Check out my essay “The March for Science and Democracy in America”, at “Learn, Speak, Act”, a new blog sponsored by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. Thank you to Nicholas Valentino for helpful feedback. Thank you to Katarina Nehrkorn, Will Sollish, Kiki Bayen, Yuka Naya, Aubrey O’Neal, Michael Mrozinski, and others for survey assistance. Thank you to Betsy Mendelsohn, Robert Bateman, and Kate Bateman for providing housing and meeting facilities.
Rain doesn’t stop researchers from doing science at the march
Science magazine just ran a super-cool article that covered my research this past weekend:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/rain-doesn-t-stop-researchers-doing-science-march
University of Michigan profs head to Washington for March for Science
I am quoted in this article on “University of Michigan profs head to Washington for March for Science”
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/04/university_of_michigan_profess_28.html
Scientists divided over impact of Washington’s March for Science
Today I was quoted in a story in the Global and Mail (Canada) on “Scientists divided over impact of Washington’s March for Science”.
Lab Group Presents at UROP Symposium
Students in my lab group from the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) presented their posters on Wednesday. Congratulations to everyone for the fine work.
How Berkeley became a hotbed of violence in the Trump era
Yesterday I was quoted in a Politico article on “How Berkeley became a hotbed of violence in the Trump era”.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/20/california-berkeley-coulter-protests-237424
Fueled by Trump resistance, Sanders’ influence grows with Dems
I was quoted by this article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
Examine thyself: Researchers set to study the March for Science
My protest research was covered today in Science Magazine. The article included a great photo of Kate Ruehrdanz, who is writing her honors thesis at Michigan on attitudes toward civility and violence among protesters. (Kate is the one with the Michigan hat!)
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/examine-thyself-researchers-set-study-march-science
The Resurgence of Women’s Protest in the United States
Thanks to Megan Bayagich for her blog post on my research about the resurgence of the women’s movement.
http://cpsblog.isr.umich.edu/?p=1984
New article: “Activism in an Era of Partisan Polarization”
My new article, “Activism in an Era of Partisan Polarization” is forthcoming in the October 2017 issue of PS Political Science & Politics. It will appear in a symposium on civic engagement and activism in the changing political context in the United States. Many thanks so Maryam Z Deloffre and Carrie Booth Walling, who are editing the symposium. Read my article here:
http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mheaney/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/04/Activism_and_Partisanship.pdf