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History Ph.D. Candidate Honored With Guggenheim Scholars Award
Ian Glazman-Schillinger will further his dissertation examining the digital strategies of far-right hate groups since the 1980s.
At Maxwell, the Conversation About Citizenship Gains Fresh Perspective
A new collection of portraits from “Americans Who Tell the Truth” take their place in the Maxwell Foyer.
See related: Civil Rights, Gender and Sex, Human Rights, Labor, Race & Ethnicity, School History
Parity and Post-Reproductive Mortality Among US Black and White Women
Professor of Sociology Andrew London and co-authors examine non-Hispanic Black and White women, born 1920–1941, using zero-inflation methods to estimate infecundity risk and parity by race/ethnicity. Published in PLOS ONE.
See related: Longevity, Race & Ethnicity, United States
Tevis Speaks With WPR About the Milwaukee Mural Showing a Swastika With the Star of David
“To my eye, the mural intentionally attempts to implicate Jews writ large for the actions of the Israeli government, and it does so by taking a universal Jewish symbol, the star of David, and attempts to merge it with a swastika,” says Britt Tevis, assistant professor of history.
See related: Conflict, Race & Ethnicity, United States
New Evidence on the Underrepresentation of Asian Americans in Leadership Positions
“New Evidence on the Underrepresentation of Asian Americans in Leadership Positions,” authored by Assistant Professor of Economics Maria Zhu, was published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
See related: Asian-American, Education, Labor, United States
Jackson Speaks With Bloomberg About Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Campaigning in Rural Georgia
“There is really a lot of interest right now in ensuring that folks who are not typically tapped into the mainstream of electoral politics, that they are getting excited about this election. …They're reaching out to folks who I believe that they think may come back into the fold with them,” says Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science.
See related: Political Parties, Race & Ethnicity, Rural Issues, U.S. Elections, United States
Reeher Speaks to Newsweek About Kamala Harris Winning Over White Voters in Recent Polling
Grant Reeher, professor of political science professor, says some of it “is probably being driven by the enthusiasm among the white left voters for her candidacy.”
See related: Political Parties, Race & Ethnicity, U.S. Elections, United States
The Color of Coronavirus
“The Color of Coronavirus,” co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra, was published in Southern Economic Journal.
See related: COVID-19, Longevity, Race & Ethnicity, United States
Jackson Discusses Trump’s Attacks on Harris’s Racial Identity with Bloomberg and CBC News
“He drew into question so many people's backgrounds and identities that he ended up alienating so many groups of people who you would think he would've gone to the NABJ conference to actually bring under his umbrella to vote for him,” says Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science.
See related: Gender and Sex, Race & Ethnicity, U.S. Elections, United States
David Popp Co-Chairs National Academy of Sciences Committee
The group is, among other things, studying how two programs offered by the Department of Energy stimulate innovation and engage with small businesses.
See related: Economic Policy, Energy, Gender and Sex, Government, Labor, Promotions & Appointments, Race & Ethnicity