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Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod, “Sorry, I Don’t Understand:” When Assimilation Means Death Of A Language

Being able to speak a mother tongue when living in Diaspora allows the strengthening of social bonds among immigrant communities as well as the maintenance of strong cultural identities. But what happens to the language when the younger generations do not speak it? How do they connect with their parents and communities? A new article by SIS Professor Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod explores the impact

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William Akoto, Samantha Bradshaw, Trey Herr: Do data localization policies really improve cybersecurity outcomes?

Data localization laws, which require data to be stored within a country’s physical borders, are often promoted as a means to enhance cybersecurity. But do these laws actually improve cybersecurity outcomes? A new study by SIS Professors and Center for Security, Innovation, and New Technology (CSINT) co-directors William Akoto , Samantha Bradshaw , and Trey Herr compiles a global dataset of data l

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Redefining the Promise: Young Americans Look Beyond Pageantry Toward Everyday Civic Action

As the nation marks its 250th anniversary, America’s rising generation is grappling with a profound sense of estrangement from traditional national pride. Rather than embracing uncritical flag-waving, young Americans view the present state of the union with deep skepticism—even while carving out enduring grounds for optimism rooted in community action, mutual care, and inclusive democratic values.

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Lauren Carruth, Diets, politics, and camel economies: a qualitative One Health study of zoonotic disease risk in pastoralist regions of eastern Ethiopia

A new study in the Social Science & Medicine journal co-authored by SIS Professor Lauren Carruth looks at how conflict, political instability, and informal economies can affect the risk of zoonotic diseases, or those that spread between animals and people. Because most research on the factors driving zoonotic diseases is often limited in conflict-affected and politically insecure locations, this s

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Nicholas Micinski, Aiding Autocrats

Since 2016, wealthy countries have dramatically increased funding to manage migration, often funding repression in the process. In Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance, and Repression in Africa , SIS Professor Nicholas Micinski and Rice University co-author Kelsey P. Norman examine how this happens, drawing on data from around the world and detailed case studies of Kenya, Ethiopia, E

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Jordan Tama, The Domestic and International Sources of Legislative Action on Economic Sanctions

When does the U.S. Congress move to impose sanctions on foreign countries? While prior research highlights Congress’s influence on sanctions policy, little is known about what drives legislators to act. A new paper co-authored by SIS Professor Jordan Tam a investigates factors driving the introduction and approval of sanctions legislation, arguing that the factors shaping sanctions policymaking va

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How Research Took SIS Grad Students to the United Nations

On June 9 th , SIS and Kogod professor Derrick Cogburn led a side event at the United Nation’s 19th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to officially launch and demonstrate the CRPD Disability Rights Data Dashboard that Cogburn and his team of research associates developed to evaluate the implementation progress of the CRPD across 170 Me