Faculty in Focus
- ²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s David Pyrooz and an Arizona State University colleague won the outstanding book award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
- Lori Peek of the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Natural Hazards Center conceived of a project calling for 1,000 letters to help inform the Biden transition team on how to respond to hazards and disasters.
- We sit down with Dean Robert Shay to hear about his musical journey, proudest moments as dean of the College of Music and goals for the future as he rejoins the faculty.
- Law Professor Benjamin Levin discusses the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and criminal justice reform, police unions and their role in policymaking, and mass incarceration in the United States.
- With results still being counted, threats of lawsuits and some suggesting it could be days or even weeks before the presidential race is resolved, election night was far from decisive. But a few things did emerge as certain.
- ²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s LISA 2020 project was designed to foster 20 statistics labs in the developing world by 2020; the latest count is 28.
- Violist Richard O'Neill is joining the College of Music faculty and the Takács Quartet this year.
- The director of ²ÊÃñ±¦µä's Natural Hazards Center speaks from personal experience as an evacuee of the Calwood Fire when she warns others: "the time is now to make provisions for whatever risks you may face."
- In a new book, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä's Anand Sokhey details his research on whether yard signs work, what they say about us and how they shape our neighborhoods.
- A new book from Associate Professor Nicole Mansfield Wright explores the impact of literature about privilege and victimhood on our era.