Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Gadarian speaks to FiveThirtyEight, WAER about Trump's diagnosis
"Attitudes and behaviors around COVID-19 have become really concrete at this point — it will take a lot to move them in a significant, lasting way," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.
See related: COVID-19, Federal, U.S. Elections, United States
White quoted in Los Angeles Times article on mistruths surrounding Trump's health
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Ma discusses issues facing Chinese students studying online in Chronicle of Higher Education
"I worry that this potentially undermines Chinese students’ learning opportunities," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology, about U.S. university faculty members suggesting that Chinese students wait to enroll in certain courses until they can return to campus for in-person instruction.
Monnat comments on the importance of census data in CNN article
"Census data matter more than any other data that are collected by anyone in the U.S. A 2020 Census failure is a failure for the whole country," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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Thompson quoted in Associated Press article on Trump's response to COVID-19
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Engelhardt cited in The Real Deal article on COVID's impact on housing costs
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Lux addresses international conference on COVID-19 challenges
“A key aspect of the Humphrey Fellowship program at Maxwell is the ability for fellows to generate a transformative impact upon return to their countries,” says Steven Lux, director of Maxwell’s Executive Education program. “We strive to maintain these connections as it both informs theory and practice.”
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Gadarian speaks to CBS Sunday Morning about the politics of COVID-19
"We thought that the more worried people were about COVID, the more likely they were to be following all of the, kind of public health best practices," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. "And that's not what we found. What we found was that the biggest divider in people's behaviors was not their age, not their demographics, not their education; it was their partisanship."
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Monnat study on rural COVID-19 mortality rates published in the Journal of Rural Health
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Monnat talks to Bloomberg about rising suicide rates among US kids
See related: Children, Adolescents, COVID-19, Longevity, Mental Health, United States