How to bring divided Americans together and save our democracy
September 12, 2019
Vincent Hutchings, political science and African American studies professor at the University of Michigan, observed, “To Republicans, Trump is simply saying: ‘Hey, if you don’t like America, you can leave.’ …If you already support Trump, then it’s very easy to interpret his comments that way.”
NC legislative district map redraw underway, but quickly hits snag
September 9, 2019
The plan centers on roughly 1,000 maps drawn by a computer algorithm from Jowei Chen, a University of Michigan professor whose testimony helped convince a panel of Superior Court judges that General Assembly maps drawn by the GOP majority two years ago were so tilted toward Republicans that they constitute…
For Trump, appeals to white fears about race may be a tougher sell in 2020: Reuters/Ipsos poll
August 19, 2019
“There is some indication that racial liberals are more energized than the racially intolerant,” said University of Michigan political scientist Vincent Hutchings, who reviewed Reuters’ findings. “That would seem to be good news for the Democrats and bad news for the Republicans.”
Scott Page named John Seely Brown Distinguished University Professor of Complexity, Social Science, and Management
July 22, 2019
Scott Page has been named the John Seely Brown Distinguished University Professor of Complexity, Social Science, and Management. This appointment recognizes exceptional scholarly achievements. Recipients are the University’s most prestigious professors. Congratulations, Scott!
Podcast interviews Stern about her new book – Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right is Warping the American Imagination.
July 17, 2019
California Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell and his Democratic colleagues in the House recently voted to condemn the president’s recent remarks about four Congresswomen as racist. Trump’s opponents see a direct link between what he says and an increase in white supremecist or alt-right activity in the U.S. What exactly is…
Podcast interviews Stern about her new book – Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right is Warping the American Imagination.
July 17, 2019
California Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell and his Democratic colleagues in the House recently voted to condemn the president’s recent remarks about four Congresswomen as racist. Trump’s opponents see a direct link between what he says and an increase in white supremecist or alt-right activity in the U.S. What exactly is…
Americans reflect on Apollo 11 and the space program
July 17, 2019
ANN ARBOR—On the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo landing on the moon, American adults cite the 1969 lunar landing as NASA’s most important achievement in its 60-year history.In a national survey conducted by the University of Michigan, 35% of American adults (age 18 or older) mention the first lunar…
Kiyoteru Tsutsui’s book selected for multiple awards from the American Sociological Association (ASA)
July 2, 2019
Kiyoteru Tsutsui’s book, Rights Make Might: Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan, (Oxford University Press 2018), has been selected for multiple awards from the American Sociological Association (ASA).
Angela Ocampo receives Dissertation Award
June 26, 2019
Angela Ocampo’s dissertation, The Politics of Inclusion: A Sense of Belonging to U.S. Society and Latino Political Participation will receive the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Race and Ethnic Politics Section’s award for the best dissertation in the field at the fall 2019 APSA meetings. Congratulation Angela!
‘We may die but we won’t leave’: Indian forest dwellers’ fury as 11 million face eviction
June 5, 2019
Arun Agrawal, a professor in the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan and an expert in conservation, said the Supreme Court should reverse its decision.¶¶He added: “Should it not do so, the effects on local and indigenous peoples will be truly horrific. In a single act of…