Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) published a chapter titled, "Terminal Violence: Online Interactions and Infra-Humanization," in the edited volume People, Technology, and Social Organization: Interactionist Studies of Everyday Life (Routledge). The chapter uses vignettes of interactions with terminals and with people through terminals to denounce…

Colleen Hall-Patton (Sociology) presented a paper at the American Quilt Study group titled, "My 'Christopher Columbus' Eleanor Beard Quilt," tracing the design elements of a 1930s quilt to a 1600s quilt. Eleanor Beard Studios employed as many as 1000 rural Kentucky women during the Great Depression while marketing to very high end clientele.

Professor Robert Futrell (Sociology) was interviewed and quoted in the Vox article, "2023 was the year the US finally destroyed all of its chemical weapons." Futrell has published several articles on citizens movements that successfully reshaped deliberative processes and technological decisions made by the U.S. Army in its bid to destroy the…

Professor Robert Futrell (Sociology) gave a keynote talk at the opening session for the Mobilization Conference on Protest, Resistance, and Democratic Retreat in San Diego, California, on June 9, 2023. The talk, “The Constellation of Extremist White Supremacism: A Cognitive-Emotional Approach,” explained how white supremacist extremism endures,…

Colleen Hall-Patton (Sociology) had her quilt, "Indigo Autumn Hunter Star," accepted into the "Best of the West" exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, California, on July 6-8.

Simon Gottschalk, Daniel Okamura, Jaimee Nix, and Celene Fuller (all Sociology) just published their chapter, "Violent Revenge, Derealization, and Deadly Violence: White Supremacist Websites and Mass Shootings," in the book, All American Massacre: The Tragic Role of American Culture and Society in Mass Shootings. The book is edited by Eric…

Assistant professors Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) and Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) collaborated with Case Western Reserve University colleagues Eva Kahana (Sociology) and Frances Payne Bolton (Nursing) to publish a study, "Prayer and Mental Health in Later Life: The Role of Positive Emotions," examining the mechanisms underlying the positive effect of…

Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology), Samantha John (Brain Health), and Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) published an article, "Urbanicity and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life," in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.

Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) published her first book Contested Americans: Mixed-Status Families in Anti-Immigrant Times with New York University Press.

Michael Ian Borer (Sociology) and Tyler Schafer, Ph.D. '17 Sociology, published their edited volume Researching City Life: An Urban Field Methods Text-Reader with SAGE publications. The book examines the city from a street level perspective and provides readers with tools to conduct research on urbanism — the everyday experiences of…

Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing), Tirth Bhatta (Sociology), and Joel Snyder (Psychology) published an article, "The Primacy of Compassionate Love: Loneliness and Psychological Well-being in Later Life", in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing. The study provides evidence of the beneficial role of compassionate…

Torisha Khonach (Sociology) published an article titled, "Feminine negotiations and patriarchal bargains: Contradictory resistance in women’s flat track roller derby," in the journal International Review for the Sociology of Sport.