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We’re proud to share SSN's 2024–25 Annual Report. Check out our highlights from the past academic year on this thread. ⤵️
🔗 Read the full report: scholars.org/sites/schola...
We’re proud to share SSN's 2024–25 Annual Report. Check out our highlights from the past academic year on this thread. ⤵️
🔗 Read the full report: scholars.org/sites/schola...
In this @ajc.com op-ed, Nadia Behizadeh and Jonathan Peraza Campos (Georgia State University) argue that discussions about ICE are critical in classrooms, especially for students who feel fear over raids. They explain how schools can create environments where everyone can share concerns. ⤵️
Keeping immigrant students safe means talking about ICE
Students should have spaces to read, write and talk about what is happening in their lives, communities and the world, not ignore important issues.
www.ajc.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In this @ajc.com op-ed, Nadia Behizadeh and Jonathan Peraza Campos (Georgia State University) argue that discussions about ICE are critical in classrooms, especially for students who feel fear over raids. They explain how schools can create environments where everyone can share concerns. ⤵️
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We're thrilled to highlight Scholar Affiliate Dr. Ernesto Castañeda in the latest entry of our interview series: "¡Hablemos! With Dr. Ernesto Castañeda."
Learn more in the full interview here:
iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...
Learn more in the full interview here:
iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...
¡Hablemos! With Dr. Ernesto Castañeda - Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative
By Rick Tzompa Chimal Dr. Ernesto Castañeda is Professor of Sociology and Director of both the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies and the Immigration Lab at American University, where he inv...
iwbcollab.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We're thrilled to highlight Scholar Affiliate Dr. Ernesto Castañeda in the latest entry of our interview series: "¡Hablemos! With Dr. Ernesto Castañeda."
Learn more in the full interview here:
iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...
Learn more in the full interview here:
iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...
As nonprofits enter their busiest season, federal funding is uncertain.
In this No Jargon episode, @dyanamason.bsky.social of @uoregon.bsky.social explains how Trump's executive actions & funding freezes are disrupting essential services people rely on.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/when...
In this No Jargon episode, @dyanamason.bsky.social of @uoregon.bsky.social explains how Trump's executive actions & funding freezes are disrupting essential services people rely on.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/when...
December 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As nonprofits enter their busiest season, federal funding is uncertain.
In this No Jargon episode, @dyanamason.bsky.social of @uoregon.bsky.social explains how Trump's executive actions & funding freezes are disrupting essential services people rely on.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/when...
In this No Jargon episode, @dyanamason.bsky.social of @uoregon.bsky.social explains how Trump's executive actions & funding freezes are disrupting essential services people rely on.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/when...
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Continuing to talk about OPDV is the only way we will build momentum on it. I'm grateful to Scholars Strategy Network for their support in editing and pitching this piece, and i'm thrilled @msmagazine.com had the interest and resolve to publish it.
msmagazine.com/2025/12/11/p...
msmagazine.com/2025/12/11/p...
Police Officer Domestic Violence Is A Crisis. It’s Time for States to Take Action.
Intimate partner and domestic violence in police families, paired with oversight and policies, make officer-abusers a public safety threat.
msmagazine.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Continuing to talk about OPDV is the only way we will build momentum on it. I'm grateful to Scholars Strategy Network for their support in editing and pitching this piece, and i'm thrilled @msmagazine.com had the interest and resolve to publish it.
msmagazine.com/2025/12/11/p...
msmagazine.com/2025/12/11/p...
👟 🧠In this @hechingerreport.org op-ed, Debbie Hogan (@bostoncollege.bsky.social) explains how growing financial pressures in college sports are increasing mental health risks for student-athletes and why coaches need stronger mental health training.
Learn more from the piece:
Learn more from the piece:
OPINION: Colleges too often drop the ball on student-athlete mental health
Despite changes at the NCAA, conference and institutional levels to improve access to, education about and training for mental health services, they remain insufficient to meet the growing mental-heal...
hechingerreport.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
👟 🧠In this @hechingerreport.org op-ed, Debbie Hogan (@bostoncollege.bsky.social) explains how growing financial pressures in college sports are increasing mental health risks for student-athletes and why coaches need stronger mental health training.
Learn more from the piece:
Learn more from the piece:
"Who was she supposed to call for help? When things go sideways, you call 911. He was 911."
In this @msmagazine.com op-ed, Brian Stanley (@busph.bsky.social) explains why abuse rates are elevated in police families and why states must take action to better protect survivors. Read the full piece. 👇
In this @msmagazine.com op-ed, Brian Stanley (@busph.bsky.social) explains why abuse rates are elevated in police families and why states must take action to better protect survivors. Read the full piece. 👇
Police Officer Domestic Violence Is A Crisis. It’s Time for States to Take Action.
