Our Experts in the News
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NPR
Women Over 50 Are The Most Undecided Bloc Of Voters This Election
October 10, 2022
The 19th's Mariel Padilla, Notre Dame's Christina Wolbrecht, Bellwether Research and Consulting's Christine Matthews, and AARP Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond join us for the conversation.
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Newsweek
How Russian Tanks Captured by Ukraine Are Helping the Fight Against Putin
October 08, 2022
Michael Desch, director of the Notre Dame International Security Center, said he did not think Ukraine's recent success in the Kharkiv region was due to any difference in tanks or other armored vehicles.
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The New York Times
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
October 06, 2022
CATHOLICISM: A Global History From the French Revolution to Pope Francis, John T. McGreevy.
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Roblox Recent Controversy Part of Video Game History
October 06, 2022
Matthew Payne, associate professor of media studies the University of Notre Dame, said the majority of the Roblox player-community are children, a vulnerable user group; and, “any controversy where children might be harmed, would be terrible for the Roblox Corporation's bottom-line.”
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Newsweek
Why Outcry Against Netflix's 'Blonde,' 'Dahmer' May Be Missing the Point
October 05, 2022
"It's an interesting moment in media right now because viewers seem to have an insatiable appetite for true crime, and movies and series that can claim to be 'based on a true story' at the same time that some are uncomfortable about the exploitation of violence and trauma on a platform such as Netflix," Professor Jason Ruiz of the University of Notre Dame told Newsweek.
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Marketplace
Chemical giant BASF is under threat after Russians turn off the gas
October 04, 2022
Rudi Bachmann, professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame in the United States, said it’s unfair to single out BASF for criticism.
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The Washington Post
Opinion | How much cruelty is a pork chop worth?
October 04, 2022
In addition to Scully, the brief is co-written by two other prominent conservative thinkers — Notre Dame law professor O. Carter Snead, who is also director of the university’s de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, and journalist Mary Eberstadt, a senior research fellow at the Faith & Reason Institute.
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South Bend Tribune
Notre Dame film expert, South Bend residents weigh in on 'The Little Mermaid' controversy
September 29, 2022
"Everybody deserves to see themselves reflected in the media," said Mary Kearney, associate professor of film, television and theater at the University of Notre Dame. Kearney's research primarily focuses on gender, youth and media culture, especially girls' media.
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The Christian Science Monitor
Trust in elections: Mexico shows how fast it can be lost – and regained
September 22, 2022
Mexico’s democracy isn’t often held up as an example to follow, especially “given that it’s become one of the most violent democracies in the world,” says Guillermo Trejo, professor of comparative politics at the University of Notre Dame. “But, on the electoral dimension, there are lessons for other countries.”
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The Christian Science Monitor
Biden’s UN balancing act: Condemning war while advocating broad agenda
September 21, 2022
With his vision of the democracy-autocracy struggle and specifically, the war in Ukraine, “Biden is speaking and acting with a high degree of moral certainty that we are on the side of the angels,” says Michael Desch, a professor of international relations at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and founding director of the university’s International Security Center.
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Vice
Pakistan Lost $30 Billion in Floods. Should Rich Polluting Countries Pay Up?
September 16, 2022
“The global north doesn’t even fulfil its promised annual $100 billion adaptation finance goal. And much of the adaptation finance comes as loans not even grants. So it’s important to have a sense of all this resistance to understand why ‘loss and damage’ demands are not moving ahead faster,” Maira Hayat, an anthropology professor at University of Notre Dame whose research focuses on global climate change politics, told VICE World News.
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The New York Times
An Epic Struggle for the Soul of Catholicism
September 12, 2022
Now comes John T. McGreevy, a professor of history at Notre Dame and author of three books on Catholicism, with an attempt at making narrative sense of one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of the oldest institution in the Western world.
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The Washington Post
Ukrainian farms feed Europe and China. Russia wants to end that.
September 01, 2022
Susanne Wengle is the N.R. Dreux Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, and author of “Black Earth, White Bread: A Technopolitical History of Russian Agriculture and Food.”
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The Guardian
The Black mothers finding freedom in mushrooms: ‘They give us our power back’
August 28, 2022
“Drugs have been racialized in the US since the early 20th century. Cocaine was an over-the-counter medicine for 50 or 60 years – then it became racialized when Black people started using it,” said Dr. Jason Ruiz, an American studies associate professor and department chair at the University of Notre Dame.
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The New York Times
The Fed Chair’s Challenge: Be Clear, but Not Too Certain
August 26, 2022
“Like Odysseus bound to the mast of his ship, a monetary policymaker must forswear the siren call of the moment and stick to plans laid in the past,” as Jeffrey Campbell, an economics professor at Notre Dame, explained the term while working at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 2013.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
A Catholic University Hired a Dean With Ties to the Vatican. The Problem? He Faked His Credentials.
August 24, 2022
Laura Banella, an assistant professor of Italian at Notre Dame University who was born and raised in Italy, does not think the discrepancy was a simple misunderstanding.
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The New York Times
How We Mourn Covid’s Victims
August 09, 2022
“People died alone in hospitals, or their loved ones could not even see them or hold their hands, so maybe some of these memorials have to do with a better send-off,” said Erika Doss, a University of Notre Dame professor who studies how Americans use memorials.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
Ungrading Light: 4 Simple Ways to Ease the Spotlight Off Points
August 02, 2022
A recent collection on the subject, edited by Susan D. Blum, a professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, features lively essays by teachers who’ve all put their particular stamp on the practice of de-emphasizing or abolishing grades.
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Our Sunday Visitor
Opening the Word: A response of faith
August 01, 2022
Catherine Cavadini, Ph.D., is the assistant chair of the Department of Theology and director of the M.A. in theology degree program at the University of Notre Dame.
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Irish Independent
If Trump were to lose again, would he succeed in overturning 2024 election?
July 30, 2022
Robert Schmuhl is professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame and adjunct professor at Dublin City University.
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