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Spring 2020 Research Magazine

Spring 2020 Research Magazine

SPRING 2020 ISSUE

Courtney Anderson
Courtney Anderson, associate professor in the College of Law, studies the intersection of health equity and the law.
Interview by Jennifer Rainey Marquez
Research reveals that racial disparities in the U.S. prison population have declined, but Blacks are still serving longer sentences than whites.
by Jennifer Rainey Marquez
autoimmune disease puzzle soldiers
What causes the body to attack itself? Professor Leszek Ignatowicz is challenging scientists’ understanding of how these conditions take root.
by LaTina Emerson
Mangrove trees water boat
Georgia State researchers have examined how to diminish economic losses from hurricanes. One solution: More mangrove trees.
by Noelle Toumey Reetz
coronavirus global pandemic
Georgia State epidemiologist Gerardo Chowell on what makes the coronavirus pandemic unique and what still needs to happen as the global outbreak unfolds.
by Jennifer Rainey Marquez
Substance abuse illustration.
Researchers in the School of Public Health are helping stabilize Georgia families affected by substance abuse. 
by Jennifer Rainey Marquez
Frank Williams father baby
In a new book, Georgia State anthropology professor Frank L’Engle Williams chronicles the evolution of dad.
by Jennifer Rainey Marquez
political humility
Could humility be the solution to our partisan divide? Associate professor Don Davis investigates whether it may help mitigate an antagonistic political culture.
by Jennifer Rainey Marquez
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Georgia State scientists are joining the race to unravel how the new coronavirus operates — and find effective treatments.
by Jennifer Rainey Marquez
Man vaping in front of word
At the School of Public Health, researchers are studying how vaping got a new generation addicted to nicotine, and what’s needed to combat the growing epidemic.
by Josh Green
Gholnecsary Muhammad reading children
In the College of Education and Human Development, associate professor Gholnecsar Muhammad has developed a better way to teach youth by giving voice to their own identities and experiences
by Sonam Vashi

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  • Arun Rai

    Arun Rai, Regents’ Professor and director of the Center for Digital Innovation, has received the LEO Award for Lifetime Exceptional Achievement from the Association of Information Systems.

  • Ephraim McLean

    Ephraim McLean, Regents’ Professor and the G.E. Smith Eminent Scholar’s Chair in the Department of Computer Information Systems, has received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems of the Association for Computing Machinery.

  • Leigh Anne Liu

    Leigh Anne Liu, associate professor of international business, has received a Fulbright award. Liu will be the Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics 2020-21 at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki.