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2023-24 CISSR Faculty Research Grants Announced

The Center for International Social Science Research has announced its 2023-2024 Faculty Research Fellowship Grants. Providing up to $25,000 for facul...

January 24, 2023
Linda Waite

Psychology Today - Will you be happier after divorce? Article cites study by Prof. Linda Waite comparing measures of well-being between unhappily married adults and those that became divorced

January 19, 2023
James Evans

NYT - What Happened to All of Science's Big Breakthroughs? Prof. James Evans comments on the recently developed "CD Index"

January 18, 2023
James Evans

The Atlantic - The Consolidation-Disruption Index is Alarming; Article cites research from Prof. James Evans asserting scientists are encountering an overwhelming excess of information

January 12, 2023
Robert Vargas

Chicago Tribune - White voters helped propel Lori Lightfoot to the mayor's office in 2019. Will They Stick with her? Assoc. Prof. Robert Vargas says white voters in Chicago are not a monolith, discusses differences in voting behavior across the city

December 12, 2022
Kristen Schilt

NYT - A Trans Icon of the 20th Century Revived by Trans Stars of the 21st Century; Assoc. Prof. Kristen Schilt discusses the discovery of the interviews which were the inspiration for the documentary "Framing Agnes"

December 7, 2022
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New Study Explores the Effects of Neurotoxic Air Pollution in Early Life on Cognitive Development

The study — one of the first of its kind — focuses on the intersection of neighborhood effects research and environmental health epidemiology. By S...

November 30, 2022
Robert Vargas

NPR - Stories about crime are rife with misinformation and racism, critics say; Assoc. Prof. Robert Vargas criticizes the practice of comparing crime year-to-year, arguing there is "no scientifically informed way of thinking about crime trends" as such

November 9, 2022
Robert Vargas

NPR - Rising crime statistics are not all that they seem; Assoc. Prof. Robert Vargas comments on ways that crime is defined and potential bias

November 6, 2022
Robert Vargas

USA TODAY - LA City Council racism scandal shows ugly side of creating political maps. Can redistricting reform help? Assoc. Prof. Robert Vargas says recent conversations reveal a view of politics as a zero-sum fight between racial and ethnic groups

October 19, 2022

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