Academics

Whitney Battle-Baptiste, anthropology, represented the W. E. B. Du Bois Center and UMass Libraries at the 60th anniversary celebration of Du Bois's passing.

Alasdair Roberts, public policy, recently delivered the 2023 Jocelyne Bourgon Visiting Scholar Lecture at the Canada School of Public Service. 

Anthropology's Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Field School was recently featured in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. 

Sanjiv Gupta, sociology, discusses affirmative action on recent episodes of his podcast Sociology for Dark Times.

Rasvan Sibii, journalism, has published a new column exploring attitudes on amnesty for undocumented immigrants. 

Dhiroj Koirala, PhD candidate in resource economics, has co-authored an op-ed calling on the G7 to increase commitments to climate change. 

Jamie Rowen, legal studies and political science, has co-authored an article for The Conversation on the recent anti-mifepristone court rulings. 

Razvan Sibii, journalism, recently published an interview with Buryat activist Mariya Vyushkova in the Romanian newspaper Libertatea. 

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, UMass Amherst is rededicating a campus mural. 

The Department of Communication recently hosted an Asian American Digital Politics Workshop to discuss the role of digital media in Asian American politics. 

Jonathan Corpus Ong & co-investigator Wayne Xu are the recipients of a new $365,000 grant from the Luminate Group and their Reset initiative. 

Lauren McCarthy, legal studies and political science, has been awarded a Mid-career Post-tenure (MCPT) Fellowship by the University.