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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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Virtualizing the Subconscious

Using XR to Explore the Hidden Layers of the Human Mind
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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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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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Dream On

CAS neuropsychologist Bryan Fantie explains seven things to know about why our brains run wild as we slumber—one of science’s greatest mysteries.
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Finding Time to Dance

Virtual Reality Demo at UFVA 2024
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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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