About the chapter
New Orleans SSN launched in 2013 to build more connections between local scholars, civic leaders, policymakers, and journalists. Our members are particularly interested in the issues that are at the forefront of ongoing debates in the community: education, crime and punishment, the environment, and persistent inequalities.
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5 Things to Know about Guantanamo Bay on its 115th Birthday
SSN Commentary, The Conversation,
Why Previous Attempts to End the Syrian Civil War Have Failed — and How to Move Forward
SSN Basic Facts Brief,
How the World's Largest Database of Social Science Research Can Inform Policymaking
SSN Key Findings Brief,
How Focusing on Teen Pregnancy as a Personal Moral Failing Deepens Social Inequality
SSN Key Findings Brief,
Latest in the News
Jana K. Lipman quoted on US-Cuban relations surrounding Guantánamo Bay in William Neuman, "Despite Thaw, American Base at Guantánamo Still Stings for Cubans" The New York Times, January 1, 2015.
Jana K. Lipman quoted on coverage of the resettlement process of Vietnam War refugees in Chris Hickey, "40 Years Ago, Arkansas Military Base Became Refugee Camp" NPR, May 1, 2015.
Jana K. Lipman quoted on the Vietnam War in Laine Kaplan-Levenson, "A Community of Refugees in New Orleans East" New Orleans Public Radio, May 24, 2018.
"The South Vietnamese Who Fled the Fall of Saigon — and Those Who Returned," Jana K. Lipman, The Conversation, September 19, 2017.
"U.S. Military Bases Used to Welcome Foreign Refugees. Now, They are Being Used to Scare Away Migrants," Jana K. Lipman, The Washington Post, July 5, 2018.