Tapping both personal and professional experience, USC Dornsife psychologist David Schwartz provides insight into why victims of sexual assault frequently delay reporting their experience and why that doesn’t warrant dismissing their claims. [3 1/2 min read]
For National Voter Registration Day, two experts from USC Dornsife’s Center for the Political Future predict that young citizens will play a key role in this November’s vote. [2 min read]
USC Dornsife political expert Jane Junn provides perspective on how the sexual misconduct accusations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh might affect elections this November. [2 1/4 min read]
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh recently was accused of sexually assaulting a young woman when he and the alleged victim were teenagers. Criminal psychologist Craig Lareau weighs in on the widely varying responses to the allegations. [4 min read]
Kyla Thomas of the Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) at USC Dornsife investigates how signaling certain personal likes and dislikes — particularly highbrow and lowbrow tastes — affects how people perceive us. [1 3/4 min read]
Earlier today, federal prosecutors announced a plea deal with Paul Manafort, the beleaguered former manager of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, that dismisses deadlocked charges from a tax-fraud trial in Virginia. What does this mean for President Trump? [2 min read]
Maria Manjarrez, who is majoring in political science at USC Dornsife, wouldn’t be in college without financial aid. Now California Gov. Jerry Brown has named her to a post where she can help others in the same position. [3 min read]
The latest USC Dornsife/LA Times poll, overseen by the new Center for the Political Future at USC Dornsife, also finds that Democrats have an edge over Republicans in a generic U.S. House matchup in the runup to the midterm elections, and that Democrats say news coverage of President Trump motivates them to vote. [6 1/2 min read]
Led by political veterans Robert Shrum and Michael Murphy, the Center for the Political Future at USC Dornsife opens just as the 2018 midterm elections are heating up. [31/2 min read]
