Our Experts in the News: March 2024
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Newsweek
Migrant Who Encouraged Squatting Broke ICE Rules
March 28, 2024
Gilberto Cárdenas, a sociology professor at the University of Notre Dame and the founding director of the Institute for Latino Studies, said the border problem began more than a century ago and has remained consistent in recent years.
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What is the Federal Reserve? A guide to the world’s most powerful central bank
March 21, 2024
“If you want to get a loan, the interest rate you pay on the loan is influenced by what the Fed is up to,” says Eric Sims, economics professor at the University of Notre Dame.
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Nearly 70% of People Are Worried About a Recession in the Next Year [Election Survey]
March 20, 2024
While our study gave good insight into voters’ feelings going into this election, we also had our own questions about the influence of various economic factors on voter turnout. To find out, we asked an expert to weigh in: Darren W. Davis, the Snyder Family Mission Endowed Professor of Political Science, in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.
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NPR
Black Microschools ATL educator values non-traditional teaching; Notre Dame professor researches how Black male students are disciplined
March 20, 2024
We continue our weeklong series, "FAILING GRADE: Analysis of America's Public Education Crisis." The series explores the current state of public education in Georgia and across the nation, from pre-K to higher-ed. A professor breaks down a study that explores how young Black male students are disciplined as opposed to their white counterparts. Guests include Calvin Zimmermann, an assistant professor of education in Notre Dame's Sociology Department.
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Crux
New book explores deep roots of Jesuit role in current crisis
March 20, 2024
The pattern of behavior shown by Jesuit leadership in the management of at least one current high-profile scandal has centuries of institutional practice behind it. That’s according to one prominent historian, Ulrich Lehner of the University of Notre Dame, who has just published a German-language study of the Jesuits’ historical handling of abuse in their ranks.
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Newsweek
Joe Biden Faces Irish Anger on St. Patrick's Day
March 15, 2024
Robert Schmuhl, Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Ireland's Exiled Children, said that while there were "brickbats of criticism" over Biden's approach to Gaza, Ireland and the U.S. still have "important and strong" ties.
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Breaking the Silence: Confronting America's Mental Health Crisis
March 14, 2024
Expert Opinion: Jennifer Hames is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame and is the clinic director of the Notre Dame Psychological Services Center, which is the training clinic for doctoral students in the clinical psychology Ph.D. program. Hames' area of expertise focuses on empirically supported treatments, suicide risk assessment and management, cognitive behavioral therapy, clinical supervision and evidence-based practice.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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What Whitmer’s second Taiwan visit in 6 months means for Michigan
March 11, 2024
Visits from US officials have “increased sharply” since Pelosi’s trip, said Kyle Jaros, a professor and expert on Chinese foreign relations at the University of Notre Dame. Jaros noted that Whitmer, as “a rising star right in the Democratic Party” and a consistent subject of future presidential speculation, “making two visits right in the space of six months, I think will certainly catch the attention of both Taipei and Beijing.”
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OSV News
Incoming First Woman Director Of Notre Dame’s Ethics And Culture Center Shares Her Vision
March 04, 2024
Catholic theologian and professor Jennifer Newsome Martin is honored — but won’t deny that she’s also pretty excited — to have been recently named the next director of the University of Notre Dame’s internationally renowned de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture.