The next front in the gerrymandering wars: Which people get counted?
February 24, 2021
Minority representation would drop sharply if states equalized the adult citizen population rather than total people when redrawing legislative districts, according to research by Jowei Chen and Nicholas Stephanopoulos. They describe their research on gerrymandering in The Washington Post. Read Chen and Stephanopoulos’s piece here.
COVID-19 crisis boosts progressive values amidst growing pessimism
February 24, 2021
A unique panel survey conducted in 24 countries reveals the dual impact that the COVID-19 crisis has on values, emotions and the economy. Four decades of research by Professor Ronald Inglehart show that usually crises make people more authoritarian and xenophobic, but in the unique case of the global COVID-19…
Christian Davenport appointed as the Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen Professor of the Study of Human Understanding
February 22, 2021
Christian Davenport has been appointed as the Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen Professor of the Study of Human Understanding by the Regents of the University of Michigan. This professorship was established in the late 1960s to support the study of political and sociological factors that are relevant to the…
Facebook news ban in Australia: U-M experts can comment
February 18, 2021
ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan experts are available to comment on Facebook’s banning of news posts in Australia as the tech giant faced a new law that would have required it to pay media publishers for sharing the content.Josh Pasek, an associate professor of communication & media and political science, conducts…
Barbara Koremenos to advise on Cooperative Responses to Common Threats
February 9, 2021
Because of her award-winning work on treaty design, Barbara Koremenos has been asked by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to participate in some small-group meetings on Cooperative Responses to Common Threats as part of the Project on Rethinking the Humanitarian Health Response to Violent Conflict. Over the past…
Social media actions following Capitol riot: U-M experts can discuss
January 11, 2021
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan has experts who can talk about social media deactivation of President Trump’s accounts and the move by Google, Apple and Amazon to suspend the Parler app and the company’s resulting shutdown of the site.Libby Hemphill, research associate professor at ICPSR, associate professor of information, and…
Insurrection in Washington: U-M experts available to discuss
January 7, 2021
ANN ARBOR—Pro-Trump protesters and rioters, who were incited by the president’s message Wednesday regarding unproven fraud claims during the elections, stormed the U.S. Capitol in an unprecedented move of insurrection. University of Michigan has experts who can discuss.Jonathan Hanson, lecturer in statistics for public policy, worked as a legislative assistant…
Seizing military weapons does not increase violent crime nor risk police safety
December 7, 2020
ANN ARBOR—More local law enforcement agencies are using military equipment, such as tear gas, armored vehicles and rubber bullets, to handle social justice protests—calling into question police militarization.But if police no longer used weapons and tactics previously connected to the military, there is little evidence that this would impact violent…
Virtual panel: The importance of the Latinx vote
October 27, 2020
DATE: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29EVENT: “Tu Voto, Tu Voz: The Importance of the Latinx Vote”University of Michigan Latino organization La Casa will join groups from six other Michigan universities and colleges in a virtual panel discussion to educate and empower Latinx on the importance of political participation.Panelists include former…
State officials confident in election security despite voter concerns
October 20, 2020
ANN ARBOR—Election Day is two weeks away and confidence in election security is still wavering among voters. State election officials and clerks are confident in the process, as absentee ballots have been mailed in record numbers nationwide.Walter Mebane is a University of Michigan political science professor specializing in election forensics,…