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An article on “The Child-Rearing Scale as a Measure of Authoritarianism in a Non-Western Context,” co-authored by Sidney Wertimer Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera, was recently published in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Studies Yelena Severina published an article, “Crimean Tableaux of CatherineII’s Court as the Visual Record of the Russian Empire’s Southern Expansion,” in December in E-Journal of Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies.

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Martinez-Arias recently published an article in the peer-reviewed journal Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana, titled "Interpretations of Christianism in the Andean Oral Tradition: Arguedas, Condori Mamani, and the Inkarrí Myth."

Assistant Professor of Psychology Keelah Williams co-authored a paper “Sometimes we want vicious friends: People have nuanced preferences for how they want their friends to behave toward them versus others” that was published in Evolution and Human Behavior in February.

Pavitra Sundar, associate professor of literature, recently published the co-edited volume Thinking with an Accent.

Visiting Professor of History Ty Seidule participated on two panels at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association Jan. 5 to 8. He presented “‘Making Treason Odious Again:’ Perspectives from the Naming Commission and the Army's War on the Lost Cause” and “History versus Heritage: Military Historians Confront America’s Contested Past.”

Associate Professor of Philosophy Katheryn Doran recently posted a blog on American Philosophical Association's Current Events in Public Philosophy. In "Phronêsis, or, a Plea for Critical Thinking," she gives a critical account of what philosophers do in the classroom -- and its many uses beyond the classroom.

Assistant Professor of Economics Mo Alloush and Professor of Economics Stephen Wu published “Income Improves Subjective Well-being: Evidence from South Africa” in the journal Economic Development and Cultural Change in January

Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang was among co-authors of “Exploring Cultural Perspectives of Mortality in Class: A Cross-Institutional Collaboration to Teach Cross-Cultural Communication with Films” in Chinese as a Second Language: The Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association USA.

An article about Confucian cult rites, by Thomas Wilson, the Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies, appears in the November issue History of Religions.