Identity, identifiers, roles, rules, groups, personas – overlapping and inter-related concepts which, even among those of us in the identity management arena, can be confusing. Definitions of words ...

Jamie L. Mullaney, an assistant professor of sociology at Goucher College Sex, alcohol, meat, cars, television, cellphones — you probably know someone who has vowed to live without one of these. In ...

Bethany Schneider discusses "Who and What it Means to be Indian". She is a professor at Bryn Mawr and also teaches a course on Indian culture at University of Pennsylvania. From left to right: Rico ...

Language evolves over time and provides meaning to the experiences we face as humans. With every generation come groups of progressive minds that revolutionize how we conceptualize and value our ...

A longstanding goal in neuroscience is to classify the brain's many cells into discrete categories according to their function. Such categories can help researchers understand the complex neural ...

A rash of cyberattacks has renewed attention on identity and access management (IAM), which is experiencing a surge in demand across enterprises today. Growth in such tools is driven by organizations’ ...

Philosophical Topics, Vol. 50, No. 2, Social Minds in Digital Spaces (FALL 2022), pp. 41-64 (24 pages) When membership of a community depends on commitment to shared beliefs, the community is a belief ...

With growing frequency, social and political discourse gets described in the language of “identity politics.” It is important to recognize that while contemporary identity politics tends to be ...

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, is often asked questions about her multiracial identity. People sometimes feel pressured to choose one identity over another. Kamala ...