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Hanson on Digital Technology
Prof. Jarice Hanson (communication) is an expert on how digital technologies are shaping new behavior and changing the world by enabling grassroots political movements such as Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party movement, Democracy movements in the Arab World, and more. Recently she was interviewed on WGBY's "Connecting Point." Watch the discussion.
Happy Holidays from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Dean Robert Feldman wishes all of you a very happy holiday season in his annual e-card. View the card...
Idle Cash Could Cut Joblessness Nearly in Half
U.S. commercial banks and large nonfinancial corporations have been carrying huge cash hoards and other liquid assets, totaling $1.4 trillion. At the same time, small businesses have been locked out of credit markets, preventing them from expanding, according to a new report from the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI). Read more...
CPPA Launches Development Project with 2-Year Grant
The Center for Public Policy and Administration is collaborating on a Springfield economic and community development project funded through a two-year, $200,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant. The Wellspring Initiative aims to create entry-level jobs and improve living conditions in several neighborhoods. Read more... Watch newsclip at WWLP-TV... Listen to broadcast at WAMC...
Family Research Seeks 2012-13 Scholars
The Center for Research on Families (CRF) is accepting applications to the Family Research Scholars Program for 2012-13. The deadline for applying is January 13. The program provides a course release and other support for up to six faculty members to produce and submit a major grant proposal in collaboration with the Center. Since 2003, the Family Research Scholars Program has sponsored 120 proposals submitted by 44 faculty members. Read more...
Poll Finds Dead Heat in Senate Matchup
The first political poll conducted by UMass Amherst as part of the iSurvey Project has received extensive news coverage. The poll, run by political scientists Brian Schaffner and Raymond La Raja, finds that Elizabeth Warren, the leading Democrat in the field of challengers to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, is running even with, or perhaps ahead of, Brown in a potential matchup next fall. Warren leads Brown among registered voters in the poll, 43 to 39 percent. The survey was conducted by YouGov America. Read more...
Five-Year MPP Program Launched
The Center for Public Policy and Administration is accepting applications for its new accelerated Master of Public Policy (MPP) program. The MPP is a 36-credit interdisciplinary degree that integrates theoretical learning with opportunities for practical applications, giving students a “master’s in relevance.” Current Five College juniors and seniors are invited to apply. Read more...
Liar, Liar, Hard Drive on Fire
A new study by Dean Robert S. Feldman, professor of psychology, and Mattityahu Zimbler, a graduate student, finds that communication using computers for instant messaging and e-mail increases lying compared to face-to-face conversations. It also finds that e-mail messages are most likely to contain lies. The October issue of the Journal of Applied Social Psychology published their results, which were covered widely in the popular media. Click here for a sample listing.
Combat Camera
To make his way into the hypercompetitive world of photojournalism Ben Brody ’12 (journalism) took a less obvious road: he joined the Army.
As a soldier and combat photographer, Brody served two tours of duty in Iraq between 2005 and 2008. Brody’s work is on view now in the Student Union Art Gallery, through November 19, in “Creative Expressions: An Exhibit by War Veterans,” part of the Fine Arts Center’s War Veterans Commemoration. Read more...
CPPA Wins National Social Equity Award
The Center for Public Policy and Administration (CPPA) has been recognized as top in country when it comes to social equity research, teaching and service. The distinction comes from the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. Its Social Equity Award, new this year, was created to honor a public affairs, public administration and/or public policy program with a comprehensive approach to integrating social equity into its academic and practical work. Read more...
Fountain Appointed Vice Chair, Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government
The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland, has appointed Jane Fountain (political science and public policy) to be vice chair of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government. Fountain served as chair of the Council last year (chairs may serve for only one year), leading sessions at Davos and in Vienna where a major report of the Council, "The Future of Government: Lessons Learned from around the World", was launched last June. Read more...
SBS Economists to Advise Senator on Fed Reserve Reform
Robert Pollin and Gerald Epstein, co-directors of the Political Economy Research Institute, and research associate Jane D’Arista are part of a panel of 12 internationally known experts, including Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, who will advise Sen. Bernie Sanders on legislation he is drafting to reform the Federal Reserve. Read more...
