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In the Media

Voice of America: Amid Division, US Heads Toward Turbulent Transition of Power

Jan. 15, 2021

(Vanessa Beasley, associate professor of communication studies, interviewed)



Associated Press: Mix of extremists who stormed Capitol isn’t retreating

Jan. 13, 2021

(Amy Cooter, senior lecturer in sociology, quoted)


The New York Times: The real dire wolf ran into an evolutionary dead end

Jan. 13, 2021

(Larisa DeSantis, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, quoted)


Utica Observer-Dispatch: COVID vaccine hesitancy threatens push to end pandemic. How experts say NY can stop it

Jan. 12, 2021

(T.S. Harvey, associate professor of anthropology, quoted)


Reuters: Security to take center stage at Biden inauguration after Capitol riot

Jan. 12, 2021

(Amy Cooter, senior lecturer in sociology, quoted)


Newsy: Big Tech Moderation Crackdown Gives Parler, Gab A Surge of Users

Jan. 11, 2021

(Sophie Bjork-James, assistant professor of the practice in anthropology, interviewed)


Scientific American: Militia expert warns Trump’s Capitol insurrectionists could try again

Jan. 11, 2021

(Amy Cooter, senior lecturer in sociology, authored)


CBC News (Canada): History professor on likelihood of Trump impeachment

Jan. 9, 2021

(Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, interviewed)


The Atlantic: Republicans confront the consequences of their Doomsday rhetoric

Jan. 9, 2021

(Larry Bartels, May Werthan Shayne Professor of Public Policy and Social Science, research cited)