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Mike Stull (entrepreneurship), Meredith Conroy (political science) and David Yaghoubian (history) were included in news media coverage in areas of their expertise.
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Meredith Conroy, CSUSB associate professor of political science, was interviewed in an article about how the decision of whether or not to wear a mask has increasingly become a political statement as the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Meredith Conroy (political science), Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and David Yaghoubian (history) were included in news coverage on various topics.
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L. Kottke (psychology), Meredith Conroy (political science), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and David Yaghoubian (history) are mentioned in news media coverage.
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Meredith Conroy (political science) co-wrote an article on who Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s supporters might back in the presidential race, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was honored as a recipient of the CSU’s Wang Family Excellence Award.
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Meredith Conroy (political science), a contributor to the website FiveThirtyEight, was one of the political scientists and commentators who participated in a live blog on the website during the Super Tuesday Democratic presidential primary.
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Meredith Conroy (political science), Brian Levin (criminal justice), David Yaghoubian (history) and Ahlam Muhtaseb (communication studies) were included in news coverage on various topics.
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An article co-written by Meredith Conroy (political science) was cited in a news report about making Utah elections ‘friendlier to women,’ and Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus) wrote about the transformation of Ethiopia.
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Meredith Conroy (political science) co-wrote an article on why New Mexico elects more women of color to office than the rest of the country, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the relationship between hate crimes and an election year cycle.