Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “Maine puts new voting system to the test.” Maine voters will be able to choose more than one candidate in crowded primaries, including contests for the governor’s race, according to the article. Voters in 2016 approved […]
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Susan Gardner, director of the University of Maine’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program and Rising Tide Center, as well as a professor of higher education, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on how implicit bias manifests itself and what people can do to understand their own […]
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Maine Public interviewed Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for the report, “Will campaigns about ranked-choice voting affect voter turnout?” Next week, Maine voters will decide whether to continue to use ranked-choice voting in future elections. In anticipation of this decision, two very different campaigns are underway, according to the […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) for a report about how some public events, such as the annual Maine Lobster Festival parade in Rockland, are banning political candidates from making campaign stops. “You could certainly make the case they are infringing on a candidate’s rights […]
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Socioeconomic status and racism are fundamental causes of violent and property crime, according to a University of Maine professor and an alumnus, who argue the factors must be considered in order to drastically reduce street criminality. Steven Barkan, a UMaine sociology professor, and alumnus Michael Rocque, now a sociology professor at Bates College, recently published […]
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Mark Brewer, a professor of political science at the University of Maine, was interviewed for an article in The Daily Yonder on the political climate in Maine’s 2nd District. This fall, three Democratic candidates will challenge incumbent U.S. Representative Bruce Poliquin for the district representative seat, according to the article. “Both parties think they can […]
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Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Washington Post column on the increase in women deciding not to have children. The birth rate in the United States is the lowest in three decades despite the economy having improved since the 2008 recession, according to the column. While […]
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The Ellsworth American published an article on a new book about a Sullivan artist titled, “Philip Frey: Here and Now.” Over the past two decades, Frey has developed into one of Maine’s finest landscape painters, according to the article. Known as a colorist, he uses a bold palette to capture the light and moods of […]
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The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine will host an annual six-day nonpartisan undergraduate student leadership program for women that aims to educate, engage and empower young leaders. Maine NEW (National Education for Women) Leadership will run Thursday through Tuesday, May 31–June 5 at the Orono campus with trips to Augusta […]
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University of Maine professors Judith Rosenbaum and Mark Brewer spoke with Maine Public for the report, “How Maine campaigns are turning to social media to woo voters.” “If you want to target, you know, University of Maine students who might lean Democrat, then you will need to know exactly how they communicate, when they’re online, […]
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