Intimate partner and domestic violence in police families, paired with oversight and policies, make officer-abusers a public safety threat.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Who was she supposed to call for help? When things go sideways, you call 911. He was 911."
In this @msmagazine.com op-ed, Brian Stanley (@busph.bsky.social) explains why abuse rates are elevated in police families and why states must take action to better protect survivors. Read the full piece. 👇
In this @msmagazine.com op-ed, Brian Stanley (@busph.bsky.social) explains why abuse rates are elevated in police families and why states must take action to better protect survivors. Read the full piece. 👇
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@whitneywells.bsky.social has also authored an op-ed with support of @scholars.org describing the importance of #paidleave for young families: scholars.org/contribution...
She was inspired by her own personal experiences & her research @amjepi.bsky.social on this topic: doi.org/10.1093/aje/... 2/2
She was inspired by her own personal experiences & her research @amjepi.bsky.social on this topic: doi.org/10.1093/aje/... 2/2
Paid Family Leave Can Be a Lifeline
A week before I gave birth last February, the research team I work with published a study in a prominent scientific journal on how paid family leave affects maternal and child health. The study found ...
scholars.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@whitneywells.bsky.social has also authored an op-ed with support of @scholars.org describing the importance of #paidleave for young families: scholars.org/contribution...
She was inspired by her own personal experiences & her research @amjepi.bsky.social on this topic: doi.org/10.1093/aje/... 2/2
She was inspired by her own personal experiences & her research @amjepi.bsky.social on this topic: doi.org/10.1093/aje/... 2/2
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It's been a super rewarding semester of teaching this fall!
I spoke with the Washington Post about administering oral exams for the first time in my Intro Data Science class - to combat AI use. Happy to chat with folks thinking about doing something similar:
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
I spoke with the Washington Post about administering oral exams for the first time in my Intro Data Science class - to combat AI use. Happy to chat with folks thinking about doing something similar:
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Professors are turning to this old-school method to stop AI use on exams
A small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful AI platforms.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It's been a super rewarding semester of teaching this fall!
I spoke with the Washington Post about administering oral exams for the first time in my Intro Data Science class - to combat AI use. Happy to chat with folks thinking about doing something similar:
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
I spoke with the Washington Post about administering oral exams for the first time in my Intro Data Science class - to combat AI use. Happy to chat with folks thinking about doing something similar:
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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"Well over 90 percent of Indians are worried about global warming. Indian leaders must tap into this extremely high level of social awareness to respond to the demands from youth movements for socially just climate resilience and adaptation." #COP30 #ClimateAction thediplomat.com/2025/12/indi...
India’s Climate Diplomacy Must Account for Domestic Inequalities
Economic liberalization in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change.
thediplomat.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"Well over 90 percent of Indians are worried about global warming. Indian leaders must tap into this extremely high level of social awareness to respond to the demands from youth movements for socially just climate resilience and adaptation." #COP30 #ClimateAction thediplomat.com/2025/12/indi...
Last month, several authors released a policy brief on why social determinants of health should be assessed in forensic mental health settings. The brief offers guided questions to help practitioners better support youth with juvenile legal involvement.
🔗 Read: scholars.org/contribution...
🔗 Read: scholars.org/contribution...
December 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Last month, several authors released a policy brief on why social determinants of health should be assessed in forensic mental health settings. The brief offers guided questions to help practitioners better support youth with juvenile legal involvement.
🔗 Read: scholars.org/contribution...
🔗 Read: scholars.org/contribution...
If you missed our event yesterday, you can still catch the recording! Hear practical tips for empowering students to engage in state legislative advocacy. 👇
🔗 Watch the recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRok...
🔗 Watch the recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRok...
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If you missed our event yesterday, you can still catch the recording! Hear practical tips for empowering students to engage in state legislative advocacy. 👇
🔗 Watch the recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRok...
🔗 Watch the recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRok...
Riley Gaines has become a main figure in the anti-trans movement. @zeinmurib.bsky.social (Fordham) & Ronnee Schreiber (SDSU) comment on how her message fits the broader right-wing project.
Learn more from @msjpauly.bsky.social, @motherjones.com & @pablo.show:
Learn more from @msjpauly.bsky.social, @motherjones.com & @pablo.show:
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Riley Gaines has become a main figure in the anti-trans movement. @zeinmurib.bsky.social (Fordham) & Ronnee Schreiber (SDSU) comment on how her message fits the broader right-wing project.
