Escaping affect: How motivated emotion regulation creates insensitivity to mass suffering
2011 study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology on levels of compassion for large groups of people in need.
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Prevalence, severity and distribution of childhood food allergies in the United States
2011 study in the journal Pediatrics on the scope of food allergies among U.S. children.
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Social networking sites: Levels of trust, engagement
2011 study by the Pew Research Center on levels of trust, tolerance and engagement among social networking users.
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Are state caucuses for candidates bad for democracy?
2010 study in Political Science Quarterly on qualities and representative nature of U.S. primary election caucuses.
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Business reporting: Semester-long course on how to develop compelling business-related stories
Semester-long course on how to understand what’s going on at companies and to report and write compelling business stories.
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The relationship of leadership quality to the political presence of civic associations
2011 study in Perspectives on Politics on impact of leadership strength on effectiveness of citizen groups.
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Domestic violence, exploitation in marriage and the foreign-bride industry
2011 report published in the Virginia Journal of International Law on the commonalities behind two major “bride markets.”
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How summer programs can boost children’s learning
2011 study by RAND Corporation on the potential of educational programs in minimizing summer learning losses and their associated costs.
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Displaced and dispossessed of Darfur: Explaining sources of genocide
2011 report in the British Journal of Sociology on underlying and environmental factors that fueled the mass killing in Darfur.
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Collective efficacy and major depression in urban neighborhoods
2011 study in American Journal of Epidemiology on how depression rates are affected by types and qualities of city neighborhoods.
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