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You know that feeling when you read the news and have so many more questions? We know people like you. We are people like you. RadioEd taps into the University of Denver’s deep pool of bright brains to explore new takes on today’s top stories.
Think about where you lay your head at night: Whether it’s an apartment, a house or a condo, do you own the place you sleep in?
While it’s more common to own a home than to rent one, there are more people renting now in the United States than at any point since 1965.
More than 45 million households in this country are rentals—that’s more than a third of all households in the United States, made up of more than 100 million residents.
And if you’re one of those 100 million renters, one University of Denver researcher says, you’re at a disadvantage. You’re a legal tenant—but are you being treated as one?
On this episode of RadioEd, Emma chats with Sarah Schindler, a professor at DU’s Sturm College of Law and a property and land use scholar, about the multitude of ways that renters are treated as second-class citizens in the eyes of the law.
Sarah Schindler is nationally recognized for her scholarship, which focuses on property, land use, local government, and sustainable development. Her articles have been widely praised as creative and insightful additions to these fields.
At DU, Schindler teaches property, land use, local government, real estate transactions, and animal law. Schindler is a musician, a vegan, a mountain climbing enthusiast, and an avid urban cyclist. She lives in Denver with her husband, son, and dog.
More Information:
National Multifamily Housing Council
Neighbors Without Notice: The Unequal Treatment of Tenants and Homeowners in Land Use Hearing Procedures by Sarah Schindler and Kellen Zale
Show Notes
Brain injuries are often described as an invisible disability.
You don’t necessarily know just by looking at somebody that they have a brain injury, and they may not even know they have one. But inside, things can be very different.
The World Health Organization has identified brain injury as a significant public health concern, and traumatic brain injuries are a major cause of death and disability in the United States.
Without the right care or resources, it’s easy for these injuries to go unnoticed and untreated.
In this episode, Jordyn speaks with Research Assistant Professor Jennifer McMahon about her combined work in Neuropsychology and forensic psychology to protect and advocate for justice-involved individuals. McMahon helps run The Brain Injury Screening Program which is housed in The Denver Forensic Institute for Research, Service and Training, also known as Denver FIRST.
Jennifer McMahon is a research assistant professor at the University of Denver. As Program Director at Denver FIRST (Forensic Institute for Research Service and Training) McMahon oversees the community serving forensic programs. She graduated with a PhD in clinical psychology from John Jay College and a master's degree in forensic psychology from DU.
More Information
The Denver Forensic Institute for Research, Service and Training (Denver FIRST)
Neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens Helps Rebuild Lives After TBIs
Grant Greenlights Denver FIRST’s Brain Injuries Screening Program
Show Notes
Think back to how you made decisions growing up. Whether it was the clothes you wore, where you hung out, who your friends were, and even how you coped with the struggles you faced—who did you confide in?
Was it a friend, a sibling, a parent, a mentor or other trusted adult? It’s likely that peer influence—or how much your personal circle can affect what you do and think— had a big impact.
Peer influence has the power to shape nearly every decision a young person makes, and social media often plays an outsized role in how those everyday conversations occur.
Approximately 95% of youth ages 13 to 17 report using a social media platform—according to recent data reported by the Office of the Surgeon General.
Social media can also help researchers understand the context of certain health-related behaviors by offering real-time insights into trends, interactions and peer influences within online communities.
For example, it can shed light on the challenges faced by vulnerable groups, such as youth experiencing homelessness, who may turn to digital platforms for support, connection, or expression of their struggles.
In this episode, Jordyn speaks with Associate Professor of Social Work Anamika Barman-Adhikari about how the social networks of young people experiencing homelessness can influence behaviors like substance use.
Anamika Barman-Adhikari is an associate professor of social work at the University of Denver. Her experiences in research, policy and clinical services have collectively helped her to formulate an academic agenda, which is devoted to the prevention of HIV and substance use among high-risk youth and other vulnerable populations. Barman-Adhikari's research interests are broadly centered on understanding the social-contextual determinants of risk and protective behaviors among vulnerable populations, such as unhoused and minority youth.
