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DeGarmo and Flaherty research on hip-hop as a means of expression and resistance

DeGarmo and Flaherty research on hip-hop as a means of expression and resistance

While traditionally associated with protesting oppression and lack of opportunity, hip-hop has also been adopted by socially marginalized groups worldwide as a means of expression, according to political science professor Anne Flaherty.
Palestinian rappers Tamer Nafar and Mahmoud Jreri performing. Photo courtesy of Claudia Espinosa
Department of Political Science Chair Denise DeGarmo studied how Palestine’s hip-hop draws […]

Oct 27, 2014 | 0 comments | View Post
Harris’ research makes visible African American women’s contribution in the development of activist traditions

Harris’ research makes visible African American women’s contribution in the development of activist traditions

African-American women played an integral and central role in the development of a long- standing activist tradition in the U.S., according to historical studies professor Jessica Harris.
History professor Jessica Harris' book “Before the Panthers: Black Women, Tempered Radicalism and the Fight for Racial Justice in Oakland, California, 1900-1940” will be published next year.
Harris’ research on […]

Oct 13, 2014 | 0 comments | View Post
Moffett tests predictions of vote buying in the U.S. House of Representatives

Moffett tests predictions of vote buying in the U.S. House of Representatives

Different procedures in the U.S. House of representative might provide a route for vote buying, according to political science professor Kenneth Moffett.
Political Sciences professor Kenneth Moffett
Moffett’s article, “Partisan vote buying and suspensions in the Postreform House,” investigates the conditions in which the U.S. House considers bills in ways that might facilitate side payments for bill […]

Oct 05, 2014 | 0 comments | View Post
Political Science professors reveal historical importance of women in promoting St. Louis’ desegregation

Political Science professors reveal historical importance of women in promoting St. Louis’ desegregation

Political Science professors Anne Flaherty and Carly Hayden-Foster published an article “Gateway to Equality: desegregation and the American Association of University Women in St. Louis, Missouri.”
Archive used by Flaherty and Hayden-Foster for their publication “Gateway to Equality: desegregation and the American Association of University Women in St. Louis, Missouri.”
The article investigates the national desegregation efforts […]

Oct 05, 2014 | 0 comments | View Post
Political science, economics student attends ICPSR Summer Program

Political science, economics student attends ICPSR Summer Program

Senior political science and economics major Kyle Foutch spent part of his summer immersed in quantitative analysis to further his studies at SIUE.
Photo courtesy of Kyle Foutch
Foutch participated in the Inter-university Consortium of Political Science Research (ICPSR) Summer Program at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Foutch said the program, which he became interested in after […]

Sep 01, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

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