WEEK OF AUGUST 12, 2024

 

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IN THE NEWS

Ramiro Martinez, Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Jacob Stowell, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, are featured in an NGN Magazine article about misconceptions around immigrants.


Read "How these Northeastern researchers are rewriting the immigration-crime narrative."

Harris picks Walz for VP: How social media savvy and cable TV shape voter perception

Northeastern Global News

David Lazer

University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences


Katherine Haenschen

Assistant Professor of Political Science and Communications Studies


Martha Johnson

Associate Professor of Government, Mills College

Did Taylor Swift endorse Kamala Harris on Instagram? What video shows

Newsweek


It’s getting weird: Simple insult is Democrats’ latest talking point. Can it stick?

USA Today


Kamala Harris’ campaign strategy includes calling Trump’s camp “weird.” It could work, campaign experts say.

Business Insider


Has Donald Trump killed his chances with Black voters?

Newsweek


What Harris tapping Walz as VP says about her campaign and possible administration

Washington Examiner

Costas Panagopoulos

Distinguished Professor of Political Science

Biden wants to reform the Supreme Court, but expert says 'it’s too little, too late'

Northeastern Global News

Daniel Urman

Director of Hybrid and Online Programs in the School of Law; Director of the Law and Public Policy Minor


Sahar Abi-Hassan

Assistant Professor, Mills College

Expert advice: Coping strategies for navigating the 24-hour news cycle

Northeastern Global News

John Wihbey

Associate Professor of Media Innovation & Technology; Affiliate Faculty, Global Resilience Institute and NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science

Disaster on the ballot

Grist

Daniel Aldrich

Professor, Political Science and Public Policy; Director of the Resiliences Studies Program; Co-Director of the Global Resilience Institute

Trust in physicians and hospitals plummeted since the COVID pandemic, Northeastern research says

Northeastern Global News

David Lazer

University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences

How to foster a civic research community: lessons from Greater Boston’s annual Insight-to-Impact Summit

Harvard Data Science Review

Kimberly Lucas

Professor of the Practice in Public Policy and Economic Justice


Dan O'Brien

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Boston Area Research Initiative; Director, PhD in Public Policy Program

A complex past, an unrealized promise, and a new vision for two Government Center behemoths

WBUR


This family wants to redevelop their Roxbury home into much-needed housing. It isn’t working.

The Boston Globe


Wu’s planning czar, Arthur Jemison, to step down

The Boston Globe

Ted Landsmark

Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy

Have MinuteClinics had their minute? Why retail health clinics are shutting their doors, and what’s next

Northeastern Global News

Timothy Hoff

Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems and Public Policy

Schumer takes shot at Project 2025’s mention of possible cuts to Northport VA

Newsday


'Lab rats?' GOP’s Project 2025 looks to have been test-marketed in Florida

Tallahassee Democrat

Nicholas Beauchamp

Associate Professor of Political Science

Why Google’s antitrust defeat might not matter

Boston Globe


A US judge ruled that Google is an illegal monopolist. Here’s what might come next

WIRED

John Kwoka

Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics

Why the Federal Reserve will wait until September to cut interest rates, expert explains

Northeastern Global News

Robert Triest

Professor of Economics

Cell phones, clothes…rent? Inflation pushes teens into the workforce

USA Today


'The summer job is back': Teens enter the labor force as employers dish out higher wages, perks

CNBC


Weak jobs report sends stocks tumbling, but what’s really happening in the labor market?

Northeastern Global News

Alicia Sasser Modestino

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Research Director, Dukakis Center

I studied ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City – here’s what people in Detroit and the more than 167 other cities and towns using this technology should know

The Conversation


In some cities, second thoughts about gunshot detection sensors

Undark Magazine

Eric Piza

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of Crime Analysis Initiatives

Olympic boxing controversy sparks debate: Is gender eligibility testing in sports fair or flawed?

Northeastern Global News

K.J. Rawson

Professor of English and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Director of the Humanities Center

Northeastern completely reinvented itself. Here’s what that could mean for higher ed as a whole.

Boston Globe

Richard Freeland

President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor

Read more news stories featuring CSSH faculty.
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RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS

 

Natasha Frost, Associate Dean of Research; Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; and Co-Director of the Center on Crime, Race, and Justice, was named President of the American Society of Criminology for 2025-2026.

EVENTS

AQMS New Student Orientation


Thursday, August 29

1:00 - 3:00 PM


RP 909

This new student orientation and meeting with faculty and support staff will help new students in the Applied Quantitative Methods and Social Analysis (AQMS) program get ready for their academic careers! Contact s.usher@northeastern.edu with any questions.

GAP (Global Action for Policy) Initiative Seminar Series


Tuesday, September 17

1:00 - 2:30 PM


RP909

Attend via Zoom (Zoom meeting ID : 458 819 5380)

David Madigan serves as the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northeastern University, overseeing its academic

direction and educational initiatives. He will lead a talk titled "A Rant About Academic Statistics" for the GAP Initiative seminar series.

Celebrating 30 years of LLACS Book Talk Series: Daniel Noemi Voionmaa


Tuesday, September 24

4:00 - 6:00 PM


RP909


RSVP to attend

Founded in the 1990s, the Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies (LLACS) program returns with a speaker series centering LLACS faculty and discussions about their recent publications. The inaugural speaker of the series is Daniel Noemi Voionmaa, Associate Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies. He is a cultural critic, chronicler, and scholar of Latin American literature and culture. We will be celebrating his most recently published book, Surveillance, the Cold War and Latin American Literature.

ASL Visibility Day


Thursday, September 26

12:15 - 1:15 PM


Library Quad

Join the ASL-IE program for free ice cream and polaroid pictures at the library quad outside of Curry Student Center and Snell Library! We will be having a get together to raise campus awareness of American Sign Language all while enjoying some ice cream and the opening of the semester.

Security and Resilience Speaker Series: Fall 2024


Thursday, September 26

6:00 - 7:30 PM


RP 909


RSVP to attend

The Political Science Department and School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs is excited to announce the speakers for the Fall 2024 Security and Resilience Speaker series. The September session will feature Rebecca Scorzato, Control Risks. Light refreshments will be provided.

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