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Mesropova book published by Georgetown University Press

Olga Mesropova, an associate professor of Russian, recently published her book “Faces of Contemporary Russia: Advanced Russian Language and Culture” through Georgetown University Press. “Faces of Contemporary Russia“ is a one-semester textbook for high-intermediate to advanced level Russian students that aims to develop students’ linguistic proficiency by examining significant personalities…

September 16, 2019

Bix work published by Cornell University Press

Mastering the Hard Stuff: The History of College Concrete-Canoe Races and the Growth of Engineering Competition Culture This article details the history of college engineering competitions, originating with student concrete-canoe racing in the 1970s, through today’s multi-million-dollar international multiplicity of challenges. Despite initial differences between engineering educators and industry…

September 11, 2019

Rough Draft: Cold War Military Manpower Policy and the Origins of Vietnam-Era Draft Resistance

Rough Draft draws the curtain on the race and class inequities of the Selective Service during the Vietnam War. Amy J. Rutenberg argues that policy makers’ idealized conceptions of Cold War middle-class masculinity directly affected whom they targeted for conscription and also for deferment. Federal officials believed that college educated…

September 11, 2019

Daniel Butler published in Journal of Criminal Justice

Daniel Butler, assistant professor of sociology, is the sole author of a study titled, “An Examination of Inmate Adjustment Stratified by Time Served in Prison,”  published in the Sept. 5 online edition of the Journal of Criminal Justice. In the study, Butler uses the Differential Coercion and Social Support (DCSS)…

September 5, 2019

Susan Stewart is editor, writer for sociology book about stepfamilies

Susan Stewart, professor of sociology, is an editor and contributing writer of “Multicultural Stepfamilies,” a book published by Cognella that provides students and researchers in the fields of sociology, social work and family studies with new theories, data and insight into the composition and diversity of modern stepfamilies. Specifically, Stewart…

September 5, 2019

Matt DeLisi published in Journal of Forensic Sciences

Matt DeLisi, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Professor and professor of sociology, has published a paper titled “Homicidal Ideation and Forensic Psychopathology: Evidence From the 2016 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS)” in the Aug. 12, 2019, online edition of the Journal of Forensic Sciences. DeLisi’s co-authors are Jason…

September 4, 2019

Katherine A. Rafferty published in Health Communication

Katherine A. Rafferty, assistant teaching professor of psychology has been published in Health Communication. Her publication, You are not alone: Advice giving for parents of children living with complex chronic conditions was recently published online. Health Communication is an outlet for scholarly intercourse between medical and social sciences.

September 3, 2019

Katherine A. Rafferty published in The Qualitative Report

Katherine A. Rafferty, assistant teaching professor, has been published in The Qualitative Report, 24, 2102-2121.  Her publication, “When black and white medicine turns gray: Exploring the interplay and meaning of discourses about parenting a child with a complex chronic condition” can be viewed here. The Qualitative Report is…

September 3, 2019