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Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Reflections on Three Decades of Islamic Nonviolence

In a new article in the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence, Mohammed Abu-Nimer is interviewed about Islamic nonviolence.
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Jordanna Matlon, Tapping imaginaries: Guinness, masculinity, and the promise of Africa Rising

Jordanna Matlon's new article in the International Review of Sociology interrogates masculinity and the consumer politics of late capitalism in urban Africa.
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Carl LeVan, Liberal visions of multiculturalism and majoritarianism

Carl LeVan's new article in Frontiers in Political Science is part of a special issue on "Fake News, Disinformation and Post-Truth Politics: Comparing the European Union and other Western Democracies"
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Samantha Agarwal and Yang Zhang receive ASA Distinguished Article Honorable Mention

Samantha Agarwal and Yang Zhang received honorable mentions for the ASA Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section's Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award.
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Sumitra Badrinathan, Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India and Pakistan

Sumitra Badrinathan's new article for American Political Science Review provides evidence that support for vigilantism can be reduced through the dissemination of credible information, even in polarized settings
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Dream On

CAS neuropsychologist Bryan Fantie explains seven things to know about why our brains run wild as we slumber鈥攐ne of science鈥檚 greatest mysteries.
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Jordan Tama, Polarization and US Foreign Policy

Jordan Tama's new co-edited volume is Polarization and US Foreign Policy: When Politics Crosses the Water's Edge.
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Jonathan Fox and Jeffrey Hallock, Open government and US development co-operation in Colombia: Lessons for locally led development

Jonathan Fox and Jeffrey Hallock's article in Development Policy Review analyses sectoral priorities, data, and trends to inform policy discussion about how USAID can reach its localization goals in Colombia.
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Stephen Silvia named 2024 LERA Fellow

Stephen Silvia was named a 2024 Labor and Employment Relations Association Fellow for his
"contributions of unusual distinction to the field."
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Sam Bradshaw, Strategic Storytelling: Russian State-Backed Media Coverage of the Ukraine War

Samantha Bradshaw's new co-authored article analyzes Russian state-backed media coverage of the Ukraine war to theorize Russian strategic narratives during times of conflict.
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