College of Humanities and Social Sciences

They didn't have a home to call their own, now they have one 365 days a year

Photos by Ralph Freso Jason Lewis moved 28 times. He was hauled to many states by heroin-addicted parents, then “bounced around to foster homes, shelters, […]

EPIC research doesn't take a summer break

One student researcher’s summer job is at In-and-Out Burger. She got home late at night, and by 8 a.m. was inputting research data. “I just […]

Faculty friends lead fast-growing group on how to spread friendliness

Perhaps it’s no surprise that the co-hosts of an online character workshop have become best friends – they talk about ways to be nice, after […]

GCU graduate social work student helps change state and federal laws

Katherine McClanahan looked at the phone images and saw the familiar curve of her own bed post. It instantly crushed her. She had been secretly […]

A grief observed in student's book on death of wife, daughters

In the seventh November after his wife and two daughters died in a wildfire, Michael Reed thought he was having a heart attack. “Every November […]

New GCU lab series touts humanity in online intelligence

Among Grand Canyon University faculty who teach online, cultivating social presence in the classroom is not new terminology – in fact, the university hangs its […]

Mom and daughter navigate all of life together, even graduation

It was just the two of them for more than 20 years in a San Diego rental home – "two peas in a pod," as […]

Late parents' advice fulfilled, son becomes college graduate

Wednesday afternoon slideshow / Livestream Before he walked across the graduation stage Wednesday, Malachi Fields recalled advice his parents gave him before they died. “Work […]

GCU alumna, Arizona state representative speaks to students

Arizona state Rep. Quantá Crews, a graduate of Grand Canyon University, recently stopped by campus to speak to the social work students of Makisha Gunty, […]