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  • Richard W. Mansbach publishes book

    Richard W. Mansbach, professor in the Department of Political Science, has co-authored a book, “Populism and Globalization: The Return of Nationalism and the Global Liberal Order.” The book describes the global spread of nationalist-populism by rightwing and racist political parties; their impact on political, economic, and sociocultural globalization;…

    April 26, 2021

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    Student loan debt is costing recent grads much more than just money

    Kate Padgett-Walsh, associate professor of philosophy, shares insights on the realities of student-loan debt in a piece she co-authored for The Conversation.

    April 22, 2021

  • Charlie Nagle publishes research in Language Learning

    Charlie Nagle, associate professor of Spanish, recently published a research article in Language Learning. The paper, “The effect of speaker proficiency on intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness in L2 Spanish: A conceptual replication and extension of Munro and Derwing” argues that accent is not a good predictor of intelligibility…

    April 20, 2021

  • Leana Bouffard, Jeff Bouffard publish study in the Journal of Criminal Justice

    Leana Bouffard, chair of the Department of Sociology, and Jeff Bouffard, professor of sociology, recently published a study titled, “Still in the Shadows: Stalking Prosecution Rates’ Unresponsiveness to Increased Legislative Attention,” in the Journal of Criminal Justice. This exploratory study used official court data to examine trends…

    April 19, 2021

  • Abdi Kusow publishes book chapter

    Abdi Kusow, professor of sociology, has published a chapter titled, “Slavery and the Slave Trade Within and Across the Red Sea Region: A Preliminary Conceptual Framework,” the in 2020 book Slavery, Resistance and Abolitions: A Pluralist Perspective.

    April 19, 2021

  • Kusow, DeLisi publish research in The Sociological Quarterly

    Research on prejudice has historically employed Blumer’s group position as a theoretical alternative to Allport’s group conflict in understanding prejudice against members of minority groups. This study extends the theoretical parameters of group position into the domain of immigration by defining prejudice in terms of non-immigrant Americans versus immigrants. We…

    April 19, 2021

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    Narratives can help science counter misinformation on vaccines

    Michael Dahlstrom publishes paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

    April 13, 2021

  • Susan Stewart
    New research: Pandemic-related anxiety associated with women drinking more

    Nearly two-thirds of female participants reported drinking more since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    April 7, 2021