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College Faculty in the News: May 11, 2020
Associate Professor Aili Bresnahan, Department of Philosophy, recently discussed how family dance experiences during extended periods of stress can give children the opportunity to give, make and learn, releasing pent-up anxieties and improving mental well-being. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.
"Dr. Amy Acton's handling of coronavirus crisis made her an Ohio 'icon' — and a target"
NBC News, May 9, 2020
Assistant Professor Christopher Devine, Department of Political Science.
"Mothers in sanctuary, living in churches for over two years, endure isolation"
National Catholic Reporter, May 8, 2020
Associate Professor Neomi De Anda, Department of Religious Studies.
"For Biden, naming Cabinet before election would be a big risk"
The Conversation, May 7
Assistant Professor Christopher Devine, Department of Political Science.
"Mass arrests and overcrowded prisons in El Salvador spark fear of coronavirus crisis"
The Conversation, May 6
Associate Professor Miranda Hallett, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work.
"COMMENTARY: COVID-19 And The Sociological Imagination"
WOSU Public Media, May 4
Lecturer Danielle Rhubart, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work.
"Female Authors During the Holocaust"
The Academic Minute, May 4
Associate Professor and Chair Carola Daffner, Department of Global Languages and Cultures.
"The push for Joe Biden to choose a black woman as his running mate, explained"
Vox, May 1
Assistant Professor Christopher Devine, Department of Political Science.
"Penned by UD students, new book about Dayton’s rivers available for quarantined kids"
Dayton Daily News, April 30
River Stewards students, Rivers Institute.
"Starving grasshoppers? How rising carbon dioxide levels may promote an 'insect apocalypse'"
Science Magazine, April 29
Assistant Professor Chelse Prather, Department of Biology.
"Should inmates be released amid COVID-19 concerns? Illinois GOP representatives weigh in"
WQAD/ABC, Moline IL, April 27
Professor and Director Martha Hurley, Criminal Justice Studies Program.
"Biden searches for his own 'Biden' – a running mate with chemistry"
The Guardian, April 26
Assistant Professor Christopher Devine, Department of Political Science.
"The ADL's extremism statistics make it seem like ultraright-wing violence in the US is more common than it actually is"
Business Insider, April 24
Associate Professor Arthur Jipson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work.
"UD project to digitally preserve Paul Laurence Dunbar’s legacy"
Dayton Daily News, April 21
Director Jennifer Speed, Extramural Funding and Strategic Resource Development and Research Professor of Religious Studies.
"How Biden’s Vice Presidential Pick and Move to the Left Could Shape Higher Education"
NASFAA, April 20
Assistant Professor Christopher Devine, Department of Political Science.
"Disabilities in Hiding: How the Pandemic Might Shape Justice for All of Us"
Berkley Forum, Georgetown University, April 16
Professor Jana Bennett, Department of Religious Studies.
"The power of family dance parties when the world is falling apart"
CNN Health, April 8
Associate Professor Aili Bresnahan, Department of Philosophy.
"What airlines are doing to clean their planes"
CNBC, April 2
Professor Janet Bednarek, Department of History.