More Information
Substance use and sentiment and topical tendencies: a study using social media conversations of youth experiencing homelessness
Harnessing Social Media to Identify Homeless Youth At-Risk of Substance Use
Identifying Marijuana Use Behaviors Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness Using a Machine Learning–Based Framework: Development and Evaluation Study
Social Media and Youth Mental Health – The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory
Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Show Notes
Booker T. Washington once said: “An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.”
A once enslaved man who became an author and speaker in the post-Reconstruction Jim Crow-era South, Washington famously advocated against protest and agitation tactics meant to advance civil rights. Washington’s position was that Black Americans should concentrate on economic progress, rather than desegregation efforts.
Washington believed that economic success would advance Black people in American society and protect them from the violence of the Jim Crow era.
However, this wasn’t always—or even often—the case.
In a paper titled, “An Inch of Progress: Black Business and Black Accountants Fighting Jim Crow Violence,” researchers from the University of Denver have set out to set the record straight on how economics and accounting actually hurt or benefited Black Americans at the time.
In this episode, Emma speaks with Daniels College of Business professor Tony Holder and history professor Kimberly Jones from the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, plus grad student Mayowa Alabi, about their research into the history of racism and accounting.
Anthony D. Holder, PhD, CPA (Inactive), is an associate professor at the University of Denver. He has previously taught at Case Western Reserve University, the University of Toledo and the University of Cincinnati. He also spent a semester teaching in Shanghai, China. He earned his BA in Accountancy at Park University, a Master of Accountancy at Wright State University and a PhD in Accountancy at the University of Cincinnati. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Prior to obtaining his PhD, he worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in their auditing and tax departments.
Kimberly Jones is an associate professor of history in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Jones studies the experiences of enslaved and free black people across the Atlantic World. Her primary research is centered on the construction of racial identity through medicine and science.
Mayowa Alabi is a graduate student in the Daniels College of Business.
Hosted by writers Emma Atkinson and Jordyn Reiland, RadioEd is a triweekly podcast created by the DU Newsroom that taps into the University of Denver’s deep pool of bright brains to explore the most compelling and interesting research coming out of DU. See below for a transcript of this episode.
This week, production assistant and DU graduate student Madeleine Lebovic steps in to host.
Show Notes
When Hollywood paints a picture of childhood, it’s often one of nostalgia-tinged wonder. Playing outside, moments of carefree innocence and the highs and lows of the adventure of self-discovery.
But this is not the childhood that everyone experiences. For many, childhood was a place of uncertainty and fear. And when those kids grow up to become parents, those hard realities can impact their own parenting.
How can we break those cycles of intergenerational trauma? This week on RadioEd, Madeleine Lebovic chats with Associate Professor of Clinical Child Psychology Angela Narayan about the surprising science behind reflecting on positive childhood experiences – and how it can help parents counter childhood adversity.
Angela Narayan, PhD, LP, is an Associate Professor in the Clinical Child Psychology PhD Program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Denver (DU). She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She received her PhD in Clinical Child Psychology from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota and completed a predoctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry and Child Trauma Research Program at UCSF. Narayan directs a program of research that examines how childhood adversity and positive childhood experiences have enduring effects on development across adolescence, adulthood and parenthood. She is particularly interested in understanding intergenerational pathways of adversity, psychopathology, and resilience in populations with diverse backgrounds.
Narayan is a licensed clinical psychologist in Colorado and a clinical supervisor in the Center for Child and Family Psychology (CCFP) in the DU Department of Psychology. Her expertise is in trauma-informed therapies (e.g., Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy) and relationship-based and parent-focused treatments (e.g., Parent Management Training, Interpersonal Psychotherapy).
