Gadarian Quoted in Christian Science Monitor Article on Trump’s Indictment Over 2020 Election
“These indictments aren’t endearing independents to Trump,” says Shana Gadarian, professor and chair of political science, noting that in the last election, independents were key to Mr. Biden’s victory in pivotal battleground states.
See related: Law, Political Parties, U.S. Elections, United States
Adoption Of Standard Medical Deduction Increased SNAP Enrollment And Benefits In 21 Participating States
"Adoption Of Standard Medical Deduction Increased SNAP Enrollment And Benefits In 21 Participating States," co-authored by Professors Jun Li and Colleen Heflin, and Ph.D. student Dongmei Zuo, was published in Health Affairs.
See related: Food Security, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Sanctions: Greater Congressional Oversight Needed for Costly, Ineffective "Go-To" Policy
"Sanctions: Greater Congressional Oversight Needed for Costly, Ineffective "Go-To" Policy," co-authored by Kristen Patel, Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs, was published in the Syracuse Law Review.
See related: Economic Policy, Government, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States
Executive Master’s Student Named Eisenhower USA Fellow
The fellowship supported Heather C. Fischer’s recent trip to Malaysia and Thailand to study forced labor in global supply chains.
See related: Awards & Honors, Human Rights, Labor, Southeast Asia, Student Experience, Trade
BBC News Features DeCorse’s Field Work in Ghana, Discovery of ‘First English Slave Fort in Africa’
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Archaeology
Daniel McDowell Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee, Joins Atlantic Council
The Maxwell School associate professor of political science has been sought for the expertise he shared in his recent book, ‘Bucking the Buck.’
See related: Economic Policy, International Affairs, Promotions & Appointments
Sultana Named to First Cohort of American Association of Geographer’s Elevate the Discipline Program
One of 15 geographers from 11 states and the West Indies, Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment, will focus on climate and society.
See related: Awards & Honors, Climate Change, United States
Huber Weighs In on Tennessee Valley Authority’s Small Nuclear Reactor Program in Canary Media Piece
“This is a perfect sweet spot for a public power entity to take on some of that risk, to try to really get a technology that we need off the ground,” Matt Huber, professor of geography and the environment, says of TVA’s small modular reactor program. “They have the resources and the social mission to do that, where private capital wouldn’t.”
See related: Climate Change, Energy, United States
Ethan Coffel Receives NSF Award to Study Climate and Agriculture
The funding will enable the Maxwell School assistant professor to build on his study of the crop-climate feedback cycle.
See related: Agriculture, Climate Change, Grant Awards, United States
Thorson Research Examines Echo Chambers and Political Attitudes on Social Media
Entitled “Like-minded Sources on Facebook Are Prevalent but Not Polarizing” and co-authored by Assistant Professor of Political Science Emily Thorson, this groundbreaking research published in Nature uses an on-platform experiment to examine what happens when Facebook users see dramatically less content from people who share their political leanings.
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Woodard Talks to the Wilson Center About Migration and Experiences of Belonging in Russia's Far East
Weschle Discusses the Parliamentary Behaviors of Politicians with Second Jobs on The Bunker Podcast
"Typically, you would expect a decrease in voter attendance because they’re [members of Parliament, MPs] working in the private sector. What you find among Labour MPs is no difference whatsoever. Among Conservative MPs you actually find that attendance increases when they have a second job. So they are more likely to attend votes," says Simon Weschle, associate professor of political science.
See related: Europe, Government, Labor
Maxwell School Announces 2023 Faculty Promotions
Six faculty members were granted tenure and promoted to associate professor and three were promoted to professor.
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Banks Quoted in The Hill Article on Trump’s Indictments
“Going forward I think there’s almost no doubt he’s going to be indicted in Washington. And because he’s going to be indicted in Washington and the potential for a jury that would sit and judge him in Washington, his prospects for remaining free got a lot darker,” says William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.
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Barton Article on Eliminating Partisan Primaries Published in The Fulcrum
"Given how partisan and ideologically extreme most politicians still are, are nonpartisan primaries really enough to save American democracy? While we’re already seeing improvements in the states that have them, the tide won’t fully change until a critical mass of politicians are freed from partisan primaries at the state and national level," writes Richard Barton, assistant teaching professor of policy studies and public administration and international affairs.
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ASPI Director Hamid Ekbia Visits Spain to Discuss Challenges in Regulating AI
As part of ASPI’s global outreach program, Director Hamid Ekbia visited Spain in July 2023, where he met with Carme Artigas Brugal, Spain’s secretary of state for digitalization and artificial intelligence, and Maxwell Advisory Board member Javier Font '92 M.P.A.
See related: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems, Europe
Two More Prizes Awarded to Tessa Murphy’s ‘Creole Archipelago’
The book garnered the Elsa Goveia Book Prize and the 2022 Mary Alice and Philip Boucher Book Prize.
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Like-Minded Sources on Facebook Are Prevalent but Not Polarizing
"Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing," co-authored by Assistant Professor of Political Science Emily Thorson, was published in Nature. The study is focused on the prevalence and effects of "echo chambers" on social media.
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Thompson Discusses the Legacy of Far-Right Women’s Groups in the US on WORT 89.9FM
"There have been women involved for a long, long time. For example, there was a very active women’s branch of the Klu Klux Klan in the 1920s. And many of those women, but not all, had been members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy," says Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science.
See related: Gender and Sex, Media & Journalism, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice, United States
New 2023-25 Lender Faculty Fellow