Archive: Research

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Colleen Baer (C’22) Contributes to Research at the Intersection of Religion and Reconciliation in Ireland

As part of the Figge Fellows Program, Colleen Baer (C'22) is researching the impact of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis on the challenges of peace making in Northern…

December 20, 2021

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Postdoctoral Fellow Maëva Millan and Professor Sarah Stewart Johnson Conduct First-of-Its-Kind Research Searching for Organic Molecules on Red Planet

In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, Georgetown Postdoctoral Fellow Maëva Millan and her advisor, Sarah Stewart Johnson, Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the…

November 16, 2021

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Study by Psychology Professors Johnson and Phillips Shows Successes, Struggles of Students During Distance Learning

Professors in the Department of Psychology Anna Johnson, Ph.D., and Deborah Phillips, Ph.D., partnered with researchers at the University of Oklahoma on the Tulsa SEED Study,…

November 5, 2021

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Which Witch: Two Professors Use Historical Research to Teach Class on Different Forms of Witchcraft from Around the World

Alison Games, Ph.D. and Dorothy M. Brown Distinguished Professor of History, and Amy Leonard, Ph.D., professor of History and director of undergraduate studies, co-instruct the…

October 29, 2021

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Sabrina Wesley-Nero Creates Curriculum for Literacy Program to Counteract Education Inequities

Sabrina Wesley-Nero, Ph.D., and director of the Education, Inquiry and Justice Program,  oversaw and wrote the curriculum for the inaugural year of the 1619 Freedom School in…

October 14, 2021

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Maureen Tibbetts (C’21) and Adam Epstein-Shuman (C’22) Contribute to Happiness Research on Impact of Online Interactions During Peak of Social Distancing

At the height of social distancing in the United States, a team of researchers led by Kostadin Kushlev, Ph.D. and professor in the Department of Psychology, examined the effects…

September 21, 2021

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Kimberly Sellers Named ASA Fellow for Research, Collaboration and Leadership in Justice and Equity

Kimberly Sellers, Ph.D. and professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, was elected as a Fellow in the American Statistical Association (ASA) for her excellence in…

September 8, 2021

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International Collaborative Research by Biologists Leslie Ries and Naresh Neupane Provides Key Insights to Decline of Monarch Butterfly

Leslie Ries and Naresh Neupane, professors in the Department of Biology, contributed to research published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution that revealed climate change…

August 30, 2021

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Nadia Brown Discusses History of Nineteenth Amendment and Existing Voter Suppression

Government and director of the Women and Gender Studies Program, discusses the history surrounding the suffrage movement and how voting rights must be changed to create a more…

August 26, 2021

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Innovative Book by Psychology Professor Provides New Links Between Science and Literature

Fathali Moghaddam, Ph.D., Georgetown Department of Psychology professor and editor of the Cambridge University Press book series on ‘Progressive Psychology,’recently…

August 12, 2021