She also directs the DU Department of Psychology’s PROTECT Lab where researchers study the intergenerational transmission of risk and resilience across families and generations. Links to different versions of the Benevolent Childhood Experiences scale, used to assess positive experiences in childhood, can be found under instruments.
More Information:
Positive childhood experiences predict less psychopathology and stress in pregnant women with childhood adversity: A pilot study of the benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) scale by Angela Narayan et al.
A multisystem, dimensional interplay of assets versus adversities: Revised benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) in the context of childhood maltreatment, threat, and deprivation by Angela Narayan et al.
Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study by Vincent J Felitti, MD, FACP et al.
Information on ACEs from the CDC
As we get older, things change. Our priorities shift, viewpoints and opinions evolve, and our bodies—and brains—age.
Many of these changes are good—we can celebrate the process of aging as one that invites wisdom and joy. But there are natural consequences of getting older, and one of those consequences is cognitive decline.
Eric Chess is a former medical doctor who has also earned degrees in law and business. Chess is the director of the Paul Freeman Financial Security Program at DU. He seeks to identify the earliest signs of cognitive impairment—and works to protect the lives and financial assets of older people experiencing cognitive decline.
Dr. Eric Chess is a physician, lawyer and professor with a focus on prevention, comprehensive well-being, financial security and older adults. He has over a decade of experience in internal medicine practice (board certified), as a hospitalist and as an outpatient physician. He is currently a Clinical Professor at the University of Denver's Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, serving as the founder and director of Aging and Well-being/The Paul Freeman Financial Security Program. Additionally, he serves as an adjunct Professor at the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law and Daniels College of Business. Dr. Chess has an undergraduate degree in economics and political science, and a graduate law degree with experience as an attorney and economic consultant.
The Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging creates and implements solutions for aging issues through multidisciplinary research, education and outreach by serving as an information clearinghouse for media on matters related to aging; educating and training a diverse workforce to serve a rapidly aging population; and promoting innovation, research and business development related to aging.
The Paul Freeman Financial Security Program combines the expertise of faculty, researchers and students at the University of Denver. Their interdisciplinary team of researchers in law, finance, psychology, social work, business, neuroscience, and medicine is led by Eric Chess, MD, JD. Goals of impact include four main areas: Research and Development; Outreach and Collaboration; Education; and Policy. Part of the program’s core mission is to address the need for more impactful solutions regarding financial exploitation and fraud of older adults. Target areas currently include developing a financial vulnerability scale, leading a state-wide collaboration, developing a financial-protective team legal instrument, and addressing the significant transfer of wealth affecting older adults and potential future generations and clients.
Since 2021, when DU was designated as an R1 research institute, the University has been full speed on groundbreaking research locally and globally in psychology, engineering, education, natural science, mathematics and more.
And no one knows that better than Corinne Lengsfeld, senior vice provost for research and graduate education, whose tenure at the University tells the story of DU’s research journey.
RadioEd co-hosts Emma Atkinson and Jordyn Reiland sat down with Lengsfeld earlier this month to chat about research: Why it matters, Lengsfeld’s own projects and more.
Corinne Lengsfeld serves as the Senior Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Education at the University of Denver. As the chief research officer, she is the primary advocate for the University's research mission and is charged with understanding, celebrating, leading and enhancing all forms of scholarship to foster professional growth of the faculty, advancing knowledge, enriching the student experience, and enhancing University visibility. Lengsfeld oversees all internal support for research, the management of external grants and contracts, research integrity and protection, intellectual property and technology transfer and some multidisciplinary research institutes/core facilities.
What makes you feel safe? Is it a familiar voice on the phone, a particular place, friends or family by your side, your spiritual beliefs or even a favorite blanket?
What about a person outside your personal circle, like a paramedic, a lifeguard, a firefighter or a police officer?
20-year-old Joseph said that people should feel safe around police officers, but that isn’t always the case in Durham, North Carolina—where he lives—and elsewhere.
