health crisis in America, addresses young women Margo Price performs during the Americana Music Association Awards and Honors at the Ryman Auditorium in ...
Margo Machida. Margo Machida is an American art historian, curator, cultural critic, and artist. Machida is a Professor of Art History and Asian and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Her book, Unsettled Visions: Contemporary Asian American Artists and the Social Imaginary, (Duke University Press, 2009) was awarded ...
James Gardner March (January 15, 1928 – September 27, 2018) was an American political scientist, sociologist, and economist.A professor at Stanford University in the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Education, he is best known for his research on organizations, his (jointly with Richard Cyert) seminal work on A Behavioral Theory of the Firm, and the ...
Chavez is currently a Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Irvine, [2] where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on immigration, international migration, culture and visual images, and medical anthropology. Chavez's research interests include international migration; household and family organization, composition ...