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New Member Spotlight: L.J. McElravy Advocates for Compromise in Nebraska

SSN is excited to welcome L.J. McElravy, an associate professor of leadership at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, as the 1900th member to join the...
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New Member Spotlight: Sally Kenney Highlights Gender Inequality in Courts

“ Without a judiciary as diverse as the country it judges, litigants cannot help but question the quality of justice as they stand before a bench that...
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Scholar Spotlight on Hahrie Han and Jamila Michener

This week's Scholar Spotlight highlights two distinguished researchers joining SSN’s Board of Directors: Hahrie Han , Professor of Political Science...
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Scholar Spotlight: Rachael Cobb

This week's scholar spotlight highlights Rachael Cobb, who hosted the Public Service Symposium at Suffolk University this week. This year's theme was...
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Scholar Spotlight: Carolyn Sufrin

There are thousands of pregnant incarcerated women every year - yet until now, there was no systematic report on this population. Carolyn Sufrin's...
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Scholar Spotlight: Nyla Ali Khan

This week's scholar spotlight is Nyla Ali Khan, who was recently appointed as Commissioner on the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women. The...
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Scholar Spotlight: Caitlyn Collins

This week's spotlight shines on Caitlyn Collins, whose new book about working mothers in America has caught the attention of the media. In “Making...
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Scholar Spotlight: Amy Fried

This week's Scholar Spotlight is Amy Fried, who recently won the Career Recognition Award from the University of Maine's Rising Tide Center. The...
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Scholar Spotlight: Malliga Och

This week, we're highlighting Malliga Och, an assistant professor at Idaho State University who studies women in conservative parties and methods to...
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Scholar Spotlight: Jessica Sanders

This week highlights Jessica Sanders, a professor at the University of Utah who has worked extensively with HER Salt Lake Initiative, a nonprofit that...