Sociologist Andrew Whitehead, co-director of the Association of Religion Data Archives at the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IU Indianapolis, won the 2021 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion for his co-authored book “Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States.” The Distinguished Book …

Jason Kelly is the TRIP (Translating Research into Practice) scholar of the month. Read more about Dr. Kelly’s work here On Friday, January 28, 2022 from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. Professor Kelly will give a virtual presentation about his work on “Transdisciplinarity, Public Scholarship, and the Anthropocene.” In this presentation, Professor Jason Kelly will …

Stephanie Rowe recently organized an excellent “Making a Career with History” panel as part of IU Indianapolis’s Fall Career week.   Stephanie Rowe is Executive Director of the National Council on Public History, IU School of Liberal Arts at IU Indianapolis

On the anniversary of the Capitol insurrection many are still trying to figure out why it happened and what it means for our country moving forward. There are a handful of reasons thousands of Americans rioted that day. While not the only reason, a key influence was white Christian nationalism. My colleague Sam Perry and …

Associate Faculty member Desmond L. Kemp’s Introduction to American Politics class (POLS Y103) was given the opportunity to take a creative approach to solving political centered issues using technology. They met with the creator of EMPOWRD, Horace Williams, which is an application that allows lobbyists and politicians in Georgia to engage local citizens. Teams of …

Dr. Nancy Robertson was recently selected as a Fellow of the Institute of Engaged Learning’s new Project-Based Learning Lab! Learn more about the new Project-Based Learning Lab here. Nancy M. Robertson is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, IU School of Liberal Arts

Dr. Carrie Foote, and students from her School of Liberal Arts Sociology HIV and Society Class, welcomed Dr. William Cooke (Family Foundations Medicine) to IU Indianapolis on November 11 ’21 where he shared his and the towns’ experiences, chronicled in his recently published book, Canary in the Coal Mine: A Forgotten Rural Town, a Hidden …

Professor Mitchell Douglas won the 2021 National Endowment for the Arts, Literature Fellowship in Creative Writing (Poetry). He is one of just thirty-five recipients nationwide. It’s a true honor and well deserved. Read more about his work here Mitchell L. H. Douglas is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, IU School of Liberal …

Dr. Sumedha Gupta recently published an article titled, “Vaccinations Against COVID-19 May Have Averted Up To 140,000 Deaths In The United States” in the journal Health Affairs. Abstract COVID-19 vaccination campaigns continue in the United States, with the expectation that vaccines will slow transmission of the virus, save lives, and enable a return to normal …

Congratulations to Dr. Nnaemeka who will receive an honorary doctorate from The American University of Paris (AUP). She will be honored during AUP’s commencement ceremony in May of 2022. AUP’s President, Dr. Celeste Schenck, said it best in her award letter to Dr. Nnaemeka. Her work represents “…the best of liberal arts inquiry and a …