He says, “I think that police officers almost have to have a—not necessarily nurturing aspect, but kind of like a—sense of safety about them. Because you should feel safe around police officers, you know? I don’t necessarily know how to put that in a word, but I think that you should definitely just feel safe around police officers.”
So how can police departments increase safety and earn trust in the communities where they work?
University of Denver Assistant Professor of Public Policy Ajenai Clemmons’ research answers these questions that can extend beyond North Carolina.
On this episode of RadioEd, co-host Jordyn Reiland chats with Clemmons about how the men she interviewed made sense of policing in their neighborhood—and what they needed to both be safe and feel safe.
More information:
What the Durham Police Department Can Do to Enhance Safety and Earn Trust
Our lives are made up of the experiences we’ve had. And those experiences stick with us, particularly the good ones.
When we look back on our lives, it’s easy to feel as though things were better in the past. We long for the “good ‘ol days,” as it were.
There’s a word for this feeling: Nostalgia.
And nostalgia, like many other human emotions, has been commodified. That’s right: Advertisers, marketers and even politicians know people yearn for bygone times, and they know just how to take advantage of it.
Ana Babic Rosario, professor of marketing at the University of Denver, studies what’s called “nostalgia marketing." She says that nostalgia is complex; it’s about more than just longing for the past.
On this episode of RadioEd, Emma chats with Rosario about the good, the bad and the ugly of nostalgia marketing—and finds out who’s most susceptible to it.
In 1987, 17% of people had an unfavorable view of the Supreme Court.
Now, in 2024, 51% of people say the same thing.
That’s a 200% increase in just 37 years, according to analysis of Pew Research data. So why have American's opinions of the court's declined so significantly?
In this episode, new co-host Jordyn Reiland chats with Assistant Professor Phil Chen about how trust and legitimacy in the Supreme Court and federal judiciary more broadly is contingent on more than just descriptive representation—otherwise known as demographic diversity. Americans also want to see substantive representation, effectively whether your specific policy interests are being met.
Phil Chen is an assistant professor of political science in the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. His research delves into race, ethnicity, gender, and partisanship in political psychology, as well as political communication and how voters interpret and react to appeals from politicians and the media. Chen teaches classes on campaigns and elections, race and ethnicity, political polarization, media and politics, political psychology, and political participation.
More information:
Amy Coney Barrett is Not Enough: How Descriptive and Substantive Representation Shape Trust and Legitimacy of the Federal Courts by Phil Chen and Amanda Savage
Favorable views of Supreme Court remain near historic low
Most of Biden’s appointed judges to date are women, racial or ethnic minorities – a first for any president
In the six years that Chancellor Jeremy Haefner has helmed the University of Denver, much has changed—and research at DU has truly blossomed.
DU was awarded R1 research status in 2021, making it the fourth university in Colorado and the only private institution in the Rocky Mountain Region to have achieved the classification. Since then, the research being done by faculty and students across DU has only gotten more exciting.
As we head into the 2024 school year, with more to come from DU’s stellar researchers, we sat down with Chancellor Haefner to chat about why research is such an integral part of the DU identity.
Women make up just 34% of the workforce in professional STEM fields. In college, too, women are underrepresented: about 21% of engineering majors are women and around 19% of computer and information science majors are women.
So, the question is: Why does this happen? Are women just less interested in these fields?
Jennifer Hoffman, Shannon Murphy and Robin Tinghitella, all faculty in the University of Denver’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, answer that question with a resounding “NO.”
Together at DU, Shannon, Jennifer and Robin co-host science summer camps for middle-school girls. And they are not only providing opportunities for girls to become acquainted with STEM fields, they’re also studying the campers’ relationships to science.
In a recently published paper, the trio, along with outside colleagues, examine the effects of these science summer camps on girls’ relationship with science and their scientific self-efficacy by asking the girls a series of questions before and after their camp experiences.
In this episode, Emma chats with the three female scientists about their experiences as women in STEM and why it’s so important to get girls interested in the sciences early in life.
