CRE² in the News

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.

Faculty affiliate Karen Joynt Maddox shares about the crisis in hospitals as care is being rationed due to the COVID19 pandemic.

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.

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

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.”

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.

Faculty affiliate, Rebecca Wanzo, shared her insights & expertise on the cultural & historical significance of the new film Candyman in a recent “The Root” article.

Faculty affiliate Travis Crum was cited in a recent MSNBC article discussing the passing of the historic John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act .

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.

Faculty affiliate Deanna Barch and colleagues’ research points to a lasting link between brain underdevelopment and poverty and associated factors (stress, etc).

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.

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Lisa de las Fuentes of Washington University School of Medicine is a co-investigator on a new $8.8 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant studying interaction of specific genes with demographic and lifestyle factors.

CRE2 Co-director Hedwig Lee, Faculty Affiliate Geoff Ward, and David Cunningham have co-edited a special edition of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences’ The Annals titled “Legacies of Racial Violence: Clarifying and Addressing the Presence of the Past”.

Faculty Affiliate Rafia Zafar co-edited a special issue of The African American Review on Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance and a leading advocate for Puerto Rican and Cuban independence from Spain.

Faculty Affiliate Patty Heyda was cited in a St. Louis Today article discussing the necessity of pairing zoning with good urban planning.

Faculty Affiliate Jean Allman will be one of the leading scholars in the African Institute, Sharjah’s Global Ghana initiative.

Faculty Affiliate Karen Joynt Maddox was cited in a Tennessee Tribune article discussing the necessity of increasing vaccination rates.

Preview of CRE2 Associate Director Dr. Cynthia Rogers recently published findings on neutral responses to racist threats.

Faculty Affiliate Rebecca Wanzo won Best Scholarly Work for her book The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging.

Co-director Hedy Lee presented that over-policing is “often targeted at people who have done nothing illegal” and leads “to chronic stress that puts wear and tear on the body over time”.