“The Hamster Wheel Is on Fire”: How the Pandemic Amplified Inequality in the Academy by Catherine Albiston, Tonya L. Brito, Cathy Hu, and Daniela Campos Ugaz (2025)

Gender, Work & Organization Abstract: Institutional practices often recreate inequalities within organizations, especially in times of crisis like the COVID pandemic. Although early pandemic research expressed alarm that increased caregiving demands were reducing women’s research …

Economic Abuse, Compared to Emotional Abuse and Physical Abuse, Is Minimized More, Victims Are Blamed More, and Victims Are Provided with Less Legal Advice by Alice Nuo-Yi Wang, Niwako Yamawaki, Yuki Nohagi, Rachel Umphress, Jane Green, and Catalina Valdez (2025)

Psychology Abstract: Economic Abuse (EA) is an understudied phenomenon experienced by Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) victims. The purpose of this study was to examine how participants minimized IPV, blamed IPV victims, and offered legal advice …

The Outsized Impact of Behavioral Causes of Death on Longevity in the United States: Comparing Total and per Death Years of Life Lost by Glenn Firebaugh and Michael T. Light (2025)

Socius Abstract: How significant are behavioral causes of death—suicide, homicide, accidental poisoning, and traffic accidents—in determining how long Americans live? By “determining,” the authors mean limiting or reducing, as they are looking at factors (causes …

Childhood fluoride exposure and cognition across the life course by John Robert Warren, Gina Rumore, Soobin Kim, Eric Grodsky, Chandra Muller, Jennifer J. Manly, and Adam M. Brickman (2025)

Science Advances Abstract: How are children’s fluoride exposures associated with cognitive test performance in adolescence and midlife? Whereas most prior research has estimated effects of exposure to extremely high levels of fluoride, we consider exposure …

Alzheimer Disease Blood Biomarker Concentrations Across Race and Ethnicity Groups in Middle-Aged Adults by Adam M. Brickman, Chandra Muller, John Robert Warren, Eric Grodsky, Soobin Kim, Michael J. Culbertson, Bharat Thyagarajan, and Jennifer J. Manly (2025)

JAMA Network Open Abstract: Importance  The incidence and prevalence of clinical Alzheimer disease (AD) are higher among Black and Latinx older adults than among White older adults. Past studies that compared plasma AD biomarker concentrations …

Jane Ahn selected as a TA Fellow

Jane Ahn has been selected as a Writing-Across-the-Curriculum TA Fellow for her work as a Communication-B instructor, mentoring over 120 new communication assistants in courses from various disciplines across campus. Her breakout session, “Reverse Outlining: …