Themis Papageorge

Teens are very good at getting around restrictions. Instagram’s new policy will require even more collaboration with parents, experts say.

Kylie Jenner and Khloe Kardashian are talking about the work they’ve had done. But is radical transparency around this helpful?

There are still gender disparities and unrealistic expectations around aging, but older women are in the limelight more than ever before.

If successful, the lawsuits could be as significant as the actions taken against Big Tobacco and Big Pharma, a legal expert says.

Weight-based stigma has been found to have consequences for a person’s career, physical and mental health, and more.

During a panel on mental health, Northeastern researchers discussed the impact of COVID-19 on people’s emotional well-being and the effects of the pandemic on people with serious mental illness and disordered eating.

Rachel Rodgers, an associate professor of applied psychology at Northeastern, says this change could have a positive effect on the mental wellness of users of the social media platform.

Over the past few years, a number of major brands have pledged not to airbrush or otherwise doctor the bodies of the models in their marketing campaigns. According to new research by associate professor Rachel Rodgers, knowing that the models agreed to be photographed without being airbrushed was enough to boost customers’ confidence in their own bodies.

Applied psychology professor Rachel Rodgers appeared on NBC’s The Today Show to discuss the detrimental impact digitally altered photos have on our self-esteem and our perception of our bodies.

Themis Papageorge, an associate clinical professor of computer and information science, examines the cybersecurity threat posed by al-Qaida and Anonymous, a global group of hackers.