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From Metabolic Rift to Metabolic Repair: A Comment on Ariel Salleh’s ‘DeColonize EcoModernism!’

Selina Gallo-Cruz

The article, authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Selina Gallo-Cruz, was published in Globalizations.

August 5, 2026

Maxwell Scholar Wins Fulbright to Study Bahamas Poaching, Border Security

Diane Stirling

Anthropologist Kyrstin Mallon Andrews will examine how illegal fishing affects the country's culture, economy, ecology and national security.

July 21, 2026

Jok Weighs In on the Impact of South Sudan’s 15 Years of Independence in Al Jazeera Article

“South Sudan at the moment is a failed promise,” says Jok Madut Jok, professor of anthropology. “South Sudanese who had lived under brutal regimes in Sudan and had been excluded from money and development programmes, and were victims of security operations in the southern part, had hung their hopes on independence.”

July 17, 2026

Demobilization by Policy Paradoxes

Selina Gallo-Cruz

The article, authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Selina Gallo-Cruz, was published in the Journal of Political Power.

July 8, 2026

Taylor Speaks to War & Politics 24, WWL Radio About Putin and the State of the War in Ukraine

“I think his strategy now is the same as it's really been from the very beginning, which is to try and figure out how to subjugate Ukraine. And that's the goal he's been after. And he's using really most of the means at his disposal to try and achieve that. If you look at his recent interviews, he does not want to concede at all that Russia is facing any serious problems,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.

July 7, 2026

McCormick Quoted in CS Monitor Article on Venezuela Earthquakes, Implications and Trump

“This disaster throws a wrench in the White House and State Department plan for securing and stabilizing the circum-Caribbean region that includes Venezuela,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

July 6, 2026

Griffiths Quoted in New York Times Article on Secession and Movements to Redraw State Lines

Separatism is “in the zeitgeist,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science and author of The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work (Oxford University Press, 2025).

June 17, 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

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

The State Made the System and the System Made the State

Ryan D. Griffiths, Michael C. McCall

The article, co-authored by Professor of Political Science Ryan Griffiths, was published in the European Journal of International Relations.

May 22, 2026

Partisanship, Party Systems, and Understandings of Democracy Across Africa

Erin Hern

Authored by Associate Professor of Political Science Erin Hern, the article was published in Party Politics.

May 22, 2026

Forum: Bridging the Gap between Academics and Policymakers in Africa

Jok Madut Jok, ‘Dapo Oyewole, Folashadé Soulé, Thomas Kwasi Tieku, Emmanuel Balogun, Haley Swedlund

The article, co-authored by Professor of Anthropology Jok Madut Jok, was published in International Studies Perspectives.

May 15, 2026

Do Democrats Still Need to Campaign on Climate Change? Huber Discusses in the New York Times

Policies such as public investments in infrastructure like housing and electricity will help address climate change, says Matt Huber, professor of geography and the environment. But there is little reason for politicians to focus on the issue anymore, he says.

May 14, 2026

Thompson Quoted in Washington Post Article on the Vatican and Washington

“To have [Vance] speak out and say, in effect, the pope should mind his own business, and the pope should learn Catholic doctrine, and other members of the administration saying things like, the pope should read the Bible—these are kind of odd statements,” says Margaret Susan Thompson, professor of history and political science.

May 13, 2026

Reeher Discusses What Comes Next After Trump Signs Bill Ending DHS Shutdown With LiveNOW from FOX

“I think where it's going to go from here is back to where it started, and that is you're going to see a lot of debate and conflict over what is going on on the ground with the immigration enforcement efforts,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.

May 4, 2026

Tina Nabatchi Receives National Award for Co-Edited Book on Public Administration

Mikayla Melo

ASPA recognizes Pathways to Positive Public Administration for its lasting contribution to the field.

April 20, 2026

Thompson Talks to ABC News and NPR About President Trump’s Attacks on Pope Leo

“I think [Trump] is losing even some of his [Catholic] supporters, or they are moderating their support,” says Margaret Susan Thompson, professor of history and political science. She notes that Trump's comments have been so harsh and controversial that even conservative-leaning Catholics are speaking out against the president and defending Leo.

April 17, 2026

Herrold Cited in Boston Globe Article on Reviving In-Person Engagement Skills

Catherine Herrold, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, along with Khaldoun AbouAssi from American University, report that locally based supportive groups strengthen the civic skills that sustain free societies.

March 25, 2026

Huber Weighs In on Iran War Fuel Disruptions in Wall Street Journal Article

“It is going to be a pretty long-term problem, even if they reopen the Strait of Hormuz today,” says Matthew Huber, professor of geography and the environment.

March 24, 2026

McCormick Speaks With Reuters About Mexico’s Security Chief Omar Garcia Harfuch

Omar Garcia Harfuch, Mexico's security chief helped lead the operation that killed the drug lord known as “El Mencho,” comes from a long line of Mexican top brass. “Garcia Harfuch was sort of destined to follow in his father and grandfather’s footsteps,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

March 9, 2026

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Scratching Out a Living: Activist Research for Immigrant Worker Justice

220 Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room

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Angela Stuesse, author of Scratching Out a Living: Latinos, Race, and Work in the Deep South, will be the Keynote Speaker at the Labor Studies Working Group Tenth Decade Project Graduate Research Symposium.

The Work, Labor, and Citizenship Initiative nurtures interdisciplinary study of the many fundamental trends now at play in the broad field of labor studies. Over the past four decades, the world has experienced a precipitous increase in income inequality, fueled in part by the global restructuring of labor markets and the collapse of organized labor. At the same time, rights and entitlements traditionally associated with employment have been undermined by a shifting worker/employer power balance, with effects on job security, benefits, pensions, and wages. Across the globe, labor markets are characterized by mass unemployment, disruptive migration, and a burgeoning informal sector. These trends have direct implications for political participation and workers’ sense of of their own citizenship. This workshop will explore the shifting terrain of work and labor and its implications for citizenship. 


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