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Can the Democratic Party Retain its Hold on Black Voters?

September 7, 2015

The Atlantic | Features research by Claudine Gay, Jennifer Hochschild, and Ariel R. White (Ph.D. candidate in Government) and by Jennifer Hochschild and Vesla M. Weaver (Ph.D. '07) of Yale University.



Mayor Walsh and Police Commissioner Evans Announce Additional Steps to Curb Gun Violence

September 9, 2015

City of Boston—Mayor's Office | Highlights findings of Anthony Braga (Rutgers) and David M. Hureau (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy) in their report, "The Sources of Boston Crime Guns."  This work is also the basis of their article, "Strong Gun Laws Are Not Enough: The Need for Improved Enforcement of Secondhand Gun Transfer Laws in Massachusetts," forthcoming in Preventative Medicine.



'Nudge' your way to better government management

September 17, 2015

FCW—The Lectern | Highlights study by Elizabeth Linos, Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy, in which a simple message intervention improved performance of minority applicants for jobs with the British police.



Michael Hankinson awarded TESS and JCHS grants to investigate political behavior and the housing affordability crisis

October 4, 2015

Awardee | Michael Hankinson, Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy.... Read more about Michael Hankinson awarded TESS and JCHS grants to investigate political behavior and the housing affordability crisis



How Unions Boost Democratic Partcipation

September 16, 2015

The American Prospect | Cites research by James Feigenbaum, Ph.D. candidate in Economics, on impact of union membership on voting activity, and earlier estimates by Richard Freeman.



Taking Nothing for Granted

October 13, 2015

GSAS Bulletin | Anthony Jack, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, profiled: "How one GSAS student challenges assumptions about the undergraduate experience."



The trick that could get Republicans behind redistribution

October 31, 2015

Salon | Piece by Sean McElwee of Demos cites new study by Theda Skocpol and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy) on interest mobilization and party coalitions in U.S. tax politics. View original study►



Why men get all the credit when they work with women

November 13, 2015

Washington Post | Heather Sarsons (Ph.D. candidate in Economics) has found that female economists who co-author papers with men pay a significant penalty in their tenure prospects that their male counterparts do not.
View the research by Heather Sarsons ▶ 



Electing to Ignore the Poorest of the Poor

November 17, 2015

The New York Times | Quotes William Julius Wilson, Matthew Desmond, Robert Sampson, and Kristin Perkins (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy). 

Also highlights the launch of a new peer-reviewed, open-access journal, The Russell Sage Foundation Journal in the Social Sciences, which leads with a two-volume issue, 'Severe Deprivation in America', edited by Matthew Desmond and featuring articles by Inequality & Social Policy affiliates Christopher Wimer (Ph.D. '07), Kristin L. Perkins and Robert J. Sampson, Bruce Western, and David J. Harding (Ph.D. '05).
Severe Deprivation in America: Issue 1 ▶
Severe Deprivation in America: Issue 2 ▶



Ariel White named a Harvard Horizons Scholar

December 10, 2015

Awardee | Ariel R. White (Ph.D. candidate in Government) has been selected one of eight Harvard Horizons Scholars for 2016—"PhD students whose ideas, innovations, and insights have the potential to reshape their disciplines." Ariel will present her research, Voter Behavior in the Shadow of Punitive Policies, at a university-wide symposium to be held in Sanders Theater on April 5, 2016. Read more about her work ►

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