Faculty

The Monster in Your Path: The Private Life of Caste in India by Sharika Thiranagama, Anthropology

Books in brief

Sharika Thiranagama with cover of The Monster in Your Path

Collage of current SSF cohort

Stanford Science Fellows 2026 cohort announced

Matthew Morrison in the Stanford arcade

Matthew D. Morrison wins Woody Guthrie, Irving Lowens book awards

Hazel Markus in the Stanford arcade

Hazel Rose Markus wins 2026 Sage-CASBS Award

Jessica Riskin in the Stanford arcade

Diving into the mind of pioneering French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Paul R. Ehrlich standing in front of trees

Biologist and environmentalist Paul Ehrlich has died

Collage of Jessica Riskin and the cover of The Power of Life

The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck by Jessica Riskin, History

David Abernethy speaks to Faculty Senate

Political scientist David Abernethy has died

What does it mean to be reasonable?

Collage of Krista Lawlor and the cover of her book Being Reasonable

Being Reasonable: The Case for a Misunderstood Virtue by Krista Lawlor, Philosophy

Thomas Mullaney named UNESCO chair

Table covered with many old letters. Angle view, selective focus. Text is unrecognizable.

Historian leads project to design new AI architecture for humanities research

Go behind the science with Rodolfo Dirzo

Claude Steele in his office

New book explores the tension that can exist between people of different identities—and how to overcome it

Tomás Jimenéz speaks at the launch of the institute’s Flourishing Cities Initiative.

Initiative aims to help cities address migration

The front of the Glades County Detention Center

New report examines the failures of a Florida immigrant jail born of a federal–county partnership

Collage of Claude Steele and the cover of his book, Churn

Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It by Claude Steele, Psychology

Photo of Nina and Jeff Wine

A life-changing shift from neuroscience to cystic fibrosis research

Photo of Tony Heinz

Tony Heinz wins 2026 Optica award

Portrait of Brian Knutson

Brain responses to wildlife images may motivate engagement with conservation efforts

Collage of Michelle Jackson and the cover of her book

The Division of Rationalized Labor by Michelle Jackson, Sociology

Collage of Gi-Wook Shin and the cover of his book

The Four Talent Giants by Gi-Wook Shin, Sociology

Caroline Winterer

Caroline Winterer receives 2026 Lyman award

Photo of Carolyn Bertozzi

Carolyn Bertozzi named Royal Society of Chemistry Honorary Fellow

From left: Ray Briggs, Julian Jara-Ettinger, and Joshua Landy talk

Beloved podcast 'Philosophy Talk' now available for free

Photo of John Chowning

John Chowning receives Technical Grammy

Two seated students look intensely at a speaker as they perform Richard III

New English courses fuse creativity with literary criticism

An illustration of a family tree

Mathematical model calculates probability of shared ancestors for African Americans

Jon Simon with the cavity array microscope

Light-based platform sets the stage for quantum supercomputers

Close up of an optical amplifier chip, similar to the one detailed in the new study, that is being developed in the lab of Stanford physicist Amir Safavi-Naeini. A red laser light shines from an optical fiber on the left to help with aligning the fiber to the chip.

New chip-sized optical amplifier can intensify light 100 times

Portrait of Jonathan Gienapp

Jonathan Gienapp wins Order of the Coif book award

Photo of Fang Liu

Fang Liu wins Scialog awards

Portrait of Barnabas Daru

Barnabas Daru receives International Biogeography Society award