Students Facing Overwhelming Debt
Going to college used to be the key to a successful future, but for many students across the country, college is leaving them with thousands of dollars of student debt and fewer job prospects. A WWLP 22 News clip on the subject features Ben Taylor '12 (political science) and PhD candidate Anastasia Wilson '11 (economics).
Globe Columnist Cullen Pens Article on President Caret
The Sunday 10/16 edition of the Boston Globe featured a great article by columnist Kevin Cullen '81 (journalism) on new UMass President Robert Caret's recent bus tour of the state. Two memorable quotes: "He is good at what he does because he never forgot where he came from." "Bob Caret has to change more than minds. He has to change a culture." Read the article...
Save the Date for Two Special SBS Events
During Homecoming Weekend, on November 5, 2011 two special SBS events will take place. The 4th Annual Cole Lecture in Contemporary Issues, funded by Robert C. Cole Jr. ’59 (psychology) and his wife, Margaret will feature Associate Professor Erica Scharrer (communication). Following the lecture, a Luncheon to honor
Professor Emeritus Edwin Gere (political science).
Both events are free and open to the public but due to
space limitations, registration is required. Read more and register.
SBS Wing Thing Welcomes Students, Raffles iPads
The annual SBS Wing Thing, a welcome-to-campus event for all SBS majors, again was a smashing success. Besides offering good eats—wings, of course, et al—the event offered opportunities to network with other SBS students, undergraduate advisors, faculty, staff, and representatives from various student support offices. Plus, two lucky students each won an iPad2. Read more and view gallery of photos.
LARP Pilots Summer Youth Program in Springfield
What would you like to do for work someday? It’s a common question asked of young people everywhere, but chances are their answers won’t include responses like architect, landscape architect, or urban planner. One reason for this is that young people as a rule haven’t been introduced to people from these professions, making their knowledge of the concepts behind these professions vague, if not non-existent. Read more…
Panel to Look Back at 9/11 Attacks on 10-Year Anniversary
Mark Stencel, managing editor for Digital News at NPR who was an editor at The Washington Post’s website on 9/11, will join a group of UMass educators on Sept. 8, 4:00 p.m., in the Campus Center Reading Room to take part in a panel discussion looking at how the U.S. and the world has changed in the decade since the 9/11 terror attacks. Read more...
Economist Discusses Inequality in U.S. on PBS
On August 17 Professor David Kotz (economics) appeared on PBS's The Newshour [PBS] as part of their series on inequality in the U.S. The growing income disparity in the U.S., he noted, is a major factor in explaining the economic meltdown that began in 2008. Ordinary people borrowing to maintain their living standards when wages are stagnant causes rising debt.
Feldman on Sex and Lying
Are men are more likely to lie about sex than women? Dean Robert Feldman, author of The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships, recently discussed that topic on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC. Listen to what he had to say.
New Book Outlines Black Feminist Thought for Archaeologists
Black feminist thought has developed in various parts of the academy for over three decades, but has made only minor inroads into archaeological theory and practice. In her new book, Black Feminist Archaeology (Left Coast Press), assistant professor Whitney Battle-Baptiste (anthropology) outlines the basic tenets of Black feminist thought and research for archaeologists and shows how it can be used to improve contemporary historical archaeology. Read more...
The Sleepover Question
Teenage sex is a source of conflict in American families. It doesn’t have to be. In a New York Times op-ed, assistant professor Amy Schalet (sociology) discusses differing Dutch and American parental attitudes about teen sex. "It's interesting and provocative, a great example of social science's contributions to important societal issues," says Dean Robert Feldman. Schalet is the author of the forthcoming Not Under My Roof: Parents, Teens and the Culture of Sex. Read more...
Alumni Collaborate on LEED Platinum Building for New England Environmental
The headquarters building for New England Environmental, Inc. (NEE) of Amherst, MA, has received the highest rating, LEED Platinum, by the U.S. Green Building Council. Kuhn Riddle Architects, also of Amherst, assembled a consulting team that included a host of UMass Alumni, including Andrew Bohne '99 (landscape architecture and regional planning), *LEED AP of record for the building. Read more...