Jennifer Hoffmanis a professorof physics and astronomy in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Denver. She holds the Womble Chair of Astronomy and directs DU's historic Chamberlin Observatory. Her research interests focus on the late stages of massive stellar evolution, in particular on the role of binary stars in shaping supernova explosions. Hoffman uses a combination of observational spectropolarimetry and 3-D computational modeling to explore these research questions. She sees her roles as an educator and mentor as a vital part of her scholarship. In all these arenas, Hoffman works to expand opportunities and remove barriers to participation in physics and astronomy for people from historically underrepresented groups.
Robin Tinghitella is an associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Denver. As a behavioral ecologist, she works to understand how rapidly changing environments alter animal communication, particularly interactions between males and females. Researchers in her animal behavior lab use both insect and fish model systems and are supported by the National Science Foundation, the Morris Animal Foundation, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Animal Behavior Society (amongst others).
Shannon Murphy is a professor of biological sciences in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Denver. She studies the ecology and evolution of interactions between plants and insects. Murphy works side by side with students to investigate how these plant-insect interactions are affected by global change. She works closely with undergraduate and graduate students to both teach them about and study the ecology and evolution of interactions between plants and insects, and together they investigate how these interactions are affected by global change.
More Information:
“STEM Summer Camp for Girls Positively Affects Self-Efficacy" by E. Dale Broder, Kirsten J. Fetrow, Shannon M. Murphy, Jennifer L. Hoffman, Robin M. Tinghitella
AAUW: “The STEM Gap: Women and Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics”
Much of sports is a gamble. There’s a saying: “Any team can win any game on any given day.” Almost nothing, no outcome, is guaranteed in sports—and that’s part of the fun of watching and playing.
But players and coaches want to eliminate as many variables as possible, trying to leave less up to chance. And that is where statistics come in.
It might seem like a good idea to call a timeout in the NBA when the opposing team is on a scoring run—it could slow their momentum, change the energy of the game, right?
Research from a University of Denver data analytics professor indicates otherwise.
In this episode, Emma chats with Daniels College of Business professor Ryan Elmore about his work in sports analytics—and why taking a timeout in the midst of an NBA game might not be the solution to slowing an opposing team’s momentum.
Ryan Elmore is an associate professor in the Department of Business Information and Analytics at the Daniels College of Business. Prior to Daniels, he worked as a senior scientist in the Computational Sciences Center at the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden, Colorado. He has also held positions at the Australian National University, Colorado State University and Slide, Inc.
Elmore’s research interests include statistics in sports, nonparametric statistical methods, and energy efficient high-performance computing. His work in sports statistics has led to the position of Associate Editor for the Journal of Quantitative Analysis of Sports (2015–present) and consultant to the Denver Nuggets professional basketball team.
More Information:
“The causal effect of a timeout at stopping an opposing run in the NBA”
“Bang the Can Slowly: An Investigation into the 2017 Houston Astros”
This episode of RadioEd is about suicide and how people can help those they love who might be experiencing suicidal thoughts.
We know it’s a heavy topic. In many cultures, suicide is taboo—and in some countries it’s illegal. People don’t like to talk about it.
But, as University of Denver associate professor of social work Stacey Freedenthal says, asking a friend or family member if they’re experiencing suicidal thoughts is really, really important.
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among adults in the United States, with nearly 50,000 dying by suicide in 2021. In that same year, 12.3 million adults seriously thought about suicide.
And it’s not just adults. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people between the ages of 15 and 24 and the eighth leading cause of death among children aged 5 to 11.
So why should we ask our at-risk loved ones about potential thoughts of suicide? Freedenthal says she's often heard a slogan: “Prevent suicide with your ears.” And while it’s not quite as simple as that, Freedenthal says listening to those we love is a good first step in stopping someone from taking their own life.
In this episode, Freedenthal draws on her personal and professional experiences to share how best to support the people we love when they may be experiencing suicidal thoughts.
