Category: Faculty/Staff

Prof. Weinschenk was recently featured in a PBS Wisconsin story about voter perceptions of candidate age. For the full story, see the link below! How old are Wisconsin’s lawmakers and how much do voters care?

On Thursday, October 17, 2024, Andrew Austin (Democracy and Justice Studies) presented a section of a developing manuscript on the legacy of the Black Panther Party at the conference Social Change and Resistance: Looking Back to Move Forward organized by the Mid-South Sociological Association (50th Anniversary conference) in Nashville, Tennessee. The published title of his…

Tara DaPra’s essay “Stages of Grief: Magical Thinking” was published in Issue 15 of Gigantic Sequins, and her essay “The Liminal Space of Love” was published in Issue 2 of The Belfast Review.  Both are selections from her memoir-in-progress, “The Hill of Tara: A Memoir of Love, Grief, and Other Liminal Spaces.” She also has a poem in the…

Prof. David Coury (Humanities, Modern Languages and Global Studies) was invited to discuss the upcoming presidential elections at the Deusto Forum at the Universidad de Deusto, San Sebastian Spain. Coury was interviewed by Spanish journalist Aimar Bretos about the elections, themes, swing states, campaign finance and other topics important to this years race. https://www.noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus/mundo/2024/10/19/harris-convenciendo-estados-han-sido-8821399.html

Recently, Associate Professor of Marketing, Dr. Aniruddha Pangarkar spoke with WalletHub about researching and selecting the best online loans. Please refer to the below link to read Dr. Pangarkar’s expert insights and advice. 6 Best Online Loans [October 2024]  

Dr. Ikizer coauthors in a cross-cultural study including English- and Turkish-speaking participants, published in the Journal of Experiment Psychology: General. Across four pre-registered studies, participants were asked to evaluate different types of real and hypothetical pronouns, including binary gender pronouns, race pronouns, and identity-neutral pronouns. Participants’ reasoning about pronouns reflected a familiarity preference (i.e., participants…

Dr. Ikizer from the Psychology Department published a bibliography on affirmative action in Oxford Bibliographies. This work reviews the research in psychology and adjacent fields, balancing both supporting and opposing views on affirmative action. The paper considers (a) a range of resources examining multiple facets of the topic, (b) assessments of the effectiveness of affirmative…

Prof. Aaron Weinschenk was recently interviewed by NBC 26 for a story about the role of Brown County in the upcoming presidential election and the increased attention Northeastern Wisconsin has recently received from the presidential campaigns.