Faculty affiliate Dr. Sean Joe initiative “HomeGrown STL” has formed a Regional Steering Committee of 25 senior-level decision-makers from across the region to address the critical issues impacting Black boys & young men in the STL region.
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Clever Urban Planning May Protect the Cognitive Health of Aging Populations (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Michael Esposito shared his recent research with My Modern Met . He discussed the connections between urban planning and cognitive health, and how those connections are shaped by race, gender and socioeconomic status.
WUSTL Gets $17M NCI Cancer Moonshot Grant to Study Cancer Genetics in Underserved Groups (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Bettina Drake and colleagues have received a $17 million National Cancer Institute grant that has a special focus on improving the diversity of research participants.
New database highlights underrepresented scholars of African archaeology (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Helina Woldekiros and her collaborators recently launched a new open-access database collects and shares publications on African archaeology , broadly defined, by African and Afrodescendant scholars.
Lai to evaluate diversity training for law enforcement (Links to an external site)
Congrats to faculty affiliate Calvin Lai ! Dr. Lai has received a grant from the Department of Justice that will support his evaluation of a diversity training program for thousands of law enforcement members.
“Study: Higher COVID rates seen in MO counties housing large prison populations” (Links to an external site)
Postdoctoral affiliate Savannah Larimore conducted a #COVID19 study that found that counties with more incarcerated people had higher infection rates.
“Why many say the group redrawing Missouri’s legislative districts is doomed to fail” (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Travis Crum shared his expertise with the MO House redistricting commission.
Partisanship, the economy and presidential accountability (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Andrew Reeves has just published new research with colleagues that suggests “that presidential accountability is still alive”.
Analyzing mass incarceration (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Sean Joe wrote a piece in Science Magazine analyzing mass incarceration and the data problems that need to be addressed to create evidence-based reforms.
COVID-19 pandemic: The impact on undocumented US families (Links to an external site)
Co-director Hedwig Lee shared her expertise in health disparities in a recent Medical News Today article discussing the particular barriers to COVID19 care and vaccination experienced by undocumented people.
Psychotic experiences in children predict genetic risk for mental disorders (Links to an external site)
Faculty Affiliate Deanna Barch ‘s new research shows that genetic risk for mental disorders is associated with brain structure and the occurrence of psychotic-like experiences in 9- and 10-year-old children.
How incarceration damages families (Links to an external site)
Co-director Hedwig Lee will be on St. Louis on the Air on Friday to discuss the collateral damage of the Criminal Justice system, which she discussed in the review she recently co-authored: “Assessing mass incarceration’s effects on families”.
Faculty Affiliate Wins Award from American Historical Association (Links to an external site)
Congratulations to faculty affiliate Douglas Flowe for his recent award from the American Historical Association for his newest book “Uncontrollable Blackness: African American Men and Criminality in Jim Crow New York” !
“Assessing mass incarceration’s effects on families” (Links to an external site)
Co-Director Hedwig Lee co-authored a review that exposes the harm mass incarceration has on families and advocates for family-friendly interventions.
Americanist Dinner Forum: Confronting Slavery & Higher Education in St. Louis | Nov 4th @ 5PM (Links to an external site)
WashU & Slavery director Geoff Ward, Dr. Kelly Schmidt and Prof. Bryan Jack for a discussion of STL Universities Studying Slavery.
“More than 100 St. Louis children participate in Washington University Moderna vaccine trial” (Links to an external site)
Faculty Affiliate Jason Newland & the entire team at the Washington University School of Medicine are playing a key part in the vaccine trials for children under 12 years old.
A hypothetical-filled argument proves how tricky it is to define an “occasion” (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Daniel Harawa of Washington University School of Law wrote an argument analysis in SCOTUSblog discussing the recent case, Wooden v. United States.