Stacey Freedenthal is an associate professor of social work at the University of Denver. A licensed clinical social worker, Freedenthal has a small psychotherapy and consulting practice in Denver. She also provides training and consultation to social workers and other professionals who treat clients at risk for suicide.
Freedenthal has worked in the field of suicide prevention since 1994, when she volunteered at a suicide hotline. Subsequently, she earned a master's degree in social work from the University of Texas at Austin. She held clinical positions in psychiatric emergency settings before returning to school to earn a PhD in social work from Washington University in St. Louis. Before she became a social worker, she worked as a journalist for The Dallas Morning News.
She coordinates the mental health concentration at the Graduate School of Social Work. The courses that she teaches include Suicide Assessment and Interventions, Assessment of Mental Health in Adults, Clinical Social Work Theory and Practice, and Social Justice Challenges in Mental Health Practice.
More Information:988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
“A Suicide Therapist’s Secret Past” by Stacey Freedenthal for the New York Times
CDC Suicide Data and Statistics
AACAP Suicide in Children and Teens
“Loving Someone with Suicidal Thoughts: What Family, Friends, and Partners Can Say and Do” by Stacey Freedenthal
Stacey Freedenthal website
An anonymous quote claims that “war does not determine who is right—only who is left.”
And in many cases, women are the ones who are left to pick up the pieces after war. They must deal with changing power dynamics, laws and norms while simultaneously trying to recover from the trauma of armed conflict—even if they weren’t the ones on the battlefield.
So where do women stand after war?
University of Denver professor Marie Berry, who teaches in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, is working to answer that question, examining the rights of women after war in countries around the world.
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Marie Berry is the director of the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy and an associate professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. She is also the co-founder and convener of the Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative (IGLI), an effort to elevate and amplify the work that women activists are doing at the grassroots to advance peace, justice, and human rights across the world.
Her award-winning book, “War, Women, and Power: From Violence to Mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina,” examined the impact of mass violence on women’s political mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia. Together with Dr. Milli Lake (LSE), she runs the Women’s Rights After War Project.
If you’ve hiked above the tree line of a mountain in Colorado, you’ve likely come across a couple fuzzy little critters making their homes among the rocks. Deer mice, in particular, are native to North America and are often found at the peaks of the Rocky Mountains.
As you stand there at the summit, gasping for air after a long hike, you might have realized that the little mice don't look tired or breathless at all. They scurry around between the rocks, little balls of energy.
So why is it that, at one of the highest elevations humans can reach, you’re so worn out, while the mouse is fine?
In this episode, Emma speaks with Jon Velotta, assistant professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Denver, who studies how these mice have adapted to the high altitudes at which they live.
Jon Velotta is an assistant professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Denver, where he studies how animals adapt to extreme environments. Velotta’s research blends evolution with the fields of physiology and genomics. His ongoing work includes how mice have adapted to the extreme cold and low oxygen conditions of high-altitude, and how fish have made the evolutionary transition from saltwater to freshwater.
More Information:
Jonathan Velotta’s Google Scholar webpage
“Physiological and genomic evidence that selection on the transcription factor Epas1 has altered cardiovascular function in high-altitude deer mice,” Jonathan Velotta et al
“Elephants have evolved to be tuskless because of ivory poaching, a study finds,” NPR
“The Genetic Basis of Chronic Mountain Sickness,” Roy Ronen, Dan Zhou, Vineet Bafna and Gabriel G. Haddad
Hosted by writer Emma Atkinson, RadioEd is a triweekly podcast created by the DU Newsroom that taps into the University of Denver’s deep pool of bright brains to explore the most compelling and interesting research coming out of DU. See below for a transcript of this episode.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office says the Art Institute of Chicago demonstrated “willful blindness” when it purchased “Russian War Prisoner,” a drawing by Austrian Artist Egon Schiele. The museum insists it came by the piece legally.
