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Enforcing Gender at the Polls: Transing Voters and Women’s Suffrage before the American Civil War

Andrew Wender Cohen, Carol Faulkner

Between 1800 and 1860, individuals deemed female by society donned male attire, represented themselves as men, and tried unlawfully to vote, thus challenging the gender binary at the foundation of U.S. democracy. The history of their confrontation with an electoral system reserved for men suggests a more porous and inclusive history of gender and citizenship before the Civil War.

September 26, 2022

Toward a More Strategic View of Strategic Planning Research

John M. Bryson, Lauren Hamilton Edwards, David M. Van Slyke
September 14, 2022

Historical Information and Beliefs about Racial Inequality

Steven White, Albert H. Fang

"Historical information and beliefs about racial inequality," co-authored by Assistant Professor of Political Science Steven White was published in Policies, Groups, and Identities.

August 12, 2022

The SAGE Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine

Edited by Susan C. Scrimshaw, Sandra D. Lane, Robert A. Rubinstein, Julian Fisher

Faculty members Robert Rubinstein and Sandra Lane are among the co-editors and contributors to this handbook, which investigates the social contexts of health—including food and nutrition, race, class, ethnicity, trauma, gender, mental illness and the environment—to explain the complicated nature of illness. 

June 2, 2022

Do rights violations deter refugees?

Lamis Abdelaaty
May 19, 2022

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Introduction: The Politics of the Migrant/Refugee Binary

Lamis Abdelaaty, Rebecca Hamlin

This article interrogates the categorization and labeling of border crossers, particularly the categories of migrant and refugee as they are used in distinction with one another.

May 4, 2022

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Bringing Abolition in: Addressing Carceral Logics in Social Science Research

Elizabeth Jordie Davies, Jenn M. Jackson, Shea Streeter
Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science, and co-authors review and offer theoretical groundings and empirical approaches to the study of abolition.
August 10, 2021

To Appeal and Amend: Changes to Recently Updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps

Devin Lea, Sarah Pralle
Pralle, associate professor of political science, and co-authors' findings suggest changes to flood zones on FIRMs occur more often where people have greater socioeconomic means, raising questions of equity for future FIRM appeals and revisions.
June 24, 2021

Diplomats in Robes: Judicial Career Paths and Free Speech Decision-Making at the European Court of Human Rights

Erik Bleich, Thomas M. Keck, Neha Sharma & Claire Sigsworth
June 3, 2021

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Charting Three Trajectories for Globalising Public Administration Research and Theory

Shena Ashley, Soonhee Kim & William H. Lambright
February 25, 2021

The Other Side of the Coin: Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures

Christopher Ellis, Christopher Faricy
Political Science Associate Professor Chris Faricy and co-author examine how public opinion differs between two types of economic aid—direct government assistance vs. indirect assistance in the form of tax subsidies.
February 9, 2021

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Building Robust and Ethical Vaccination Verification Systems

Baobao Zhang, Laurin Weissinger, Johannes Himmelreich, Nina McMurry, Tiffany Li, Naomi Schinerman & Sarah Kreps
January 28, 2021

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RSD by UNHCR: difficulties and dilemmas

Lamis Abdelaaty
November 10, 2020

Explaining Attitudes Toward Refugees and Immigrants in Europe

Lamis Abdelaaty & Liza G. Steele
September 17, 2020

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