Fellow Weighs in on Tip that May Have Stopped a School Attack

August 26, 2024 — CBS Austin spoke to Fellow and UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs professor, Ron Avi Astor, PhD, about a tip that may have prevented a school shooting in Texas after authorities were alerted to posts from a 17-year-old girl who allegedly threatened to purchase weapons and attack her former elementary school. She was arrested and charged with the third-degree felony of making a terroristic threat. “I think thinking about these kinds of shootings as terrorism is actually really helpful,” said Astor.

Read more on CBSAustin.com. 

Fellow Writes on Connections Between Politics and Masculinity

August 28, 2024 — Geoffrey Greif, PhD, Fellow, and professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, published an article in Psychology Today about the ways in which personal perceptions of masculinity can influence how people feel about politics and political figureheads.

Read his full article on PsychologyToday.com.

Fellow Researches COVID-19 Relief Funding and the Child Care Workforce

August 28, 2024 — The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced a new cohort of grantees that will research the effectiveness of the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession, specifically analyzing whether policies worked to generate better macroeconomic outcomes and equitable outcomes for working-age people. Fellow and Professor Katherine Magnuson, PhD, is one of three researchers at the University of Wisconsin who will explore policy options for supporting the child care sector by looking at an intervention in Wisconsin during the pandemic. 

Read more about the research grant from The Washington Center for Equitable Growth.

The Barriers of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

August 28, 2024 — Fellow and University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack, PhD, was a guest on the Brooking Institutions podcast, “The Killing Drugs: Synthetic Opioids around the World.” He discusses the challenges of reducing opioid use disorder in the U.S. and the effectiveness of medication-assisted treatment, as well as exploring stigma, socioeconomic disparities, rural access issues, and insufficient insurance coverage. 

To listen to the podcast, visit Brookings.edu.

Fellow Co-Authors New Book on Western Capitalism and its Effect on  Afro-Descendent and Indigenous People  

August 29, 2024 — Fellow and University of Georgia Distinguished Professor of Social Justice and Civil Rights Studies, Llewellyn Cornelius, PhD co-authored the book Land, Cultural Dispossession and Resistance: Afro-descendent and Indigenous Peoples in the Americas. It chronicles the consequences of the Eurocentric Western model of racialized power, extractivist development, displacement, forced migration, climate injustice, and the environmental destruction of Afro-descendent and indigenous communities in the Americas.

Learn more about the book, from Taylor & Francis Group.

Working Towards a Common Definition of Assisted Living

September 3, 2024 — Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Distinguished Professor of Social Work and Public Health, and Co-Director of the Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, published a column about the differing and sometimes contradictory definitions of “assisted living.” She outlines how the lack of continuity can be confusing to consumers and explains that the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living at UNC has released the definition of assisted living communities to provide clarity.

Read more in McKnights Senior Living.