Rigaud Joseph works to be an advocate for the marginalized through teaching and research, noting that social work places a strong emphasis on using theories in classroom as well as in clinical settings.
Matthew Des Lauriers (anthropology) was interviewed for an article about the arrival of the first humans in the Americas, and Janet Kottke (psychology) cowrote an article about online industrial-organizational (I-O) master’s programs.
A paper on U.S.-Mexico border issues by Kimberly Collins (public administration) was cited in an article, Brian Levin (criminal justice) commented on an arrest of a suspect who shot two Jewish men in Los Angeles, and a paper Pablo Gomez (psychology) cowrote on letter-similarity effects occur in reading braille was published.
Stuart Sumida (biology) discussed the consulting role he and his wife, Elizabeth Rega, had in Disney’s newest feature film, “Strange World,” Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) commented on the School of Entrepreneurship’s latest ranking, and Jacob. D. Jones (psychology) led a team that published a paper on cognitive impairment among people with Parkinson’s Disease.
Megan Carroll (sociology) talked about celebrating love in all forms and Nicole Collier (criminal justice) cowrote a study on recidivism among homicide offenders.
Meredith Conroy (political science), Guy Hepp (anthropology), Frances Berdan (anthropology emerita) and Stuart Sumida (biology) were mentioned in recent news coverage, and Brittany Bloodhart (psychology) published some of her research.
Stuart Sumida (biology), Brian Levin (criminal justice), Michael Stull (entrepreneurship) and Michael Karp (history) were included in recent news coverage, and research by Leslie R. Amodeo was published.
“Crafting in Mesoamerica,” which is free and open to the public, will take place from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 4 at the university’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Manijeh Badiee (psychology) and Yawen Li (social work) each published papers on their research.