In his new book, Civilizing Disability Society: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Socializing Grassroots Disabled Persons Organizations in Nicaragua (Cambridge University Press, September 2019), Stephen Meyers, Assistant

Beginning 2020, the fifth generation of wireless technology is expected to be widely implemented throughout the world. The new network, called 5G, promises to give faster speeds and a higher

Sara Curran, Jackson School Professor and Director of the Center for Studies of Demography & Ecology, answers three questions on current issues facing U.S. immigration, from the trend of Mexicans

Daniel Bessner, Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor of American Foreign Policy, co-authors an article titled “To End Forever War, End the Dollar’s Global Dominance” that looks into how

In “Trump’s America may be declining in global soft power—but US empire rolls on” Daniel Bessner, Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor of American Foreign Policy, examines the

Professor Emeritus Ken Pyle’s “The Making of Postwar Japan: A Speculative Essay” appears in the winter 2020 issue of the Journal of Japanese Studies, a publication founded by Pyle and housed in

Jim Wellman, chair and professor of the comparative religion program at the Jackson School, co-authors “High on God: Mega-Churches and the Making of America,” a book that goes step-by-step through

Four Jackson School faculty have been selected as recipients of the Society for Scholarship Fellowships 2020-2021, which are supported and administered by the Simpson Center for the Humanities: Daniel Bessner,

DISABILITY INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE – WINTER/SPRING 2020 – APPLY BY JANUARY 24 We are inviting applications from undergraduate and graduate students to participate in the Disability Inclusive Development Initiative during winter

Professor of International Studies David Bachman, also a China expert, examines the implications of the signing of an initial trade deal between the U.S. and China in “New U.S.-China trade deal