Meredith Conroy (political science), Brian Levin (criminal justice), David Yaghoubian (history) and Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) were included in news coverage on various topics.
Corey Gustafson (political science) was on a panel discussing the State of the Union address, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed harmful stereotypes and racism are spreading through coronavirus rumors.
An article co-written by Meredith Conroy (political science) was cited in a news report about making Utah elections ‘friendlier to women,’ and Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus) wrote about the transformation of Ethiopia.
Meredith Conroy (political science) co-wrote an article on why New Mexico elects more women of color to office than the rest of the country, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the relationship between hate crimes and an election year cycle.
Meredith Conroy (political science) co-wrote two articles on women in politics for the website FiveThirtyEight, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was one of the experts discusing the rise of anti-Semitic hate crimes for City & State New York.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for an article about the University of North Carolina system’s effort to get rid of a Confederate statue known as “Silent Sam.”
Brian Levin (criminal justice) interviewed about Israel-Palestine debate at Pitzer College, an alleged white power gesture flashed on national TV, and the background of a group that was linked to the two suspects in the Dec. 11 Jersey City shooting.
David Yaghoubian (history) discussed the third election in Israel inside of a year, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about the Jersey City mass shooting and white supremacists recruiting from inside law enforcement agencies.
Meredith Conroy (political science) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) shared their expertise in their areas of research with the news media.