Indigenous Knowledge & Sustainability (Links to an external site)
Faulty affiliate Kellie Thompson, director of the Brown School’s Kathryn M. Buder American Indian Studies Center, is organizing an “Indigenous Knowledge & Sustainability” forum that was highlighted by STL Public Radio .
Latina artists in St. Louis use art to express shared connections with Black Americans (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Karma Frierson shared her expertise on the doubly marginalized experience of AfroLatinx people in a recent STL Public Radio piece. Read more here:
Prof John Baugh Delivers Web Talk On Linguistic Imperialism And Linguistic Profiling (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate and renown linguist John Baugh gave an international web talk at Aligarh Muslim University in India titled “Linguistic Imperialism and Linguistic Profiling in Global Perspective”.
WashU faculty look to advance scholarship on legacies of racial violence (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliates Geoff Ward and David Cunningham and Co-director Hedwig Lee have co-edited a special issue of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science titled “Legacies of Racial Violence: Clarifying and Addressing the Presence of the Past”.
Ssewamala receives $3.2M to address HIV stigma among Ugandan teens (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Fred Ssewamala was recently awarded a $3.2 million grant by the National Institute of Mental Health to address HIV stigma’s impact on low rates of medication adherence and viral suppression among adolescents in Uganda.
Missing People and the Politics of Worthiness (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate, Rebecca Wanzo, shared her expertise in a local news piece discussing the ways American media bestows a lack of worthiness on POC and LGBTQ people through her juxtaposition of the Gabby Petito case with the cases of missing POC and LGBTQ people.
Expanding Epidemiological Risk Testing (Links to an external site)
Genetic Technologies Limited, a Genomics/AI health business, announced a collaboration with Washington University Institute of Public Health and faculty affiliate and world-renowned epidemiologist Graham Colditz to enable expanded risk testing for populations of African descent.
Making Vaccine and Pandemic Information Accessible (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate, Julia López, and her other Washington University School of Medicine Infectious Diseases Division Spanish-speaking colleagues are participating in STL Juntos : a STL organization that helps connect Spanish speakers w/ both resources to navigate the pandemic & health professionals.
WashU & Slavery Seeks Postdoctoral Fellow (Links to an external site)
The WashU & Slavery Project is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to help advance collaborative project research, teaching, and engagement and work closely with the project director and participating faculty, staff, and students. For more information and to apply go to the position announcement here.
A Scholar in the Game (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate and small grant recipient, Noah Cohan discusses his project Whereas Hoop and the lack of basketball courts in Forest Park, “The problem… is systemic racism, along with… redlining.”
Vaccine Trials and Studies in Local Schools (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Jason Newland is working with the National Institute of Health and CDC to complete COVID-19 Vaccine trials and testing studies in local school districts.
Concerns as Hospitals Continue to be Overburdened (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Karen Joynt Maddox shares about the crisis in hospitals as care is being rationed due to the COVID19 pandemic.
“Everyone focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court. But state supreme courts affect as many rights and lives.” (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate James Gibson was recently interviewed in the Washington Post about the overlooked significance of state supreme courts in shaping the rights and lives of people.
Panel Discussion: Hostile Terrain 94 (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Ila Sheren shared her expertise in a panel discussion on “Hostile Terrain 94”: a global pop-up exhibition that gives representation to the thousands of migrants who died crossing the US–Mexico border since the mid-1990s. Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/sheren-cre2
Butler-Barnes receives NSF grant to study impact of racial violence (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Sheretta Butler-Barnes has received a three-year $697,914 National Science Foundation grant for a project titled “Collaborative Research: Black Parents’ Racial Socialization Competencies and Youth Outcomes in Response to Racial Violence.”
“We’re losing generations” (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate and national expert on Black suicide Dr. Sean Joe speaks to the need to address the growing crisis of suicide among young people of color.
“Black Horror Scholars Tell The Root What You Should Know About Candyman” (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate, Rebecca Wanzo, shared her insights & expertise on the cultural & historical significance of the new film Candyman in a recent “The Root” article.
