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Limited contracts, limited quality? effects of adjunct instructors on student outcomes

Maria Zhu
In an article published in Economics of Education Review, Assistant Professor of Economics Maria Zhu examines the effects of adjunct professors on student outcomes.
December 1, 2021

The Platform Economy and the Smart City: Technology and the Transformation of Urban Policy

Austin Zwick
In his new book, “The Platform Economy and the Smart City: Technology and the Transformation of Urban Policy” (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2021), Maxwell School faculty member Austin Zwick explores the intersection between urban planning and technological change.
November 29, 2021

See related: Infrastructure

The Pursuit of Salvation. Community, Space, and Discipline in Early Medieval Monasticism

Albrecht Diem
In his new book, “The Pursuit of Salvation. Community, Space, and Discipline in Monasticism” (Brepolis Publishers, 2021), Maxwell School faculty member Albrecht Diem provides a new view on the emergence of monastic life in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages–an institution and form of life that had a deep impact on Western culture.
November 12, 2021

Retrofitting Leninism: Participation without Democracy in China

Dimitar Gueorguiev

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. 

November 9, 2021

See related: China, International Affairs

Debt Authority and Intentional Overstatement of Budgetary Deficit: Evidence from Chinese Provinces

Zhiyong An & Yilin Hou


November 1, 2021

See related: China

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

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

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

Krista Kennedy, Noah Wilson, Charlotte Tschider

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

October 19, 2021

See related: Autonomous Systems, Data Privacy

Measuring Correlation-to-Causation Exaggeration in Press Releases

Bei Yu, Jun Wang, Lu Guo, Yingya Li
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.
October 19, 2021

Critical climate justice

Farhana Sultana
October 6, 2021

See related: Climate Change

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

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

See related: Mental Health

Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders

Dennis C. Rasmussen
September 10, 2021

See related: Government, United States

Forced Moves and Home Maintenance: The Amplifying Effects of Mortgage Payment Burden on Underwater Homeowners

John P. Harding, Jing Li, Stuart S. Rosenthal & Xirui Zhang
August 28, 2021

See related: Housing

Coalitional Lobbying and Intersectional Representation in American Rulemaking

Maraam A. Dwidar

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.

August 13, 2021

See related: Civil Rights

Bringing Abolition in: Addressing Carceral Logics in Social Science Research

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

See related: Civil Rights, Race & Ethnicity

Childhood injuries and food stamp benefits: an examination of administrative data in one US state

Colleen M. Heflin, Irma Arteaga, Jean Felix Ndashimye & Matthew P. Rabbitt
August 5, 2021

State Bans on Affirmative Action and Talent Loss Among Blacks and Latinos in the United States

Amy Lutz, Pamela R. Bennett & Rebecca Wang
August 5, 2021

See related: Race & Ethnicity

US State Policies, Politics, and Life Expectancy

Jennifer Karas Montez, Jason Beckfield, Julene Kemp Cooney, Jacob M. Grumbach, Mark D. Hayward, Huseyin Zeyd Koytak, Steven H. Woolf, Anna Zajacova
August 5, 2021

Green Stimulus in a Post-pandemic Recovery: the Role of Skills for a Resilient Recovery

Ziqiao Chen, Giovanni Marin, David Popp & Francesco Vona
August 5, 2021

See related: COVID-19

Forecasting with Unbalanced Panel Data

Badi H. Baltagi & Long Liu
August 5, 2021

Trends in U.S. Working Age non-Hispanic White Mortality: Rural-Urban and Within-Rural Differences

Shannon M. Monnat
August 5, 2021

See related: Race & Ethnicity

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