Search
Richard Gelles
Dean of The School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania
Richard Gelles is the Director for the Center for Research on Youth & Social Policy and Co-Director of the Field Center for Children's Policy Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of the highly influential text "The Violent Home" among others.
Read Less
3mins
With the recession and a greater sense of failure among men, a bizarre phenomenon called “familicide” has been on the rise.
4mins
The Dean of UPenn’s School of Social Policy argues that universal healthcare is basic human entitlement.
5mins
In a free-market society, distinguishing between rights and privileges has become a murky and often quarrelsome decision. Here the Dean of Penn’s School of Social Policy, pinpoints our key misconception […]
16mins
Big Think sites down with Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.