WordTheatre’s fall series at Chapman University brings America’s finest short story writers to Orange for celebrity and student performances.Join us on Monday, October 30, where Hollywood actors Gregg Henry (Val Resnick in Payback and more recently Hollis Doyle in Scandal and Grandpa Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy) and James Allen McCune (guest star roles
Americans believe that both Islamic Extremists and White Supremacists represent a threat to national security. Although other types of extremist groups are a concern to large groups of Americans, only these two were identified by a majority of survey respondents. Differences between groups on which group represents the greatest threat reflects the political divisions we
The Chapman University Survey of American Fears Wave 4 (2017) provides an in-depth examination into the fears of average Americans. In May of 2017, a random sample of 1,207 adults from across the United States were asked their level of fear about eighty different fears across a huge variety of topics ranging from crime, the
In our survey we asked a random sample of Americans about FEARS of man-made disasters, such as a nuclear melt-down, and nuclear and terror attacks, as well as natural disasters. We then asked about their familiarity with safety and preparedness advice/slogans [1] . Nuclear Fears Nearly half of all Americans [48%] fear North Korea using
The Chapman University Survey of American Fears Wave 4 (2017) includes a battery of items on paranormal beliefs ranging from belief in Bigfoot and psychic powers to visits by aliens and haunted houses. Paranormal Beliefs Currently the most common paranormal belief in the United States is the belief that ancient, advanced civilizations, such as Atlantis
Christine Curry ’95, sociology, might not get your goat in particular, but she has overseen more than 50 goats, at various points in the life of the Grenada Goat Dairy, which is a sustainable, community-building and educational dairy farm at the Belmont Estate in St. Patrick, Grenada. The 2017 Schweitzer Award winner talks about her
“There is no separating my life from my work,” says Sarah Nininger ’13, B.A. Integrated Educational Studies. Her friends back in the U.S. are getting married, having families, buying homes. She’s trying to figure out how incorporate a plot of land that came with her building in Uganda into a community gardening project. Sarah Nininger
Chapman University and the Space & Society Collective Program are hosting Dr. Alice Gorman in a lecture titled, The Space Traveler’s Guide to the Archaeology of the Solar System, on Thursday, October 12 at 7 p.m. in the Center for American War Letters, Leatherby Library B03. About the Speaker: Alice Gorman is an Australian archaeologist,
That smiling face on the Angel Stadium scoreboard Sept. 20 was Chapman University’s Victoria Carty, Ph.D., an associate professor of sociology in the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Carty was honored before the game as a Wells Fargo Home Run Hero for her work with Higher Ground, an Anaheim nonprofit that provides
Chapman University, Sociology Department, Latinx & Latin American Studies, and the Sociology Club present Rethinking Crime and Immigration with Professor Charis E. Kubrin – Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Join us on Friday, October 13, 2017 at 12 p.m. in Beckman Hall 106 ABOUT THE SPEAKER: