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Todd Swanstrom Works to Address the Need for Home Repairs in St. Louis and Beyond
"The research completed by Professor Swanstrom and his team allowed the Home Repair Network to jumpstart a lot of the work that we aim to do over the...
New Member Spotlight: Niki vonLockette Builds Relationships at White House Event
The core of the Scholars Strategy Network’s mission is helping researchers connect and build relationships with policymakers, civic leaders, and the...
Member Spotlight: Peter Jones Helps Change Alabama's System of Fines and Fees
“I don't think we could have gotten the bill over the finish line without [Jones’s] contribution.” - Leah Nelson, Research Director at Alabama...
Member Spotlight: Ken Kolb Collaborates with Local Newspaper for Award-Winning Series on Gentrification
“Ken’s work was absolutely essential to the Greenville News project…It was a great illustration of how academic research can reach out from campus and...
New Member Spotlight: Johnny Rice II on Protecting Violence Interrupters
SSN is launching an initiative to highlight new members of the network and showcase their research. This month, we’re shining a spotlight on new SSN...
Scholar Spotlight: Phillip Atiba Goff
This week's Scholar Spotlight is Phillip Atiba Goff, whose organization, the Center for Policing Equity, is now part of the Audacious Project through...
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...
Scholar Spotlight: Brandi Blessett
This week's spotlight shines on Brandi Blessett, who recently received the Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award of the American Society for Public...
Scholar Spotlight: Christopher Uggen
This week's spotlight shines on Christopher Uggen, a criminologist whose research on felony disenfranchisement contributed to Florida's vote to...
Scholar Spotlight: Katherine Beckett
Katherine Beckett is this week's scholar spotlight for her impactful research on racial bias in capital punishment. Washington just ruled that the...