Learn more from @msjpauly.bsky.social, @motherjones.com & @pablo.show:
Learn more from @msjpauly.bsky.social, @motherjones.com & @pablo.show:
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Over the past 15 years, one influential strand of inclusive pedagogy—nested inside the broader DEI movement—became a genuinely powerful cultural force in higher education. And like most cultural movements that succeed, it achieved real and lasting accomplishments.
“Win-Win” Pedagogy Is Impossible (opinion)
Teaching choices—about a laptop ban, for instance—involve trade-offs, and that’s OK.
www.insidehighered.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Over the past 15 years, one influential strand of inclusive pedagogy—nested inside the broader DEI movement—became a genuinely powerful cultural force in higher education. And like most cultural movements that succeed, it achieved real and lasting accomplishments.
In this No Jargon ep, @mirandayaver.bsky.social draws on her research & personal experience to explain what rising healthcare costs mean for communities and previews her forthcoming book "Coverage Denied" on the impact of coverage denials on patient health.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/risi...
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/risi...
December 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
In this No Jargon ep, @mirandayaver.bsky.social draws on her research & personal experience to explain what rising healthcare costs mean for communities and previews her forthcoming book "Coverage Denied" on the impact of coverage denials on patient health.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/risi...
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/risi...
🗣️ 🗣️ Happening in one hour! You don't want to miss this Q&A. Register now. 👇👇👇
Join us for a Q&A session tomorrow at 1pm ET with a few of the authors of "ENACTing Change: A Handbook for Teaching Advocacy and Civic Engagement." This session will provide examples of how to bring civic engagement into the classroom!
🔗 Register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...
🔗 Register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🗣️ 🗣️ Happening in one hour! You don't want to miss this Q&A. Register now. 👇👇👇
A new report shows Tennesseans increasingly relying on telehealth to obtain abortion care after the state’s ban. @ushma.bsky.social, report co-chair, says telehealth has become “a lifeline” for people seeking care in states with bans
Read from @anitawadhwani.bsky.social, @tennesseelookout.com:
Read from @anitawadhwani.bsky.social, @tennesseelookout.com:
Report: after abortion ban, Tennesseans increasingly rely on telehealth to terminate pregnancies • Tennessee Lookout
Tennesseans obtained abortions during the first half of 2025 through telehealth visits with healthcare providers in other states.
tennesseelookout.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A new report shows Tennesseans increasingly relying on telehealth to obtain abortion care after the state’s ban. @ushma.bsky.social, report co-chair, says telehealth has become “a lifeline” for people seeking care in states with bans
Read from @anitawadhwani.bsky.social, @tennesseelookout.com:
Read from @anitawadhwani.bsky.social, @tennesseelookout.com:
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TODAY! Looking forward to this Q&A with @robglover.bsky.social et al
ENACT empowers students to be active participants in the democratic process by connecting with policymakers and community orgs, conducting research and analysis, and informing public policy with evidence and expertise 📍
ENACT empowers students to be active participants in the democratic process by connecting with policymakers and community orgs, conducting research and analysis, and informing public policy with evidence and expertise 📍
Join us for a Q&A session tomorrow at 1pm ET with a few of the authors of "ENACTing Change: A Handbook for Teaching Advocacy and Civic Engagement." This session will provide examples of how to bring civic engagement into the classroom!
🔗 Register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...
🔗 Register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...
December 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
TODAY! Looking forward to this Q&A with @robglover.bsky.social et al
ENACT empowers students to be active participants in the democratic process by connecting with policymakers and community orgs, conducting research and analysis, and informing public policy with evidence and expertise 📍
ENACT empowers students to be active participants in the democratic process by connecting with policymakers and community orgs, conducting research and analysis, and informing public policy with evidence and expertise 📍
Last week, SCOTUS heard arguments in a case involving faith-based pregnancy centers. In this @pbsnews.org segment, @carrienbaker.bsky.social explains how these centers operate, why patients can be misled, and why their lack of medical licensing and privacy protections raise serious concerns.
Rise of crisis pregnancy centers highlights shift in anti-abortion movement
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Last week, SCOTUS heard arguments in a case involving faith-based pregnancy centers. In this @pbsnews.org segment, @carrienbaker.bsky.social explains how these centers operate, why patients can be misled, and why their lack of medical licensing and privacy protections raise serious concerns.
Join us for a Q&A session tomorrow at 1pm ET with a few of the authors of "ENACTing Change: A Handbook for Teaching Advocacy and Civic Engagement." This session will provide examples of how to bring civic engagement into the classroom!
🔗 Register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...
🔗 Register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...
December 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Join us for a Q&A session tomorrow at 1pm ET with a few of the authors of "ENACTing Change: A Handbook for Teaching Advocacy and Civic Engagement." This session will provide examples of how to bring civic engagement into the classroom!
