Monmonier and book How to Lie With Maps featured in Financial Times
"In fact all maps lie, even good ones," says Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor of Geography. A third edition of his book How to Lie With Maps was recently published.
Khalil receives Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence
Geography student Jade Rhoads earns prestigious Pickering Fellowship
Funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Washington Center, the Pickering Fellowship awards recipients two years of financial support, mentoring and professional development to prepare them for a career in the Foreign Service.
Thompson discusses the study of nuns as an outsider in Sisters Report
"I believe I've spent enough time within sisters' domain to understand it, to speak its language, and to interpret and present it all to others. In this, I may have an advantage that insiders do not in presenting that world to a wider audience that really ought to know about it," writes Margaret S. Thompson, associate professor of history and political science.
Thomsen quoted in Christian Science Monitor article on political newcomers
"This could be a good year [for newcomers], given the surge in excitement and the willingness of donors to support what would in other years have been considered pretty long-shot candidates," says Danielle Thomsen, assistant professor of political science.
Reeher comments on immigration, NY gubernatorial contest in Daily Star
"With the mid-term congressional elections coinciding with the gubernatorial primary contest, Nixon and Cuomo are both seeking to project themselves as 'resister in chief',” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
Banks discusses House Russia report in WIRED
William Banks, professor emeritus in the public administration and international affairs department, says "the House investigation was beset by partisan overtones from the beginning," about the House Intel Committee's investigation into the Trump administration, in an article for WIRED.
Lovely weighs in on steel tariff exemptions in Agence France Presse
Mary Lovely, professor of economics, warns that using national security as a justification for trade measures opens the door for other countries to do the same. "This is a really slippery slope in a bazillion ways," she says. "This could be a blank check for using these kinds of tools."
Flores-Lagunes paper on differential incidence and severity of food insecurity published in AER
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Anthropology student Danielle Schaf is SU’s first Beinecke Scholar
2018 Moynihan junior faculty award to be presented to Gonda
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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.