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From Pretextual Planning to Prezoning: The Case of Vancouver, British Columbia

Austin Zwick

The article, authored by Associate Teaching Professor of Policy Studies Austin Zwick, was published in Urban Governance.

January 21, 2026

Walking the Land With Property Owners

Tom A Langen, Catherine Benson, Rick Welsh

The article, written by Professor of Sociology Rick Welsh, was published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

January 20, 2026

Urban Sprawl and Residential Carbon Emissions: Evidence from Indonesia and the Philippines

Yi Jiang, Taylor Lathrop, Alexander D. Rothenberg, and Yao Wang
January 9, 2026

NATO Did Not Cause Putin’s Imperial War

James Goldgeier, Brian D. Taylor

Co-authored by Professor of Political Science Brian Taylor, the article was published in The Washington Quarterly.

January 6, 2026

Latin American Refugees to the U.S. Experience More Discrimination than Refugees from other Regions

Sobia Mushtaq and Janet M. Wilmoth
Discrimination poses serious challenges for refugees rebuilding their lives in the U.S., but not all refugee groups face the same risks. A new survey reveals stark differences by region of origin, with Latin American refugees experiencing substantially higher rates of discrimination than refugees from other regions.
January 6, 2026

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Strengthening Snap’s Ability to Address Old Age Food Insecurity

Colleen Heflin, Madonna Harrington Meyer,

The article, published in Contexts, was co-authored by Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs, and University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer. 

January 5, 2026

Contesting the Munich Beer Halls: Violence and Spatial Practices in the Early Nazi Movement, 1919-1923

Robert Shea Terrell, William Henry Johnson

The article, co-authored by Associate Professor of History Robert Terrell and William Henry Johnson ’25 B.A. (Hist), was published in Central European History.

December 18, 2025

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Advance Britannia: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1942-1945

Alan Allport

Alan Allport, professor of history, has written Advance Britannia: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1942-1945 (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2026). The book is a sequel to Allport’s 2020 work Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2020).

December 18, 2025

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Analyzing the Stability of Gun Violence Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Syracuse, New York

Peng Gao, Sarah E. Van Horne, David A. Larsen, Robert A. Rubinstein, Sandra D. Lane

The article, co-written by Maxwell professors Peng Gao, David Larsen, Robert Rubinstein and Sandra Lane, was published in the International Journal of Health Geographics.

December 18, 2025

Balancing Practicality and Aspiration: A Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Holistic Planning System Toolkit Designs

Anne E. Mosher, Stephen Bird, Santosh K. Mahapatra, Susan E. Powers, Joseph D. Skufca, Erik C. Backus

Co-authored by Anne Mosher, associate professor of geography and the environment, the article was published in Landscape and Urban Planning.

December 18, 2025

Repairing Epistemic Injustice and Loss in the Era of Climate Coloniality

Farhana Sultana

The study, written by Professor of Geography and the Environment Farhana Sultana, was published in GEO: Geography and Environment.

December 17, 2025

Is AI Replacing Human Mental Health Professionals?

Michiko Ueda
An increasing number of Americans are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for mental health support. A new survey of U.S. adults found that nearly 35% use AI tools more than once a week to manage mental health concerns. The findings raise important questions about whether AI is supplementing or replacing traditional mental health care.
December 16, 2025

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Birthplace, Perinatal Loss, and the Parity—Post-Reproductive Mortality Relationship: Evidence From the Jim Crow-Era American South

Cheryl Elman, Andrew S. London, Angela M. O'Rand

The study, co-authored by Professor of Sociology Andrew London, was published in Social Science & Medicine.

December 10, 2025

Can Schools Sustain the Rising Cost of Retiree Health Care?

Robert Bifulco and Iuliia Shybalkina
New York State school districts face mounting budget pressures from retiree health care benefits. Without policy changes, these costs could grow from 4.5 percent of district revenues today to over 13 percent by 2075, creating significant budget pressures for districts. 
December 10, 2025

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How Does County Educational Composition Affect Mortality?

Heeyoung Lee and Tse-Chuanang
This brief examines how a county's educational makeup affects mortality rates for both BA holders and non-BA holders. The authors find a troubling pattern: as the share of BA holders in a county increases, mortality declines for BA holders but increases for non-BA holders. 
December 9, 2025

More Girls in the Classroom Improves Adolescent Mental Health

Monica Deza and Maria Zhu
What role does the school environment play in shaping adolescent mental health? This brief examines how the mix of boys and girls in a classroom affects student mental health and wellbeing. The authors find that classrooms with more girls have better mental health outcomes for both boys and girls. 
December 2, 2025

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A Capital Idea? The Welfare Effects of Relocating Indonesia’s Government to a New City

Alexander D. Rothenberg, Radine Rafols, Yao Wang, and Yi Jiang
November 24, 2025

Partisan Inequality in Property Tax Assessment

Ankit Kalda, Vikas Soni and Qianfan Wu
This report, by Ankit Kalda, documents a political partisanship-based assessment gap that imposes a disproportionate fiscal burden on political minorities.
November 21, 2025

Student Alienation in Schools Goes Beyond Low Achievement

Sean J. Drake and Jeffrey Guhin
This brief summarizes findings from a study drawing on over two years of ethnographic fieldwork in two different high schools in Los Angeles, California. The authors identify four types of alienation students experience: feeling like they don't belong, being in schools that can't support their goals, pursuing futures schools don't recognize, and succeeding in someone else's story.
November 19, 2025

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International Bureaucrats Under Transparency: The Case of the WTO TRIPS Council

Sojun Park & Minju Kim

Co-authored by Minju Kim, assistant professor of political science, the article was published in the Review of International Organizations.

November 18, 2025

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