Peer Advising Opportunity for SBS Majors
Are you someone who likes helping others? Do you want to help your
peers, build community within your college and get academic credit at the
same time? If so, we invite you to apply for the Peer Advising Leadership
Seminar, SOCBEHAV 391P. Read more...
Archaeological Field School Examines Pocumtuck Life
Deerfield, MA, has been part of Native American homelands for thousands of years, since well before Euro-American colonization in the 17th century. Much history of this pre- and early contact period, however, is poorly understood. This summer the 2011 UMass Amherst Field School in Archaeology, run through the Department of Anthropology, is investigating a 17th-century Native American site, believed to be the “Pocumtuck Fort,” as part of an on-going community-based archaeology and stewardship project. Although unclear whether the site was ever a fortified habitation, it offers a rare look at Pocumtuck life during a time of large-scale cultural change. Visitors to the free labs (Thurs-Sat, through July 29) are welcome. Read more…
Family Studies Pioneer Naomi Gerstel Appointed Distinguished Professor
Naomi Gerstel (sociology), "an indispensible, irreplaceable scholar who has opened fundamentally new lines of inquiry," has been named a Distinguished Professor. Considered a pioneer in the study of unpaid work and gender equality and its relationship to race, class and other social issues, Gerstel was recommended for the honor by UMass Amherst Chancellor Robert Holub and Provost James Staros. Read more....
Two-Week Study Abroad Course Explores Argentina
In the wake of Argentina’s brutal Dirty War (1976–83), dictatorship, and political oppression that resulted in the disappearance, torture, and death of some 30,000 citizens, the country has been rebuilding itself from the ground up. In May a group of 18 students, professors and community members affiliated with UMass Amherst, participating in the new course Rebuilding Civil Society in Buenos Aires: Historic Preservation, Labor, and Movements for Social Justice, had the uncommon opportunity to witness these efforts in Buenos Aires. Read more...
SBS Appoints New DIrector of Advising
Lea Rice '91 (HFA, art history), ’95 MEd has been appointed director of advising for the SBS Advising Center. She comes to UMass with a wide range of advising experience at a number of institutions, including a similar position at NYU. Read more...
Influencing the Advocacy Agenda for Transnational Groups
Assoc. Prof. Charli Carpenter (political science) is co-author of a report, supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, suggesting four general factors that tend to influence why transnational advocacy networks take up some issues and not others. "Agenda-Setting in Transnational Networks: Findings from Consultations with Human Security Practitioners" was written with Anna Tomaskovic-Devey (MPPA '10) and Kyle Brownlie, a Ph.D. candidate in political science. Read more...
Economists Share $360,000 NSF Grant for Environmental Justice Research
University of Massachusetts Amherst economists James K. Boyce and Michael Ash have received a $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study Environmental Justice (EJ) in the United States, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California. EJ looks at unequal access to a clean environment by race and class. President Clinton’s 1994 Executive Order 12898 made EJ a federal priority. Read more...
Betting on Green Jobs
Robert Pollin (economics), co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute, was hired by the Obama administration to calculate the impact of spending on green energy, a key element of the president’s plans to boost employment in the country. Pollin says every $1 million spent on green energy initiatives generates 17 jobs. In comparison, the military creates about 11; the oil and gas industry, about 5. Read more...
Talk Show Host Discusses News Ratings
People in the 18-49 age group appear to prefer fake news, or liberal leaning satire, like Jon Stewart's Daily Show, over the real stuff. Recently, Stewart got more viewers than FOX News, with the exception of Bill O'Reilly. David Pakman '06 (communication/economics), host of The David Pakman Show (a multiplatform politics and news talk show airing on radio, television, and the internet), appeared on The Alyona Show (June 7) to discuss these ratings.
