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Former Congressman James Langevin to serve as visiting scholar at URI - Following his retirement from the U.S. Congress, Langevin has been appointed a visiting scholar in the Department of Political Science.
URI professor discusses Jan. 6-style unrest in Brazil - ‘All eyes are on military leaders right now,’ says political scientist Ashlea Rundlett as Brazil navigates a fragile moment for its democratic institutions.
URI professor’s new book looks at internal divisions in Ukraine that contributed to current conflict with Russia - In 2014, URI Professor Nicolai Petro had a front-row seat to a revolution in Ukraine that contributed to the current war with Russia. His book explores a 150-year history of destabilization.
Award-winning book explores environmental work of Afro-Puerto Rican women - In her award-winning book, anthropologist Hilda Lloréns chronicles the lives of women in Puerto Rico who draw on deep cultural knowledge to navigate myriad environmental challenges from industrial pollution to disasters like hurricanes Irma and Maria.
URI research team launches world’s largest global human rights dataset - The massive new dataset, soon to be freely available online, aims to help researchers objectively evaluate respect for human rights the world over.
Faculty Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Spotlight
Madison Jones on Deep Mapping, Environmental Advocacy, and Science Writing - Madison Jones won a 2022 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award for his co-authored article “Deep Mapping for Environmental Communication Design." The article shares lessons from designing and producing EcoTour, a multimedia environmental advocacy project that takes place in Paynes Prairie State Park in Gainesville, Florida.
James Horban on Bringing URI to the Forefront of Lighting Technologies in Theatre - James Horban, assistant professor of Theatre, was the recipient of a Champlin grant for new equipment and lights. "Our awarded grant will add a large quantity of cutting-edge lighting instruments to our inventory," he says, "opening new interfaces between live performance, technical mastery, and community outreach."
Melissa Villa Nicholas on a Latinx History of Technology - Assistant Professor of Library and Information Studies Melissa Villa Nicholas' latest book, Latinas on the Line, was published by Rutgers Press in January. Using archives and oral history from Latinas who had been telephone operators and information workers for decades, it builds a Latinx history of technology.
Dr. Niku T’arhechu T’arhesi on Language - Dr. Niku T’arhechu T’arhesi, Multicultural Postdoctoral Fellow in Indigenous Studies of the Americas, studies how language works at the cognitive, grammatical, and interactional levels and has worked on P’urhépecha, a Mesoamerican language unrelated to any other language.
Justin Wyatt on the Legacy of Film Director Robert Altman - Justin Wyatt, associate professor of communication studies, journalism, and film/media has a new book out titled ReFocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman.