SSN TN connects you with scholars from middle and east #TN to improve policy and strengthen democracy. Scholars' views are their own. Learn more @SSNScholars
Please join us on Friday, April 30 for a virtual discussion with scholars about President Biden's First 100 days and opportunities in the policy environment!
Register here: https://t.co/zMxb1swoXY
Please join us on Friday, April 30 for a virtual discussion with scholars about President Biden's First 100 days and opportunities in the policy environment!
Register here: https://t.co/zMxb1swoXY
What does it take to reduce homelessness during a pandemic? @VanderbiltU's Marybeth Shinn and @abtassociates' Jill Khadduri lay out proven strategies for tackling a worsening housing crisis for @3Streamsblog.
https://t.co/Nzo14hWZX5
If you're a journalist looking for commentary and analysis on the history of racial violence, the religious right, and the ongoing threat of white supremacist groups in America, SSN has experts available and ready to comment:
https://t.co/Zai8FXcMS6
Calling all journalists! If you're looking for expert analysis for your coverage of this week's attacks on the United States Capitol, @VanderbiltU's @sbjorkjames is available to comment on far-right groups and the white nationalist movement. Learn more: https://t.co/o4F4MtCUWe
SSN TN's @sbjorkjames helps make sense of yesterday:
"questioning the integrity of the election...undermine the electoral process and encourage vigilante activity...Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power could easily act as an accelerant for these threats."
“It’s all kinds of things, but for a lot of single parents, it’s their daytime co-parent, and that’s missing.” @UConn's @kerri_raissian illustrates for @bcrodriguez@19thnews why the government must invest in a safe public school system.
https://t.co/OEKe3SuJDS
This month we will have additional hotline hours to help students complete their @FAFSA by 2/1!
📞 615-350-8668
M-Th 8-7 p.m.
Friday from 8-4 p.m.
Saturday 10-3 p.m.
All times CST.
Featured paper: “COVID-19 and Women in the US Criminal Legal System” by SSN Member @CAGolembeski unpacks the disproportionate health and economic inequities that incarcerated women of color face.
https://t.co/GSbhHLiB7E
The Honorable Jennifer Webb will be joined by The Honorable Oscar Braynon, former FL Senate minority leader. Great opportunity for researchers to learn how the sausage is made in Tallahassee. Register: https://t.co/abKgaBUVQJ
@VandyPoliSci Prof. @NoamLupu (@Nick_Carnes_ ) research cited in recent @JenSeniorNY article in @nytimes: 95 Percent of Representatives Have a Degree. Look Where That’s Got Us. https://t.co/Hvwssl81CW
@VandyPoliSci Prof. @joshclinton (& @mshepjr) research in @ScienceAdvances profiled in @VanderbiltU News: Vanderbilt researchers discover strong correlation between partisanship and social mobility during COVID-19 pandemic https://t.co/uR1SflL3LX via @VanderbiltU
SSN Member @rkelchen was quoted on the recent decline in college enrollments: "a substantial number of Americans who would have normally attended college stayed away this fall...The question then becomes whether they enroll after the pandemic ends"
https://t.co/BnJ06KViPt
From encouraging students to vote to giving testimony at state legislatures, SSN scholars are making a difference on and off campus. A gift to SSN supports civic engagement across the board, so donate today! https://t.co/3dL6IPgUs8
"Market prices are not appropriate mechanisms for rationing inputs to health because health is a public good" - read more about factors that led to PPE shortages and recommendations in a new article by SSN member @YanaRodgers
https://t.co/tSF4rTXT4g
SSN member @MartinSEdwards offers innovative recommendations for how the incoming administration can address the looming debt crisis in developing countries, ensuring low- and middle-income countries have the same tools high-income countries have.
https://t.co/XLOzx7HPp6
Tennessee releases blueprint for transitioning schools out of the Achievement School District, the state's ten-year-old school turnaround strategy that has been the subject of a lot of @TNEdResAlliance research
https://t.co/xukjWxswuF
This @VUMCchildpolicy poll finds that fewer than 6 in 10 Tennessee parents report wearing masks all the time, nearly half won’t vaccinate their children for #COVID-19 https://t.co/JxVEBlftCn via @vumchealth