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Political Science, Public Health Faculty Partner on Vaccine Study
Supported with a generous gift from Maxwell Advisory Board member David Kelso, Brittany L. Kmush and Shana Kushner Gadarian hope to better understand how state policies influence vaccine decisions.
See related: COVID-19, Giving, Government, Grant Awards, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Examining the Limitations of Large-N Survey Research in the Study of Marginalized Populations
The article, written by Assistant Professor of Political Science Jenn Jackson, was published in Political Science & Politics.
See related: Education, Gender and Sex, Race & Ethnicity, Research Methods, United States
Heflin Discusses Data on Food Insecurity Status, Cuts to SNAP With The Hill, Grist and Marketplace
“Monitoring the nation’s food security status is important in its own right and also because food insecurity is associated with a variety of negative health outcomes,” says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Federal, Food Security, United States
Pete Buttigieg Driven by ‘Propulsion’—Not ‘Despondency’
The former U.S. Secretary of Transportation joined Professor Jay Golden for a capacity event that covered environmental issues, leadership, democracy and more.
Khalil Quoted in PolitiFact Article on President Trump’s Speech in Israel
Osamah Khalil, professor of history and expert on the modern Middle East, says it’s untrue that Obama or Biden “held a personal animus toward Israel, especially Biden. Indeed, both administrations oversaw expansions in U.S. military assistance and coordination with Israel.”
Taylor Weighs In on the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on Russian Demographics
“Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine is greatly damaging Russia’s future, with the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the front and the emigration of some of Russia’s best and brightest young people,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
See related: Conflict, International Affairs, Labor, Russia, Ukraine
A Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Holistic Planning System Toolkit Designs
Co-authored by Anne Mosher, associate professor of geography and the environment, the article was published in Landscape and Urban Planning.
See related: Government, Sustainability, United States
National Heritage Areas and Their Contested Futures as New Regionalism Planning Interventions
The article, authored by Anne Mosher, associate professor of geography and the environment, was published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers.
See related: Federal, Maps, United States
The Archaeology of Hassanamesit Woods:The Sarah Burnee/Sarah Boston Farmstead
Heather Law Pezzarossi, assistant professor of anthropology, has co-edited and contributed to a new book, The Archaeology of Hassanamesit Woods:The Sarah Burnee/Sarah Boston Farmstead (BAR Publishing, 2024). The book explores the Sarah Burnee/Sara Boston Farmstead, a household in the Nipmuc community of Hassanamesit, and its excavation.
See related: Archaeology, Native American, United States
Williams Piece on the Strategic Insights from a China–Taiwan Wargame Published in War on the Rocks
“The invasion scenarios that dominate U.S. military planning—involving massive amphibious assaults on Taiwan and preemptive strikes on American bases—may fundamentally misread Beijing’s calculus,” writes Michael Williams, associate professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: China, Conflict, East Asia, Government, International Affairs