In the study, “Another Civil War in America? Comparing the Social Psychology of the United States of the 1850s to Today,” authors Montgomery Van Wart, Cary M. Barber and Miranda McIntyre of Cal State San Bernardino, and Jeremy L. Hall of the University of Central Florida, examined the much-discussed idea of a second civil war.
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about ways to combat antisemitism, and Anahid Modrek (psychology) was the lead author for a study on executive functioning (a general ability to monitor and regulate thoughts and attention) in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eugene Wong, Kevin P. Rosales and Lisa Looney (child development) published a paper that examined the use of computerized cognitive training on at-risk students, and Jacob Jones and Maria Santos (psychology) were part of a research team that looked at the difference in cognitive performance between Latino and white non-Latino individuals with Parkinson’s Disease.
Marc Robinson (history) participated in a professional development retreat organized and led by Black Male Educators Talk, Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences) was named 2024 Outstanding Educator by the inland chapter of the American Society of Public Administration, Stuart Sumida (biology) discussed the problem of selling fossils to private collectors, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed by various news media on topics related to extremism.
Meredith Conroy (political science) discussed on a 538 podcast what polls say about white Democrats’ views on racial disparities, Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) shared some lighter fare outside of his studies of hate and extremism, Ethel Mickey (sociology) co-authored a study examining how people color, and women of color particularly, perceived how they are welcomed in the academy.
Stuart Sumida (biology) will be a panelist at San Diego Comic-Con on Sunday, July 28; Yawen Li (sociology) presented a talk at Yunnan University in China; and research by Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was cited in a news article about U.S. political violence.
Marc Robinson (history) was interviewed about his latest book, “Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest;” Stuart Sumida (biology) was a panelist at San Diego Comic-Con; Katherine Gray (art) discussed the science of glassmaking; Andrea Giuffre (criminal justice) co-authored two papers that were recently published; and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was a panelist at a recent forum on hate crimes in the Inland Empire.
Meredith Conroy (political science) was interviewed on the renewed attention of Vice President Kamala Harris and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) discussed with various news media , and at a public forum, the influence of political rhetoric and violence.
Megan Carroll (psychology) was one of the experts interviewed for an article about asexuality, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed for an article about California’s latest hate crime numbers.