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Beyond Numbers: A New Look at Polls and Public Opinion
Darren Davis, professor of political science, knows polls don't always reveal what people really think about political candidates and the issues. His research explains why that is and offers new approaches to analyzing public opinion. > Read More
How do Aging Activists Use Technology?
“No one doubts that age is a factor in the digital divide; the older you are, the less likely are you to use information and communication technologies.” > Read More
Passion for Japanese Poetry Leads to NEH Recognition
"Much of what has been written about Chikamatsu Monzaemon’s plays in English and Japanese is rather old-fashioned from the standpoint of critical theory, so I hope to deepen our understanding of these plays," says Michael Brownstein, associate professor of Japanese. > Read More
Cell Phones Let Hachen Dial Into Social Networks
“The major reason for studying mobile telephone networks has to do with increasing our understanding of social networks and their importance in society,” says Associate Professor David Hachen. > Read More
NEH Fellowships Enhance Arts and Letters Intellectual Life
The University of Notre Dame leads the nation’s top 25 research universities in the total number of National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships awarded to its faculty in the past eight years. > Read More
Journaling Success in Comparative Politics
The official publication of the American Political Science Association’s Organized Section in Comparative Politics, APSA-CP, has been published at Notre Dame for the past four years and will continue publication here until 2010. > Read More
Smith Studies the Spiritual Formation of Youth
Soul Searching relates the findings of Christian Smith's National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) and shows that American teenagers are far more influenced by the religious beliefs and practices of their parents than commonly thought. > Read More
George Marsden: Bringing Jonathan Edwards to Life
“Religious history is a strength at Notre Dame, which is open to the religious dimension of study and religious perspectives on scholarship...” says Marsden > Read More
Seduced by Craftsmanship: Tomasula on Paint (and Painting)
“I try to be aware of my motivations and the traditions I’m working within because I’m so seduced by craftsmanship,” says Tomasula, whose tenure in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design began 10 years ago... > Read More
Year-Round Archaeology:Collier Lodge to Hard-Core Chemistry
At the Collier Lodge site, Mark Schurr works with anthropology students from the Department's archaeology field school and with volunteers from the Kankakee Valley Historical Society to uncover remnants of the Potawotami settlements... > Read More
Statistics as Artifacts: A New History of Economics
“What happens if we treat statistics as historical artifacts? What can that process tell us about political history?” asks Tom Stapleford, assistant professor in the Program of Liberal Studies... > Read More
Captivated by Heine: Youens Awarded 4th NEH Fellowship
A four-time recipient of National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships, as well as Guggenheim and National Humanities Center grants, Susan Youens, J.W. Van Gorkom Professor of Music, focuses on the relationship between poetry and song... > Read More
Jihad: Carnegie Fellow Studies Earliest Qur'anic References
“In the College, issues of religion are considered seriously and Islam can be put in conversation with other faith traditions.” says Asma Afsaruddin, Carnegie Scholars Fellow and an associate professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies... > Read More