WEF Launches The Future of Government Report
In Vienna Jane Fountain (political science and public policy), chair of the Global Agenda Council for the World Economic Forum, hosted a dinner for world leaders during which the Council launched the Future of Government report. Says Fountain, "The issues at the core of the National Center for Digital Government on campus are exactly at the center of the report and interest in them is huge. We'll be using the report at the Forum's Middle East Summit October meeting in Jordan and through next year as the Council expands its focus. Karl Bildt, former finance minister of Sweden, will chair the Council next year. I'll move into the vice chair position." Read more...
U.S. Senate Confirms Marrett as NSF Deputy Director
Sociologist Cora Marrett, former professor, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost at UMass, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The 12th deputy of the foundation, Marrett was nominated for the position by President Obama. Read more...
IREX Funds Anthro Grad Student to Study History Initiatives in Balkans
The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) Program of IREX, an international nonprofit that provides thought leadership and innovative programs to promote positive lasting change globally, has awarded a fellowship to graduate student Dana Johnson (anthropology) for her project "Rewriting the Balkans: Memory, Historiography,
and the Making of a European Citizenry." Read more...
SBS Senior Celebration Ceremony
Well over 900 graduates attended the SBS Senior Celebration Ceremony on May 14 at the Mullins Center. Reminding them that only about a quarter of our nation's adult population holds college degrees, Dean Robert Feldman challenged them to use their intelligence, talent and motivation to improve the fortunes of others. Visit our photo gallery. Read Senior Speakers' presentations.
Students Receive SBS Scholarships
Congratulations to all of this year's SBS students who earned scholarships for internships, study abroad and meritorious academic achievement. Each of these scholarships—77 this year—is funded through private gifts. If it were not for the generous support of alumni and friends, the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences would be unable to acknowledge these remarkable students and contribute to their undergraduate educations. Click here to see a complete listing of the recipients and photos from the May 7 celebration.
WGBY Ads Win PBS Inspiration Award
This winter's UMass ad project with WGBY has won a national PBS Inspiration Award. This year only six stations out of 354 won the national award. The recognition that went to WGBY encompassed each of the spots (one for each college/school) as well as the organization of the entire project – how the Springfield station's production and development teams worked together with UMass to deliver the campaign. View the SBS ad here and link through to the full set.
May 14: SBS Senior Celebration Ceremony
Attention all SBS seniors: The annual Senior Celebration Ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 14 at 12:30–2:00 p.m. in the Mullins Center. In addition to the official university Commencement (scheduled on Friday), it will make your send-off personal, memorable and fun. Each of you will receive a commemorative UMass medal (pictured here). Don't miss essential info (like when and where to line up) for you and your families. Read more...
Boosting Connecticut River Use
Frank Sleegers (landscape architecture and regional planning) discusses the Riverscape project, that aims to create more recreational, cultural and economic opportunities tied to the Connecticut River. WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports. Read more...
Anthropologist Presents Food Research
Associate Professor Krista Harper (anthropology and public policy) is presenting research at the International Conference on Urban Harvest and Sustainability, April 7-8, in Seixal, Portugal. Her presentation, “Youth participation in the 'farm-to-school' system: Examples from the United States" discusses community-based participatory research projects with two western Massachusetts community organizations, Fertile Ground of Williamsburg and Nuestras Raíces of Holyoke. The research team included Catherine Sands MPPA ’09 and Molly Totman ’10 (anthropology), as well as Nuestras Raíces Youth Programs Director Diego Angarita. Read more about Harper....
Saving State U...
On WGBY TV's Connecting Point (3/29/11) Nancy Folbre (economics) discusses the short- and long-range impact of the soaring cost of public education as states cut financial support and low- and middle-income students find themselves struggling to afford a college education. Folbre is the author of “Saving State U: Fixing Public Higher Education.”
Tour de Force: UMass Mock Trial
“There is nothing quite like sitting in the courtroom before trial,” reports Joseph Mendes ’11 (legal studies), president and co-captain of the UMass Amherst Mock Trial team. “Your heart races and fingers twitch right up until the moment you make the first objection or deliver that powerful closing argument. It’s the competetiveness, the team bonding, the thrill of a trial and the accomplishments we’ve earned as team that have changed my UMass experience for the better.” Read more...
