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CAS Faculty Books of 2023

College of Arts and Sciences faculty producing works of fiction and nonfiction, music, poetry, and more
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Russell Williams II, SOC/BA ’74, and Barry Josephson, SPA/BA ’78, on stage with  SOC Interim Dean Leena Jayaswal at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

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Change Can’t Wait on the Road: Los Angeles Highlights

Amidst the buzz of the 2024 film and television awards season, AU hosted a starry evening of its own in LA with a conversation about the power of storytelling in entertainment featuring faculty and alumni experts.
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Lauren Carruth, The Multispecies Sociality of Digestion and the Microbiopolitics of the Belly Among Somalis in Ethiopia

Lauren Carruth's new article in Medical Anthropology discusses Somalis’ gut epistemologies and concept of dacar, providing an ecological perspective on the multispecies nature of digestion and life itself.
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Guy Ziv, Netanyahu vs. The Generals: The Battle for Israel's Future

Guy Ziv's new book addresses the paradox of Netanyahu's reputation as a security-minded leader and Israeli security community's distrust with him.
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Simon Nicholson, Solar geoengineering research in the global public interest

Simon Nicholson's new published article in One Earth outlines a proposal for a global network of climate action research centers that would help produce solar geoengineering research.
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Samantha Bradshaw, An investigation of social media labeling decisions preceding the 2020 U.S. election

Samantha Bradshaw's new co-authored article in PLOS ONE is "An investigation of social media labeling decisions preceding the 2020 U.S. election."
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Derrick Cogburn, Towards an understanding of global ‘private ordering’ in ICANN

Derrick Cogburn's new co-authored article in the Journal of Cyber Policy is "Towards an understanding of global ‘private ordering’ in ICANN: text mining 23 years of Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) Decisions."
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Nathan Favero

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Why Does Race Matter?

SPA Professor Examines Representation Outcomes and the Beliefs of Public Managers
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Angela Pashayan, Development in Africa's Informal Settlements: Below the Proletariat

Angela Pashayan's new published book is Development in Africa's Informal Settlements: Below the Proletariat.
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Tamar Gutner, International Organizations in World Politics: Second Edition

Tamar Gutner's new published book is International Organizations in World Politics: Second Edition.
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