ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan led the nation with 22 faculty members elected as 2019 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The U-M researchers are among 443 newly elected fellows announced today by AAAS. The scientists and engineers were chosen as AAAS Fellows by their peers for their “scientifically or socially… Continue reading 22 U-M scientists, engineers named 2019 AAAS Fellows
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U-M study finds no discrimination in issuing same-sex marriage licenses
ANN ARBOR—After same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide in 2015, then-county clerk Kim Davis famously refused to issue licenses to same-sex couples. Then-State Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore followed suit, demanding Alabama county officials to cease issuing marriage licenses altogether. Curious about whether these cases reflected a wider trend, Kenneth Lowande, an assistant professor of political… Continue reading U-M study finds no discrimination in issuing same-sex marriage licenses
Leo Sarkisian’s ‘Music Time in Africa’: U-M Archivist, Anthropologist Revive Popular Voice of America Show
ANN ARBOR—In September 2014, two University of Michigan professors received a phone call that would set them on a race to save more than a half century of African music. Heather Maxwell, a U-M alumna and current host of the Voice of America’s “Music Time in Africa” program, had phoned to tell them that the… Continue reading Leo Sarkisian’s ‘Music Time in Africa’: U-M Archivist, Anthropologist Revive Popular Voice of America Show
Leo Sarkisian’s ‘Music Time in Africa’: U-M Archivist, Anthropologist Revive Popular Voice of America Show
Conway had already been working with Kelly Askew, U-M professor of anthropology and Afroamerican and African studies, on a project to digitize a small selection of “Music Time in Africa” shows-an effort that was made possible by a long-standing partnership with VOA, and funding from various U-M sources, including the Department of Afroamerican and African… Continue reading Leo Sarkisian’s ‘Music Time in Africa’: U-M Archivist, Anthropologist Revive Popular Voice of America Show
The New White Flight: Are White Democrats Turning on Presidential Candidates Due to Latino Outreach?
he paper, published in September in the journal Political Behavior, argues efforts to court Latinos drove white Democrats to reassess their position relative to the U.S. political parties. The author, University of Michigan assistant professor of political science Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, says this could be a watershed moment in U.S. politics. Generally, as whites are… Continue reading The New White Flight: Are White Democrats Turning on Presidential Candidates Due to Latino Outreach?
Voters agree with polls that favor their candidates
ANN ARBOR—With the presidential election a year away, pollsters will barrage the country with poll questions to get the pulse of the voters about the candidates. But how these media-reported polls are received by the public is often viewed with skepticism. In fact, a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan and University… Continue reading Voters agree with polls that favor their candidates
Jowei Chen recognized as a “Defender of Democracy”
Common Cause honored Jowei Chen as one of four “Defenders of Democracy” who played pivotal roles in reshaping America’s legal landscape to address partisan gerrymandering.
Support for Trump’s impeachment over Ukraine jumps 8 points in one week, Reuters polls finds
University of Michigan political scientist Nicholas Valentino told Reuters that he did not expect to see much more fluctuation in the numbers unless Republican leaders begin to break ranks and support Trump’s impeachment. ¶¶”People aren’t constitutional scholars,” Valentino told Reuters. “They trust their elected officials from their party to know the rules of politics. And… Continue reading Support for Trump’s impeachment over Ukraine jumps 8 points in one week, Reuters polls finds
How to bring divided Americans together and save our democracy
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
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 an illegal partisan gerrymander.