About the chapter
Confluence SSN is composed of dedicated scholars from Missouri, southern Illinois, and Kansas looking to enact positive change through policy work in the American Midwest and Upper South. Confluence SSN was founded in 2013 and would like to welcome as many Confluence-area colleagues as they can.
Leaders
Curator’s Teaching Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Scholars Strategy Network Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Members
PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Confluence SSN Graduate Fellow
Assistant Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science, University of Missouri
Associate Professor of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Social Science Program Director, Lindenwood University
Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Graduate Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Founders Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis
University of Missouri Curators’ Professor of Political Science and Thomas Jefferson Fellow, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Latest Briefs
Constructive Steps to Further Workplace Diversity
SSN Key Findings,
The Importance of Updating the Help America Vote Act
SSN Basic Facts,
How Apparently Unpopular Racial Rhetoric Can be Politically Effective
SSN Key Findings,
Latest in the News
Richard Rosenfeld's research on crime data in Missouri discussed in . Richard Rosenfeld, "New Report Reveals That Blacks Are 85% More Likely to Be Pulled Over in Missouri," The Grio, June 3, 2018.
Adia Harvey Wingfield's research on the experiences of black professionals discussed in . Adia Harvey Wingfield, "The Emotional, Uncomfortable Classroom," Inside Higher Ed, May 11, 2018.
Guest to discuss state of the left in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane María on WORT FM Labor Radio, Fernando Tormos, May 9, 2018.
Richard Rosenfeld quoted on race and high homicide rates in Chad Davis, "Missouri Tops the Nation for High Black Homicide Rate … Again" St. Louis Public Radio, April 23, 2018.
Richard Rosenfeld quoted on the opioid crisis in Ohio in Amy Sherman, "Cordray on Point about Increase in Firearm Deaths in Ohio" Politifact, April 12, 2018.
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