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Volume: 50
Issue: 4

In the News

Jessica Calarco, Indiana University-Bloomington, and Ilana Horn, Vanderbilt University, authored the article “‘There’s Only So Far I Can Take Them’—Why Teachers Give Up on Struggling Students Who Don’t Do Their Homework” in the September 26, 2022, edition of the Conversation.

Jennifer Carlson, University of Arizona, was interviewed as part of “Ricochet: An American Trauma,” a PBS Newshour Special Report that premiered October 5, 2022.

Daniel F. Chambliss, Hamilton College, authored the op-ed “A Defense of Recommendation Letters” in the September 13, 2022, edition of Inside Higher Ed.

Victor Tan Chen, Virginia Commonwealth University, was featured in the episode “An Upcoming, Free-to-the-Public Lecture on Economics Here at TU: ‘The Limits of Freedom’” on the program Studio Tulsa from Tulsa Public Radio, September 7, 2022.

Jared Del Rosso, University of Denver, authored the article “How to Get Away with Torture, Insurrection, You Name It: The Techniques of Denial and Distraction that Politicians Use to Manage Scandal” in the September 27, 2022, edition of the Conversation.

Rachel Donnelly, Vanderbilt University, commented for the article “Mental-Health Treatments Rose During the Pandemic—Especially Among Young People” in the September 8, 2022, issue of TIME online.

Wendy Nelson Espeland, Northwestern University, authored the piece “Why Has the Queen’s Death Moved Americans? Ritual Plays a Huge Part in Our Lives” in the September 13, 2022, issue of the Chicago Tribune.

Mindy L. Fried, Arbor Consulting Partners, was interviewed for the piece “‘A Crisis of Care’: We Are Not Ready for the Skyrocketing Need for Caregivers, Says Sociologist,” on NPR’s Morning Edition, September 8, 2022.

Brittany Friedman, University of Southern California, was quoted in the article “At $249 per Day, Prison Stays Leave Ex-Inmates Deep in Debt,” from the Associated Press on August 27, 2023.

Nancy A. Heitzeg, St. Catherine University, was quoted in the op-ed “The Supreme Court Won’t Save Us—It Was Founded to Defend White Supremacy” September 12, 2022, in Truthout.

Michael L. Hirsch, Huston-Tillotson University, was interviewed by Omar Khalid Butt for the program Diplomatic Enclave on Pakistan TV, August 27, 2022.

Zakiya Luna, Washington University-St. Louis, had her book Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Women of Color and the Fight for Reproductive Justice (NYU Press 2020) included on the June 24, 2022, Oprah Daily list “The 12 Books You Need to Read Post the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade Smackdown.”

Greggor Mattson, Oberlin College, was quoted in the September 13, 2022, article “A New Generation of Queer Bars Are Betting on a More Inclusive Future” in the online magazine them.

Heather McGhee, the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, and Victor E. Ray, University of Iowa, authored the opinion piece “School Is for Making Citizens” in the September 1, 2022, edition of the New York Times.

G. Cristina Mora, University of California-Berkeley, was quoted for the September 26, 2022, story “How Some Businesses Flounder with Hispanic Heritage Month Marketing Efforts” as part of NPR’s special Series on Hispanic Heritage Month.

Marla Perez-Lugo, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, and Fernando Tormos-Aponte, University of Pittsburgh, were quoted in the article “How a Category 1 Hurricane Did So Much Damage in Puerto Rico” on September 19, 2022, on Vox.

Natasha Quadlin, University of California-Los Angeles, contributed to the piece “The Public’s Growing Concerns About Higher Ed’s ‘Value’” on the Inside Higher Ed podcast the Key on September 15, 2022.

Jake Rosenfeld, Washington University-St. Louis, authored the piece “Why Labor Unions Are More Popular than They’ve Been in Six Decades” in the September 5, 2022, edition of the Washington Post.

Kevin T. Smiley, Louisiana State University, was quoted or had work referenced in “Hurricane Harvey Struck Five Years Ago. Its Floodwaters Did Not Strike Equitably,” appearing in the New York Times on August 25, 2022; “Hurricane Harvey Hits Latinos Hardest, Landmark Study Finds,” appearing in the Washington Post on August 25, 2022; “Up to 50% of Residential Flooding during Hurricane Harvey Caused by Climate Change, Study Finds,” appearing in the Houston Chronicle on August 29, 2022; “50,000 Houston Homes Might Not Have Flooded during Hurricane Harvey, If Not for Climate Change” in Gizmodo on August 26, 2022. He also appeared on a segment entitled “Harvey Climate Change Connection” on the Weather Channel on August 25, 2022.

Barbara Sutton, University at Albany-SUNY, was quoted in “In the GOP’s New Surveillance State, Everyone’s a Snitch,” appearing in Mother Jones, July 28, 2022; and with Nayla Luz Vacarezza, University at Albany-SUNY, discussed their book Abortion and Democracy: Contentious Body Politics in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay (Routledge 2021) for the Latinplus Feminist Podcast in July 2022.

Natasha Warikoo, Tufts University, authored the piece “Are Asian Americans Victims of Racism or Beneficiaries of Whiteness? It’s Complex.” in the September 15, 2022, issue of the Boston Globe.