Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Project Title: Racial Justice as Human Rights: Support for Reform in American Policing Genevieve Bates, University of Wisconsin-Madison Genevieve Bates is an Anna Julia Cooper Research Associate and an incoming Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her Ph.D.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Their research and teaching focuses on the intersections of climate justice and queer liberation, environmental justice, and social movements. They have published in Energy Research & Social Science and AAPI Nexus and contributed to Edward Elgar’s A Research Agenda for Human Rights edited volume.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

Over the past decade, researchers, museum professionals and educators have started to explore the use of virtual and augmented reality in relation to Holocaust education and memory. Sara Pitcairn is the product developer and researcher for Future Projects at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. We are developing problem-solvers, entrepreneurs and leaders from a hundred nations, weaving them together as one community to overcome the greatest challenges facing humanity. I am a poster child for the English major.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

A notable example is the Obama administration’s “Race to the Top” initiative , which both isolates and prioritizes the STEM disciplines from the humanities, arts and social sciences. But, since the 1980s, political rhetoric has emphasized the need for less humanities and more STEM education. Why did we choose materials?

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In this unique rendering of the decolonization concept, it was up to international development practitioners and researchers like us to identify our colonial cognitive biases and correct them through better behavior. During the Q&A at the end, an anonymous participant asked, “Is the United States a colonial power?”

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

An anthropologist who researches coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians argues such critics need more than free speech protections. As a professor at an Israeli university who leads a research project on coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians, I’ve witnessed the threats firsthand.

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