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Social Sciences

Nina Simone’s Gum

March 10, 2025

Nina Simone’s Gum

Religion 363 students seek to answer: How does a thing like, say, a piece of gum, transform into a religious artifact?

By Candace Mixon, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion

March 12, 2025

Finding the Words

In 2024, Aidan Mokalla ’25 traveled to Tajikistan to study Persian as part of the Critical Language Scholarship program.


October 11, 2024

Eating a Moment

We visit a Bay Area Japanese izakaya, owned and operated by chef and author of the new Rintaro cookbook Sylvan Mishima Brackett ’98.


October 11, 2024

Postcard: Barcelona Dreams

Prof. Kris Anderson [psychology] journeyed to Barcelona as part of Reed’s faculty research exchange. Her visit to a residential treatment facility there taught her about the universality of the struggle to overcome addiction.


June 3, 2024

Reed Faculty Reflect on Recent Publications

Six professors discuss their recent works spanning the storied life of Buddha, the Soviet Jewish bookshelf, essays on the Qur'an and Islam, and more.

July 16, 2024

Financial Savvy and Glitter for All

Lillian Karabaic ’13, an ice-skating, Bowie-loving finance reporter who has spent over a decade transforming people's relationship with money, is on to the next challenge.

June 21, 2024

Vote of Confidence

In an age of misinformation and voter mistrust, Prof. Paul Gronke is delivering the data.

May 29, 2024

History-Literature Major Wins Lankford Award for Thesis Work

The award recognizes outstanding students with accomplishments in the history and literature disciplines.

March 8, 2024

Big Topics for Young Readers

The stories of British colonialism come to life in Prof. Natarajan’s Hear Our Voices.

March 8, 2024

Turning Points

On the path to professional fulfillment, sometimes we need a big change.

March 7, 2024

True Altitude

From her thesis at Reed to the remote wilds of Alaska, bush pilot Lana Tollas ’19 has always found a way to take flight

December 21, 2023

Campus Dig

Students excavate on Reed's campus in search of its lost history.

October 23, 2023

The Secret Cemetery

More than a million were buried on Hart Island, but families couldn’t visit. Melinda Hunt ’81 changed that.

October 2, 2023

Zave Payne ’25 Plays Civics Quizmaster on the Streets of Portland

The political science major is an engaging and affable host of a video series called Hot Mic.