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Get to Know Them: Erik Lin-Greenberg
This profile is part of an ongoing series on recently hired faculty.
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Criminal Background Checks Improve Quality of Care in US Nursing Homes
A team of American University School of Public Affairs researchers recently looked at how the quality of care in nursing homes was affected by a new federal regulation requiring applicants for nursing home jobs to undergo a criminal background check.
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Celebrate Research at AU
Learn about research at AU at the 3rd Annual Research Fair on Wednesday, October 30, 2019!
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Get to Know Them: Jessica Gephart
This profile on CAS’s newest environmental science professor is part of a series on recently hired faculty.
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How Social Class is Tied to Citizen Satisfaction with Schools: What Can Be Learned from Korea
School of Public Affairs Assistant Professor Nathan Favero partnered with two graduate students to examine equity, a key pillar of public administration, and its impact on school evaluation in South Korea.
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How the Alt-Right Happened
SOC professor Saif Shahin researched how alt-right racism spread on Twitter.
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AU Reaches Historic Milestone
AU reaches a historic number of research funding in FY 2019.
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Antiracism in Action: Ibram Kendi Offers Hard Truths and Real Solutions
Part memoir-part manifesto, How to Be an Antiracist is a timely roadmap for activists and citizens alike.
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Start a Business, Make a Home: PhD Grad on Local Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Antoaneta Tileva examined immigrant businesses in Mount Rainier, Md., Takoma Park, Md., and Falls Church, Va.
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Past as Prologue: Sociology Professor Examines the Historic Roots of Latin Exclusion
Ernesto Castañeda’s latest book is Building Walls: Excluding Latin People in the United States.
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