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By Alex Workman As a child, I would watch out the car window as we passed the Harding Street power station spew out smoke from its huge stacks. The ominous clouds of pollution scared me since I knew that the dangerous smoke was being put into the same air that we all breathe. As a …

Check out Dr. Friesen’s great presentation on her recent work: “Slimy worms or sticky kids: How caregiving tasks and gender identity attenuate disgust response”

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Scott Pegg recently had his classroom essay questions land on the Library of Economics and Liberty blog. Dr. Pegg used Bryan Caplan’s book Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration in his class. The post has already generated some interesting comments. Also, don’t miss your chance at free access (50 days) to Dr. Pegg’s …

Our colleague Amanda Friesen is co-authoring a special issue of the journal Politics and Life Sciences.  Here is the call for proposals: Call for Proposals “Life Science in Politics: Methodological Innovations and Politics Issues” Guest Editors Amanda Friesen, IUPUI Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Rose McDermott, Brown University   Deadline for Proposals: April 1, …

Don’t miss Dr. McCormick’s updated version of his highly respected textbook Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction. Description: This is the must-have, leading introduction to the European Union. Offering an ideal primer on the EU’s history, institutions, and politics, this concise textbook also covers the various challenges and opportunities faced by the EU, from …

The success of former vice-president Joe Biden in the recent US presidential election has been met with relief by most Europeans and their political leaders. After four years of Trumpian idiosyncrasies and uncertainties, during which tensions in the transatlantic relationship reached unprecedented levels, most now expect a return to some kind of normality. Just what …

Don’t miss this fantastic panel discussion happening Thursday Nov. 19th on religion and the 2020 election. It’s cohosted by our own Amanda Friesen and SLA colleague Andrew Whitehead (Department of Sociology) with outstanding guest speakers Jamil W. Drake (Florida State University) and Janelle Wong (University of Maryland). Check it out here Religion & the 2020 …

Dr. Friesen, along with her co-author Dr. Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), recently published an article titled, “Slimy worms or sticky kids: How caregiving tasks and gender identity attenuate disgust response,” in the journal Politics and the Life Sciences. You can find Dr. Ksiazkiewicz’s twitter thread discussing the piece here. It has some …

The Herald Bulletin in Anderson interviewed Dr. Dusso for their story “Close Presidential Race Doesn’t Surprise Political Science Profs.” We had 10s of millions of more voters in 2020 than 2016, yet the election was decided by a similar razer thin margin.