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Retrofitting Leninism: Participation without Democracy in China

November 9, 2021

Gueorguiev, associate professor of political science, argues that the key to the Communist Party’s longevity is its ability to integrate authoritarian control with social inclusion through modern telecommunications technologies. 

Limited Contracts, Limited Quality? Effects of Adjunct Instructors on Student Outcomes in Higher Education

October 22, 2021
Zhu paper on the effects of adjunct instructors on student outcomes published in Econ of Edu Review

Balancing the Halo Data Surveillance Disclosure and Algorithmic Opacity in Smart Hearing Aids

October 19, 2021

This study explores algorithmic opacity in smart hearing aids, examines data surveillance disclosures and positions findings within relevant legal contexts.

Measuring Correlation-to-Causation Exaggeration in Press Releases

October 19, 2021
The result of an NSF-funded project, the authors propose a Natural Language Processing approach to identify when press releases overstate causal claims for research that was originally observational and designed to establish correlational findings.

Critical climate justice

October 6, 2021

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Risk Factors Explaining Military Deaths From Suicide, 2008–2017: A Latent Class Analysis

September 25, 2021
Sociologists Scott Landes, Andrew London and Janet Wilmoth examine the risk factors in military deaths by suicide.

See related: Mental Health

Coalitional Lobbying and Intersectional Representation in American Rulemaking

August 13, 2021

In her article published in American Political Science Review, Assistant Professor of Political Science Maraam Dwidar's argues that interest groups representing women, people of color, Native nations, and the poor strategically conduct intersectional advocacy through coalitional lobbying.

See related: Civil Rights

Bringing abolition in: Addressing carceral logics in social science research

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

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