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Martha Kropf, professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and the Public Policy program, was quoted in a Bloomberg Government article about political parties using an array of tactics to secure an edge in elections. While some lawsuits attempt to address legitimate concerns, others serve as political strategies, said Kropf. “Close elections […]

Yaoyao Dai, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, has studied Chinese populism and offered an expert opinion on the recent boycotts and online attacks by Chinese nationalists. “While nationalism and populism are quite useful tools, they are pretty dangerous as well,” said Dai. “The government needs and wants to be […]

Bibi Reisdorf, associate professor of communication studies, interviewed two other experts on the digital divide for an article she authored in Huawei. The researchers explore the concept of being “underconnected” with only a mobile phone for internet service and the limits of what people without internet service on a desktop might encounter. The experts discuss […]

Jack Scheff, associate professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, discussed the warming winters and the longest run without snowfall in the area. Scheff described climate change as “adding dots to the dice.” “Let’s say with the climate dice, originally you could roll a one through a six,” said Scheff. The one […]

Danielle Boaz, associate professor of Africana Studies, discussed the intense heckling by basketball fans at Duke University, which reach a fever pitch during March Madness. Duke’s student government association held a town hall with fans and student residents of the basketball tent city and suggested gentler cheers to encourage that chants don’t turn into slurs. […]

David Goldfield, Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at UNC Charlotte, was a panelist on an episode of WFAE’s Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins, as they discussed “Landslide,” the new podcast about 1976 and the events that led up to President Jimmy Carter’s election. “It was a very fraught time and what Gerald Ford brought […]

Mark West, professor in the Department of English, was interviewed about his book ‘Theodore Roosevelt and His Library at Sagamore Hill’ by Steve Albrecht for the Safe Library’s Library 2.0 segment. Whether they have an interest in politics, military history, books, or the outdoors, readers can find something to relate to in Roosevelt’s story due […]

Steven Rogelberg, professor of management and psychology, was featured in the article ‘How to Use One-on-One Meetings to Increase Satisfaction and Results’ by Forbes. Rogelberg is the author of Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings, and says that although employees complain about having too many meetings, one-on-one meetings are “the meeting […]

Martha Kropf, professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, was quoted in the article ‘More than just annoying, NC voters should beware of fake and illegal campaign texts and robocalls’ by the Carolina Public Press.  With less than one month left until the North Carolina primary election, political campaigns will be increasing […]

Jack Scheff, assistant professor of geography and earth sciences, was interviewed for Spectrum News 1’s  ‘Recent data reveals the number of extremely cold weather days is shrinking.’ Cold snaps are shrinking by an average of six days across the United States due to climate change. Warmer winters can affect pests and some agricultural areas in […]