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Mohammed Abu-Nimer Wins Peace Educator-Scholar Award

Mohammed Abu-Nimer has been awarded the Peace Educator-Scholar Award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association.
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Pioneering a Better System for Health and Nutrition in America

Dr. Stacey Snelling, a leading nutrition scholar at American University, advances public health through nutrition education, behavior change, and equitable food systems connecting policy, community, and education.
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How Israel’s Military Reservists Have Fought for its Democracy

SIS professor Guy Ziv answers a few questions about his new research article on Israeli military reservists’ resistance to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s legal overhaul.
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From Disadvantage to Advantage: Helping Children and Educators Successfully Navigate Learning Disabilities

From early detection to innovative teaching, AU’s Dr. Belson is helping educators unlock the potential of every learner.
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Susanna Campbell and Jordan Tama, Bridging the Gap in International Relations

Susanna Campbell and Jordan Tama's new book chapter discusses competing perspectives on whether scholars should seek to bridge the gap between research and policy.
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Derrick Cogburn, Uncovering policy priorities for disability inclusion: NLP and LLM approaches to analyzing CRPD state reports

SIS Professor Derrick Cogburn's new article in Data & Policy shows the potential of generative AI tools and large language models to spotlight global policy trends and gaps.
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Dana Fisher, Up and Down With… Polarisation? Intrinsic and Instrumental Polarisation Dynamics in US Climate Policy Debates

Dana Fisher's new co-authored article in Politics and Governance explores what has driven the polarization around climate policymaking in the US.
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In Man Up, Cynthia Miller-Idriss Leans In

The new book from PERIL’s founding director digs into the gendered dimensions of violent extremism
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Anastassiya Perevezentseva, Swimming against the populist tide: lessons from Central and Eastern Europe

SIS PhD candidate Anastassiya Perevezentseva's new article in Frontiers in Political Science explores social movements and democracy in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Nanette Levinson, Geopolitics at the Internet's Core

Nanette Levinson's new co-authored book illuminates how technical infrastructure is now a proxy for political and economic power.
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