The Neolithic relief found in southeastern Turkey may illustrate humans' changing relationship with animals. (photo by K. Akdemir, courtesy Cambridge University Press) About 11,000 years ago, ...

Many organizations working toward social change understand the power of stories to transform how people think about and act on issues. It follows that a common question among movement leaders, ...

Most people know George Lucas as the writer-director of the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as a producer of many films and series that make up the franchise’s extended universe. In recent years, ...

I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. —Robert Frost, 1874-1963, “The Road Not Taken” When individual teachers or entire schools are faced with the desire/need to ...

I hold University of Michigan Professor Karl Weick in high regard for his lifetime’s work on sensemaking. Put simply, sensemaking is the process of making sense of the social world around you. It goes ...

As a graduating doctoral candidate, I find myself facing many transitions ahead. At times like these, we often use a book metaphor: The Stanford chapter is coming to a close, and a new chapter is ...

Imagining things that do not exist in nature and weaving them into narratives are unique signatures of the human psyche. These abilities are abundantly evident in the earliest example of narrative art ...