Katherine Jensen received an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Roberto Reis First Book Award from the Brazilian Studies Association for The Color of Asylum. The Roberto Reis Award recognizes best books in Brazilian Studies published …
Month: April 2024
Lindsay Cannon receives F31 fellowship from NICHD
Lindsay Cannon was awarded an F31 Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to fund her dissertation research. Her work focuses on gender-based violence …
Family Composition, Race, and Teachers’ Perceptions of Parent-Teacher Alliance by Emma Romell (2024)
Social Problems Abstract: Both family composition and teachers’ perceptions of parents are important for student success. However, we know little about whether teachers’ perceptions of parents vary by family composition. Using data from the Future …
Does Racial Bias Explain the Black-White Sentencing Gap across U.S. Courts? by Michael T. Light and Karl Vachuska (2024)
Social Problems Abstract: It is widely speculated that prejudicial attitudes and implicit biases are fundamental to understanding racial disparities in criminal punishment. Yet surprisingly little research links measures of racial bias to data on criminal …
Sadie Dempsey receives Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Award
Sadie Dempsey received an Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Graduate Student Award from the Morgridge Center. This award acknowledges a graduate student who aims to better connect campus and community through service-learning, engaged teaching, or leading …