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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...
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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...
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Scholar Spotlight: Ezgi Yildiz

This week's spotlight is for Ezgi Yildiz, a recent SSN member and postdoctoral fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. She met with United...
trade

Experts Available: New NAFTA Deal

For journalists looking for experts on the new NAFTA agreement and overhauled provisions, these professors are responsive and available for comment...
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Scholar Spotlight: Hedwig Lee

Continuing our research highlight from last week, this week's Scholar Spotlight is Hedwig Lee, whose research contributed to a new study on police...
police

Scholar Spotlight: Frank Edwards

The public and the media have paid more attention to civilian deaths from police encounters, but solid statistics are hard to find because police...
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Countdown to 1000: Scholar #1000

To count down to the 1,000th scholar in the Scholars Strategy Network, we’re featuring ten scholars who are committed to using their research to...
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No Jargon Episode 81: On Tyranny

In the 1900s, dictators rose to power across Europe as democracies fell to fascists and communists. On a recent episode of No Jargon, Snyder argues...
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SSN Scholars Win New Carnegie Fellowships

Three SSN members – Mala Htun, Patricia Sullivan, and Daniel Tichenor – are among 32 scholars just named as inaugural Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Each...
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SSN’s 500th Member Focuses on the Roots of U.S. Urban Unrest

What do the continuing protests in Ferguson, Missouri have in common with the 1960s uprisings in many U.S. cities? Howard looks to history to explore...