UMASS at the NCMR
What do Nicole Belanger '09 (communication), Ph.D student Chris Boulton (communication), Jackie Hai '09 (journalism), Professor Nick McBride (journalism), and Professor Martha Fuentes-Bautista (communication and public policy) have in common with Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz? On April 8 and 9 they will be all be presenting at the National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR) at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. Read more...
Political Scientist Delivers Keynote in Paris
Peter Haas (political science), a leading expert on the role of science in politics, was the plenary keynote speaker at the Universcience Conference, "The Scholar, the Politician and the Citizen," in Paris on March 11. His lecture, "Science and Politics," offered lessons about institutional design and practices for scientific management within international relations. Read more...
From the Classroom to the White House
Benjamin Levine ’12 and Laurie Roberts '13 are applying insights garnered as political science majors
to the rarified, demanding and highly coveted realm of the White House Internship Program. Levine is serving in the National Economic Council, and Roberts is in the White House Office of Management and Administration. Read more...
Weinbaum on Collective Bargaining and the Wisconsin Demonstrations
Each weekday morning on WHMP radio's "The 9 O'Clock Show" host Bill Newman talks with local newsmakers about the issues of the day in Hampshire and Franklin Counties. On Thursday, February 24, 2011, Eve Weinbaum (labor relations), director of the Labor Center, was featured. For nearly 40 minutes they discussed the demonstrations in Wisconsin in particular and collective bargaining in general. Listen to the show.
SBS Ad Airs on WGBY
Last fall each of the schools and colleges on campus contracted with WGBY Public Television (Springfield) to create a series of ads for the university, aimed at prospective students and focused on individual strengths. With only 30 seconds to do the job, SBS created a spot that highlighted quality of instruction, strength of faculty, and out of classroom opportunities—like internships, undergraduate research experiences and study abroad. The ad features anthropology major Jessica Aither ’11 with her honors advisor Professor Elizabeth Chilton MA ’91, PhD ’96 (anthropology). Read more and view the ad.
Ethics for Economists
Experts from all academic fields offer opinion in the news. But The American Economics Association has never developed an official code of ethics on what to disclose personally and financially. On public radio's Marketplace, Professor Nancy Folbre (economics) says she hopes that will change in the interest of creating more transparency and eliminating conflicts of interest. Read more and listen to the broadcast.
Pérez Nominated for NAGPRA Review Committee
Ventura Pérez (anthropology) is one of three nominees for the NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) review committee of the National Park Service. The Secretary of the Interior Review appoints committee members—only seven nationally—from nominations by Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, traditional Native American religious leaders, national museum organizations, and scientific organizations. Perez's nomination came from the Society of American Archaeologists, quite an honor!
The Future of Sudan
On February 10 at 5:00 p.m., the Department of Political Science in conjunction with the Civic Initiative Speaker Series is hosting Andrew S. Natsios, speaking on "The Future of Sudan." Natsios is a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Read more...
Discussion about the MIddle East this Thursday
Want to know more about what's going on in the Middle East and why? This Thursday, February 3, 2011 you can learn a lot. Come to the Cape Cod Lounge at 4:00 p.m. for "Popular Uprisings in the Arab World: An Open Discussion on Recent Events," organized by Amel Ahmed (political science), David Mednicoff (public policy and STPEC, Judaic & Near Eastern studies), and Jillian Schwedler (political science), all experts on the region. Don't miss this special event! Read more...
Framing Future Research
The National Science Foundation has posted white papers that its Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) solicited. SBE asked authors, including Elizabeth Chilton (anthropology), chair of the department and director of the Center for Heritage and Society on campus, to outline grand challenge questions that are both foundational and transformative as they frame innovative research that enhances fundamental knowledge. Chilton's paper, "A Call for the Social Science of the Past," highlights UMass as a leader in the burgeoning field of heritage. Click here for more information about SBE; click here for link to Chilton's paper.
