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Aug 23, 2024 New Professor Highlights Community and Context in Racism Research Gerald Higginbotham has received a major federal grant to establish a community support network for early-career Black social and personality psychologists. Read our story about his first year on faculty and his research and engagement on tough subjects such as gun ownership, identity politics and racism. Learn more
Aug 23, 2022 Higginbotham in APA Article: Anti-Black racism linked to lower support for some gun rights Racial Justice and Equity The American Psychological Assocation shares findings from post-doctoral scholar Gerald Higginbotham's research that racial resentment leads some to associate gun rights with white people. Learn more
Oct 26, 2020 Fountain and Gelsdorf: COVID, hunger are intertwined Research and Commentary Earlier this month, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nation’s World Food Programme. Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf and Galen Fountain discuss what that means in the era of COVID-19. READ IN THE DAILY PROGRESS
Aug 12, 2020 Food Security in the Age of COVID-19 Social Equity International and Global Affairs Many Americans take the stability of their food supply for granted, but the pandemic has revealed domestic and global weaknesses in our food systems, one Batten professor argues. Learn more