Study: Pandemic FOMO had mental health consequences for older adults
During the COVID-19 pandemic, fear of missing out (FOMO) on social activities may have negatively affected the mental health of adults at high risk of serious disease, according to a new study from Rice University and Baylor University.
People, papers and presentations for June 20, 2023
Rice’s Department of Political Science, part of the School of Social Sciences, is ranked No. 8 in new rankings of journal research productivity.
While childhood trauma is often linked to mental and physical health problems later in life, a new study from Rice University finds that individuals who have faced mistreatment in their youth but have high heart rate variability — variation in the time between heartbeats — are more resilient emotionally and physically when grieving the loss of a spouse.
Study: ‘Multiplicity of impact’ from natural disasters affects Black people most
The many personal, physical and social impacts of natural disasters disproportionately affect Black people, and such events can have political consequences for local governments regardless of constituents’ political ideology, according to new research from Rice University.
Even after suffering flood damage, homeowners in mostly white communities prefer to accept higher risk of disaster repeating itself than relocate to areas with more racial diversity and less flood risk, according to new research from Rice University.
Rice anthropologist Dominic Boyer elected to executive board of American Anthropological Association
Dominic Boyer, a professor of anthropology in the School of Social Sciences at Rice University, has been elected to the executive board of the American Anthropological Association (AAA).
Religious calling to a job can motivate employees but might result in mistreatment going unaddressed
Feeling a religious or spiritual calling to a job can be a huge motivator, but it can also potentially result in employee mistreatment and exploitation going unaddressed, according to new research from Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance and the Religion and Public Life Program.
A new work of ethnographic fiction edited by Rice University anthropologist Ilana Gershon shares imaginary stories — inspired by real anthropological field work — of how people around the world coexist with monsters.
Immigrants without documentation face mental health trauma even after arriving in US
Immigrants migrating to the U.S. face all kinds of hurdles, but after arriving stateside, the hardships continue, which can result in additional psychological distress, according to new research from Rice University.
NIH grant backs study focused on Alzheimer’s in women
Rice University postdoctoral fellow Hannah Ballard has won a three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the link between the transition to menopause and Alzheimer’s disease.
Rice hosts world’s largest conference for African archaeology
Rice University hosted the Society of Africanist Archaeologists 26th Biennial Meeting June 1-6, organized by Rice anthropologists Mary Prendergast and Jeffrey Fleisher. The conference is the world’s largest that focuses on African archaeology.
Testing and isolation may be more effective than lockdowns during pandemics, new model finds
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, government officials around the world were forced to make decisions that either prioritized human health or the economy, which highlighted the dire need for a more coordinated response to dangerous pathogens that may emerge in the future.
Jing Chen, an assistant professor of psychological sciences in Rice’s School of Social Sciences, has been selected as a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Committee on Focus on Myopia – Pathogenesis and Rising Incidence.
Rice’s Randi Martin voted president-elect of Association for Psychological Science
Randi Martin, the Elma Schneider Professor of Psychological Sciences in Rice University’s School of Social Sciences and director of the T.L.L. Temple Foundation Neuroplasticity Lab , has been voted president-elect of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Her term will begin in June.
Rice’s Social Policy Analysis students address pressing issues in final projects
With projects focused on rural food insecurity to juvenile mental health courts to teen health clinics, Rice’s graduating seniors and some juniors in the university’s Social Policy Analysis program gathered earlier this month to present and discuss these and other yearlong research efforts.