“Dems’ Voting Rights Act update is very good — and maybe too late” (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Travis Crum was cited in a recent MSNBC article discussing the passing of the historic John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act .
Addressing Rising Rates of Gestational Diabetes, Especially Among POCs (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Ebony Carter discussed the pressing need to curb the increasing rates of gestational diabetes, particularly in pregnant people from racial and ethnic minority populations,” in a recent, co-authored editorial.
Scans show the physical marks of poverty on kids’ brains (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Deanna Barch and colleagues’ research points to a lasting link between brain underdevelopment and poverty and associated factors (stress, etc).
Understanding the Afghanistan Crisis (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate William Nomikos offers his expertise in post-conflict power-sharing agreements and factors that increase the likelihood of success in helping others understand the crisis in Afghanistan.
Acree Appointed Interim Co-director of Race, Equity center (Links to an external site)
We are thrilled to announce William Acree, professor of Spanish, has been appointed to interim Co-director of our Center. Acree has served as an associate director since Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced our center’s founding in 2019.
Delta Variant Complicates Return to In-Person Schooling (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Dr. Jason Newland offers his insights into the ways the new delta variant may complicate plans for in-person learning in St. Louis this fall.
“Why is it OK to be mean to the ugly?” (Links to an external site)
In a recent article, co-director Dr. Hedwig Lee and colleagues provide empirical evidence of “the earnings gap between people perceived as attractive and unattractive rivals or exceeds the earnings gap between white and Black adults”.
Attempts to Reform the Supreme Court (Links to an external site)
Dr. Andrew Reeves offers his expertise in public perceptions of presidential power in a piece discussing Biden’s attempts to form a commission of scholars and experts to explore forming the Supreme Court.
It’s time for change (Links to an external site)
CRE2 faculty affiliates, David Cunninghan, Hedy Lee, and Geoff Warddiscuss the social movement against police brutality taking place across the nation and the world and the role of histories of racial violence in these events.
Possibilities for Stability in Post-Conflict Areas (Links to an external site)
In a recent news release, Dr. William Nomikos, Assistant Professor of Political Science, provides critical insights into how the International community can maintain stability in various post-conflict areas, including Israel and Gaza.
CRE<sup>2</sup> Co-Director featured on podcast about his 2019 book (Links to an external site)
Interim Co-Director, William Acree, was interviewed for the podcast New Books Network, where he discussed his 2019 book, Staging Frontiers: The making of modern popular culture in Argentina and Uruguay with Professor Candela Marini from MSOE University
The ‘Art of Demonizing Black men’ (Links to an external site)
As police violence continues to be so pervasive, Co-director of CRE2, Dr. Hedwig Lee, partnered with scholars at Rutgers University and the University of Michigan in exploring the race and ethnic disparities in police murders.
Navigating an Increasingly Vaccinated World (Links to an external site)
With more Americans getting vaccinated, people are seeking social groups– connecting through shared experiences, including adversity. Dr. Hedwig Lee, Co-Director of CRE2 , offers some sociological insights into how people are navigating an increasingly vaccinated world.
Building Diverse Data Resources (Links to an external site)
Faculty affiliate Dr. Joyce Balls-Berry has joined the leadership team of the All of Us Research Program, a NIH initiative to build a large, detailed biomedical data resource that reflects the breadth & diversity of the U.S. population.
Unexpected Benefits of Remote Learning for Black Students (Links to an external site)
Dr. Sheretta Butler-Barneslends her expertise in understanding the potential upsides of remote learning for Black students in a local news release.
CRE2 Welcomes Chancellor’s Career Fellow
We are excited to welcome Princess Offei-Dua, a Chancellor’s Career Fellow. The Chancellor’s Career Fellowship was launched in 2020 to provide “undergraduates with career-oriented opportunities without financial limitations. Among the 61 students selected for the inaugural class of fellows”. Princess is a rising junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and is majoring in sociology.