The Chicago Tribune interviewed Barbara Risman, UIC professor and head of sociology, in an article about a suburban spa that denied service to a woman due to her size. With “fat shaming, like…
Reuters quotes Dick Simpson, UIC professor of political science, in an article about the ongoing Chicago Teachers Union strike. https://reut.rs/2qDna6f
The Wall Street Journal quotes Andrew Rojecki, UIC associate professor of communication, in an article about a speech by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, the social-media platform’s content management and its influence on public discourse. …
Jane Rhodes, UIC professor and head of African American studies, was a featured guest on WBEZ’s “Reset” for a segment on the history of blackface and why it persists in popular culture today. http://bit.ly/2ofFBgE
The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy has published a profile on 2019 UIC alumnus Marvin Slaughter, who was an Honors College member, and double majored in political science and economics. …
In a Mother Jones magazine story, Amy Kate Bailey, UIC associate professor of sociology, delivers historical perspective on lynching and addresses the pattern of powerful men misusing the term as a metaphor. http://bit.ly/2BIzTXQ
The latest outlets to cover co-authored research from James Unwin, UIC assistant professor of physics, that suggests there could be a small black hole at the edge of the solar system in an…
The Center Square, which covers statehouse and statewide news in Illinois, quotes Chris Mooney, W. Russell Arrington professor of state politics at UIC, an article about yesterday’s FBI raid of the office of…
William Parkinson, UIC professor of anthropology and curator at the Field Museum of Natural History, is quoted in a Chicago Tribune article on the 100th anniversary of the Oriental Institute in Chicago and its…
A New York Times article about the rising popularity of “trapcorrido” music, which blends Mexican folk ballads with trap music influences, includes comments from Jennifer Jones, UIC assistant professor of sociology. Jones believes…