Learning about Investigative Journalism
WGBY's Connecting Point (1/26/11) featured Prof. Steve Fox (journalism), Rosie Walunas '11 (journalism), and MassLive.com's Ed Kubosiak discussing Walunas's mini-documentary on Phoebe Prince, the South Hadley High School freshman who committed suicide last year after repeated bullying incidents. The interview highlights how journalism students gain real experience with serious topics.
Fountain Leads Session at World Economic Forum
When the World Economic Forum (WEF) opened on January 26 in Davos, Switzerland, Jane Fountain (political science and public policy), director of the National Center for Digital Government, and director of the Science, Technology and Society Initiative, was one of 300 people worldwide in attendance—and only 20% of them were women. As chair of the WEF's Global Advisory Council on the Future of Government, Fountain is moderating a closed-door session for government, NGO, and business leaders on New Media and the Future of Government. Read more about Fountain and her role with WEF, et al.
Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse (ESENCe)
The ESENCe Beta Site--a digital repository developed by SBS's National Center for Digital Government; Science, Technology and Society Initiative; and Center for Public Policy and Administration in partnership with the University Libraries at UMass Amherst--has released several reports which advance knowledge and practice of ethics in science and engineering. The reports, which explore the need for a broader, multi-disciplinary ethics community of practice and incorporation of social science research into ethics theory and practice, are available through the project's website.
Investment Banking Summer Internship Available
Piper Jaffray continues a tradition of recruiting UMass Amherst students
into its summer internship program for investment banking analysts in San Francisco. Deadline for resume and cover letter: February 4, 2011. For details, click here.
Scholarships for SBS Students
Applications for SBS scholarships are now available for undergraduates. Deadlines vary. Click here for details and applications. In addition, the Center for Research on Families has announced its the annual competition for graduate and undergraduate student awards in family research. Application Deadline: Monday, February 28, 2011; Notification: March 21, 2011. Preference is given to students in the College of Natural Sciences and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
SPARC Names Perez "Innovator" for Open Access Journal and Community Engagement
To go beyond the confines of academia and engage with the community to improve their lives through research, Prof. Ventura R. Pérez MA '00, PhD '06 (anthropology) launched an interdisciplinary open-access journal dedicated to the study of violence and the impact it has on society. For his efforts, Pérez has been honored as the first Innovator of 2011 by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). Read more...
Opening Zube Lecture to Feature Julius Gyula Fábos
Don't miss the opening lecture of the Spring 2011 Zube Lecture Series, sponsored by the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, on January 20. Featured will be Prof. Emeritus Julius Gyula Fábos, author of Son of a Kulák: How a Hungarian Farm Boy Survived World War II and Escaped Stalinist Oppression for a New Life in America (Rising Star and iUniverse, 2010). Fábos will speak about his memoir with a focus on landscape planning. Read more...
The Glass Ceiling in Academe
"The Ivory Ceiling of Service Work," by Joya Misra (sociology and public policy), Jennifer Hickes Lundquist (sociology), master's degree candidate Elissa Dahlberg Holmes and Stephanie Agiomavritis '10 (sociology), discusses their research on the gender gap in academe. Conducted on campus during 2008-09, their study found significant gender gaps in service assignments and advancement of male and female professors and examines patterns related to specific service duties as well as allocation of time. Read more...
UMass Economists Call for Code of Ethics in Profession
Gerald Epstein (economics) and graduate student Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth recently published a paper that found many of the financial economists who weighed in on new federal regulation of Wall Street didn’t disclose their potential conflicts of interest. They also organized a letter to the American Economic Association, the world’s largest professional society for economists, calling for adoption of a code of ethical standards. The first day of the annual meeting, that convened Jan. 6 in Denver, included a debate on the role of ethics in the profession. News coverage has been extensive: The Economist, 1/6/11; Planet Money [NPR] ; New York Times [Economix blog], The Economist, 1/4/11; Cincinnati.com, 1/3/11; Bloomberg, 12/31/10; New York Times, 12/30/10.
Single Sex Marriage Debate
M.V. Lee Badgett (economics), director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration, weighs in as a featured guest in an online debate about single-sex marriage. Read more...
