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Dana Fisher Awarded $1 Million AmeriCorps Grant for Climate Research

Director of the Center for Environment, Community & Equity and SIS professor Dana Fisher discusses her research being supported by an AmeriCorps grant.
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Dana Fisher Awarded $1 Million AmeriCorps Grant for Expanded Climate Research

AmeriCorps has awarded an additional $1.04 million to SIS Professor Dana Fisher to expand her research project “Addressing Climate Change Through Our Nation’s Service Corps.”
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How Does Misinformation Impact Support for Vigilante Violence?

SIS professor Sumitra Badrinathan answers questions about her recent research on misinformation and vigilantism published in the American Political Science Review.
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The new study published in Science was selected as the cover image for the print version of the prestigious journal. Reprinted with permission from AAAS.

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‘Even the deepest of rabbit holes may have an exit’

Pathbreaking study led by AU psychology professor reveals conversations with AI models can reduce conspiracy theory beliefs
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SIS Faculty and PhD Students Present at APSA Conference

SIS faculty and PhD students presented academic papers at the American Political Science Association 2024 Conference in Philadelphia.
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Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Facts and Explanations in International Studies and beyond

Patrick Thaddeus Jackson's new published book argues for better accounts of facts and their relationship to explanation in international studies.
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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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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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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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