Professor Emeritus Steven Barkan has written an OpEd for Maine’s Kennebec Journal: Scholars Strategy Network: Why Maine needs L.D. 2 BY STEVEN E. BARKAN This bill would require the Legislature to assess the potential racial impact, however unintended, of any act the legislature passes. “Systemic racism” refers to the complex interaction of societal institutions and embedded […]
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Congratulations to Dr. Amy Blackstone who has a chapter “’Am I less of a woman because I don’t have kids?’ Gender Resistance and Reification among Childfree Women” in the new book “The Truth About (M)otherhood: Choosing to be Childfree.” http://demeterpress.org/books/the-truth-about-motherhood-choosing-to-be-childfree/
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The Free Press Online January 12, 2021: Dr. Karyn Sporer is cited in this article “No One Sets Out to Be Like Venezuela.”
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The following article has received the 2020 Outstanding Contribution Award from the Division of Biopsychosocial Criminology of the American Society of Criminology: Steven E. Barkan and Michael Rocque. 2018. “Socioeconomic Status and Racism as Fundamental Causes of Street Criminality.” Critical Criminology 26(2):211-231. Steve Barkan is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at UMaine, while Michael Rocque is Associate Professor of […]
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COVID-19 provides a path forward in fighting the opioid crisis
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Dr. Amy Blackstone is quoted extensively in this article from lifehacker.com sharing tips on how to reframe invasive questions about your fertility and some sociological insights into why people ask these questions in the first place.
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Dr. Amy Blackstone and Dr. Heather McLaughlin ’06 co-authored this piece in the Annual Review of Criminology: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-criminol-011419-041436. It was published early online in September and published will be in the journal in the new year. Heather McLaughlin is a UMaine sociology alum who went on to get her PhD at U of MN and work with […]
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Dr. Amy Blackstone has been quoted in a couple of online magazines over the past few months – here are the links: From the UK – Refinrey29.com: My GP Dismissed My Endometriosis Pain Because I Don’t Want A Baby Yet by BETHANY DAWSON LAST UPDATED 16 NOVEMBER 2020, 2:00
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What to expect from a Biden-Harris administration on criminal justice reform
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