Zachary Horton, an associate professor in the Department of English and the Film and Media Studies Program was recently interviewed by The New York Times. The article, The Extremely Offline Joy of the Board Game Club, talks about how board game clubs have become more popular with the younger generations.
Eladio Bobadilla, an assistant professor in the Department of History at the Dietrich School, was interviewed by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about Trump’s mass deportation plans. He commented on how fearmongering has long been a tool in politics and that the United States has a history of targeting immigrants.
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University of Pittsburgh faculty members Peter Wipf and Joel Greenberger have been elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.
Wipf, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Dietrich School, is one of Pitt’s most prolific and collaborative inventors. His 77 patents, and counting, are far and away the most of any active Pitt faculty member.
Sophia Choukas-Bradley, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology, was featured in a Post-Gazette article on the harm of food videos on TikTok. Choukas-Bradley talked about the psychology behind what makes food and eating videos so popular to watch on the platform.
Jonah Koetke, a graduate student in the Department of Psychology in the Dietrich School is part of a research team studying how humble scientists earn more trust with the public. The team’s research was scientists published in Nature at the end of November.
Jessica Kim, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in the Dietrich School is a part of a research team that was published in the International Journal of Sociology at the beginning of November. The research, Inhibiting or Contributing?
Karina Schumann, an associate professor and social program chair of the Department of Psychology at the Dietrich School is part of a research team published in Nature Human Behavior. The research centers on how to trust experts again in a post-covid world.
Shannon Reed, a teaching associate professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Writing Program in the Dietrich School's Department of English was just featured on the PBS Program, Studio2.
Claire Ebert, and assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, was featured in an AP article on the discovery of 4,000-year-old Mayan Canals. Ebert was not a part of the discovery but was interviewed for her expertise in archaeology.
