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Workshop Materials

Heterogeneous Impairment Patterns Among Midlife Latinos in the United States

Courtney E. Boen, Elise M. Parrish, Catherine García, Marc A. Garcia

The article, co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Marc Garcia, was published in the Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

June 5, 2026

Grant Supports Donor Study by Maxwell Colleagues Minjung Kim and Jiahuan Lu

Catherine Scott

The $27,000 Wilson C. “Bill” Levis Fundraising Research Grant will support survey-based research into what motivates donors to give nonprofits maximum flexibility.

June 5, 2026

Gadarian Speaks With ABC News About California’s Proposed Billionaire Tax

“Even if you don't win this time, now people are at least talking about the possibility of a billionaire tax,” says Shana Gadarian, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking. “That seems pretty strategic to me.”

June 5, 2026

Natural Disasters, Property Reappraisal, and Fiscal Outcomes

Meri Davlasheridze, Yilin Hou, Qing Miao

Co-authored by Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs, the study was published in the Journal of Housing Economics.

June 4, 2026

Zhang Quoted in Christian Science Monitor Article on Americans’ Skepticism of AI

“Right now, it feels like for a lot of people, they don’t have much say and control over how AI is being used,” says Baobao Zhang, Maxwell Dean Associate Professor of the Politics of AI. “It is either forced upon them...or they feel like they have to acquiesce to it in order to keep their job.”

June 3, 2026

Maxwell Sociologist Named Visiting Scholar at Russell Sage Foundation

Jacob Spudich

Gabriela Kirk-Werner will spend the spring of 2027 in residence at the foundation’s New York City headquarters to co-author a book on how the criminal justice system shapes the lives of people under court supervision.

June 2, 2026

Sultana Featured in Financial Times Documentary on Oil Frontiers and Energy Security

“We have a distorted global economic system that rewards fossil fuel extraction, that rewards fossil fuel dependency. And as a result, it is harder for smaller countries that are worried about their own energy security, their own economic security, their own social social development to forgo an oil discovery,” says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.

June 2, 2026

Koch Featured in KJZZ Article on Camels Paving the Way for Route 66 in Arizona

“This is a story of how Arizona was colonized. It’s kind of cute, it’s funny. There’s a little pyramid with a camel on top. It seems innocuous, but that’s the violence of the colonial project,” says Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment and native of Tuscon, Arizona.

May 29, 2026

AI Is Changing How People Seek Mental Health Support

Michiko Ueda-Ballmer
One in three young adults now turns to AI to discuss mental health concerns, and a growing share say they rely less on human professionals as a result. What does that tell us about where people are actually seeking help, and why? Lerner Center Research Affiliate Michiko Ueda-Ballmer digs into the data and finds reasons for both concern and cautious optimism.
May 29, 2026

Financial Times Reviews Morgan’s ‘The Rise and Fall of American Europe’

“In his short but incisive account, he [Glyn Morgan, associate professor of political science] argues that the decisive shove for postwar European integration came not from Europeans but from America. It was the U.S., alarmed by Soviet domination of eastern Europe, that saw integration as key to turning Europeans into prosperous and stable allies,” says reviewer Simon Nixon.

May 28, 2026

Political Science Department
100 Eggers Hall