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,…
ISR Insights Speaker Series – Perspectives on the 2020 Presidential Election
October 15, 2020
ANN ARBOR – ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR.Thursday, October 22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAdeklzCf3MPanelists: Jenna Bednar (Research Professor, Center for Political Studies; Professor, Department of Political Science; Director of Michigan in Washington), Vincent Hutchings (Research Professor, Center for Political Studies; Professor, Department of Political…
Militia groups and domestic terrorism: U-M experts can discuss
October 9, 2020
ANN ARBOR—Experts at the University of Michigan are available to discuss the rise of militia groups, domestic terrorism and the role of social media in the aftermath of a thwarted plot by several members of a militia group to kidnap Michigan’s governor, attack the state capitol building and incite a…
U-M experts available to discuss global impact from Trump testing positive for COVID-19
October 2, 2020
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan has experts available to discuss the announcement that President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19.Howard Markel, the George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine at the Medical School and director of its Center for the History of Medicine, has studied epidemics over…
ISR Insights: The State of the 2020 Presidential Campaign with Less than a Month to Go
September 30, 2020
ANN ARBOR – ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR.Wednesday, October 14 at 1pm, EDT: https://youtu.be/GiVedWB1ppMPanelists: Michael Traugott (Research Professor Emeritus; Center for Political Studies, Communication Studies, Department of Political Science), Josh Pasek (Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies Associate Professor; Department of Communication Studies…
Yuen Yuen Ang awarded Theda Skocpol Prize for Emerging Scholars
September 24, 2020
Yuen Yuen Ang won the Theda Skocpol Prize by the American Political Science Association in recognition of her “impactful empirical, theoretical and/or methodological contributions to the study of comparative politics.” The prize recognizes emerging academics up to ten years post-PhD for scholarly excellence in political science. Congratulations!
Early COVID-19 news coverage amplified political divide
September 1, 2020
ANN ARBOR—Newspaper coverage of COVID-19 is at least as politicized and polarized as climate change coverage, say University of Michigan researchers.Both newspaper and network news COVID-19 stories were polarized in early coverage of the pandemic, which may have shaped pandemic attitudes, according to a new U-M analysis of U.S. media…
Mai Hassan receives best article award
August 31, 2020
Mai Hassan and Thomas O’Mealia won the best article award from the African Politics Conference Group of the American Political Science Association (APSA) for their article, “Uneven accountability in the wake of political violence: Evidence from Kenya’s ashes and archives,” Journal of Peace Research, 55(2), 161-174. Congratulations!
Global forest restoration and the importance of empowering local communities
August 24, 2020
ANN ARBOR— Forest restoration is a crucial element in strategies to mitigate climate change and conserve global biodiversity in the coming decades, and much of the focus is on formerly tree-covered lands in the tropics.But recent forest restoration research rarely acknowledges the social dimensions or environmental justice implications of such…