Maxwell School News and Commentary
Gadarian discusses partisan stereotypes with Minnesota Public Radio
Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science, argues that stereotypes are a difficulty of a two-party system in which people who disagree with some of the views of their party have two options -- change attitudes or switch parties.
Rosenthal study rent gradients, spatial structure, and agglomeration economies published in JUE
Karas Montez awarded prestigious Carnegie Fellowship
Asna Ali '18 MPA discusses public spaces, Pakistani women in PA Times
With every little step, Girls at Dhabas encourages more and more women to claim their space in public. The continued existence of this collective speaks to a slow but steady change in Pakistan’s society," writes M.P.A. student Ansa Ali, about a grassroots collective of Pakistani women.
Barkun quoted in New Yorker article on constitutional policing
Michael Barkun, professor emeritus of political science, comments that William Potter Gale, who proposed the idea of a constitutional sheriff, believed, "We know what the law really means. It’s all those lawyers who have erected a kind of apparatus of deception."
Meredith Professor Perreault, teaching awardee D'Amico honored
Tom Perreault, professor of geography, was named Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence. In addition, Francine D'Amico, teaching professor of international relations, received a Meredith Teaching Recognition Award. These awards recognize and reward outstanding teaching at the University.
Wilmoth elected treasurer of Gerontological Society of America
The nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging has chosen Janet Wilmoth, professor of sociology, as its treasurer.
Lovely weighs in on Trump reconsidering TPP policy in Financial Times
Mary Lovely, professor of economics, says any negotiations to rejoin the Trans Pacific Partnership would probably drag well into next year. As a result they are unlikely to give Mr. Trump any quick political victory in farm states.