🔗 Register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...
🔗 Register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...
As Texas takes center stage in the national redistricting battle, Wisconsin faces two lawsuits over its congressional maps. @bcburden.bsky.social (@uwmadison.bsky.social) explains whether the maps favor Republicans and what courts may decide in this @pbswisconsin.bsky.social l interview.
📽️ Watch. ⤵️
📽️ Watch. ⤵️
Barry Burden on lawsuits over Wisconsin's congressional maps
Barry Burden on two lawsuits that seek to redraw Wisconsin's congressional district maps.
pbswisconsin.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
As Texas takes center stage in the national redistricting battle, Wisconsin faces two lawsuits over its congressional maps. @bcburden.bsky.social (@uwmadison.bsky.social) explains whether the maps favor Republicans and what courts may decide in this @pbswisconsin.bsky.social l interview.
📽️ Watch. ⤵️
📽️ Watch. ⤵️
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In my new article for @theconversation.com, I share findings from 20 years of data showing how faith is changing in Latin America — in ways many wouldn’t expect: theconversation.com/yes-to-god-b...
‘Yes’ to God, but ‘no’ to church – what religious change looks like for many Latin Americans
Protestant churches’ growth in Latin America gets lots of attention, but another important shift is happening, too: people leaving organized religion altogether.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In my new article for @theconversation.com, I share findings from 20 years of data showing how faith is changing in Latin America — in ways many wouldn’t expect: theconversation.com/yes-to-god-b...
"As long as the prison system exists, there will be criminalized survivors. The only way to ensure that criminalized survivors are not punished by the criminal legal system is to eliminate that system," writes @leighgoodmark.bsky.social in this @truthout.org piece. ⤵️
As a pragmatic abolitionist, I'll use any tool I can to get people out of prison. But laws decreasing sentences for/allowing for resentencing of criminalized survivors are not everything we need to prevent injustice. We need for survivors not to be prosecuted at all. Mine @truthout.org.
New Pennsylvania Law Seeks to Aid Abuse Survivors Who Resist — But Is It Enough?
Laws to help “criminalized survivors” who fight back against their abusers often merely reduce their prison time.
truthout.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"As long as the prison system exists, there will be criminalized survivors. The only way to ensure that criminalized survivors are not punished by the criminal legal system is to eliminate that system," writes @leighgoodmark.bsky.social in this @truthout.org piece. ⤵️
💉 In this @us.theconversation.com op-ed, @sefyfe.bsky.social and @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social explain how “off-label” use — using an FDA-approved product for a different purpose or population than it was approved for — can help people access the COVID-19 vaccine.
Read their piece. ⤵️
Read their piece. ⤵️
Off-label use of COVID-19 vaccines was once discouraged but has become common amid new guidelines
A cascade of changes to eligibility guidelines for the updated COVID-19 vaccines left Americans unsure whether they could still get the shot. That’s where off-label use comes in.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
💉 In this @us.theconversation.com op-ed, @sefyfe.bsky.social and @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social explain how “off-label” use — using an FDA-approved product for a different purpose or population than it was approved for — can help people access the COVID-19 vaccine.
Read their piece. ⤵️
Read their piece. ⤵️
In this policy brief, Ethan Evans (California State University, Sacramento) outlines how a secession measure could reach California’s 2028 ballot and why an independent commission is needed to study the Calexit proposal.
Read the brief: scholars.org/contribution...
Read the brief: scholars.org/contribution...
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In this policy brief, Ethan Evans (California State University, Sacramento) outlines how a secession measure could reach California’s 2028 ballot and why an independent commission is needed to study the Calexit proposal.
Read the brief: scholars.org/contribution...
Read the brief: scholars.org/contribution...
"Research with Jewish college students suggests that changing minds...demands grappling with the fundamentally different moral frameworks through which people interpret this violence," writes @amyadamczyk.bsky.social in this @religiondispatches.org op-ed.
Read the piece. ⤵️
Read the piece. ⤵️
To Persuade Pro-Israel Jews in the US and Israel Requires an Understanding of the Moral Frameworks that Guide Them
Donald Trump’s Gaza “peace plan,” endorsed last week by the UN Security Council, has been met with skepticism from a number of the conflict’s more astute observers. Outlining steps toward ceasefire an...
religiondispatches.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Research with Jewish college students suggests that changing minds...demands grappling with the fundamentally different moral frameworks through which people interpret this violence," writes @amyadamczyk.bsky.social in this @religiondispatches.org op-ed.
Read the piece. ⤵️
Read the piece. ⤵️