Why all the drama? Well, the drawing was stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
We’ll let the courts decide what happens in Chicago. But right here in Colorado, University of Denver professor of history Ellizabeth Campbell is leading a national conversation about what happened to art looted by the Nazis in World War II—and why the rehoming, or restitution, process isn’t as straightforward as it might seem.
Elizabeth Campbell is a history professor at the University of Denver. She also serves as director of the Center for Art Collection Ethics (ACE). Campbell teaches courses in modern European and French history, including the French Revolution, Europe during the World Wars, Nazi art looting and seminars on the history and memory of World War II in France and the Algerian war of independence.
Her latest book, “Museum Worthy: Nazi-Era Art in Postwar Western Europe,” focuses on the Allied recovery of plundered art, comparing restitution practices in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. In all three cases, postwar governments held unclaimed works for display in state-run museums, setting the stage for controversy and litigation in the 1990s and ongoing cultural property disputes. (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
In the spring of 2017, Campbell began developing plans for ACE in consultation with DU faculty and staff in related programs. ACE promotes ethical art collection stewardship through social media and on-campus training programs.
More Information: "Museum Worthy: Nazi-Era Art in Postwar Western Europe” by Elizabeth Campbell
“Art Institute showed ‘willful blindness’ in buying Nazi-looted art, New York prosecutors say” Chicago Sun-Times
“Russian War Prisoner” Art Institute of Chicago
“An Art Critic’s Secret Critique Of Hitler’s Paintings Shown Uncanny Insight” History Daily
Center for Art Collection Ethics
The time that K-12 students spend with teachers is formative. It’s important. Some might say that a teacher can make or break a kid, especially kids from marginalized communities. There are systems in place to educate and evaluate teachers on best practices in the classroom—but are we doing enough to make sure teacher training is equitable and culturally sensitive?
On this episode on RadioEd, Emma speaks with María del Carmen Salazar, associate dean of the University of Denver’s Morgridge College of Education, about her work with culturally responsive teacher evaluation.
María del Carmen Salazaris associate dean for faculty affairs and DEIJ as well as a professor of curriculum & instruction and teacher education in the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. Salazar has authored 38 publications and given 155 scholarly local, national, and international presentations on a humanizing pedagogy, equitable teaching and culturally responsive teacher evaluation, and college access and success for Latinx youth. She is the author of “Teacher Evaluation as Culture: A Framework for Equitable and Excellent Teaching.”
Show NotesUniversity of Denver Sturm College of Law associate professor Govind Persad’s newest paper, “Defining Health Affordability,” looks into the phenomenon of how Americans avoid seeking healthcare because of the cost. The meat of his latest research, however, comes down to investigating why we don’t have a universal definition for the idea of healthcare affordability.
In this episode, Emma chats with Persad, who offers his own definition of health affordability and examines today’s American healthcare landscape.
Govind Persad’s research applies bioethical and distributive justice frameworks to law in order to address longstanding and new problems at the interface of health law and policy.
Persad’s current projects evaluate potential definitions of health affordability, consider how to integrate health justice and equity into frameworks for the allocation of scarce medical resources, and propose new frameworks for international pandemic response. His research has most recently been supported by a Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Award. He is participating in the Colorado National Wastewater Surveillance System Center of Excellence at DU and serves on the Faculty Advisory Committee for the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy.
More Information:"Defining Health Affordability" by Govind Persad
“Sue Lowden Stands by Chicken Health Care Barter Plan” CBS News
“Pricing Drugs Fairly” by Govind Persad
“Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs” by Lunna Lopes, Marley Presiado and Liz Hamel
RadioEd is a biweekly podcast created by the DU Newsroom that taps into the University of Denver’s deep pool of bright brains to explore new takes on today’s top stories. See below for a transcript of this episode.
I want you to think about who did most of the work in your household growing up. Was it your mom, your grandma? Chances are, it was likely someone who identified as a woman doing the dishes, cooking the food and folding the laundry.
Now, this obviously isn’t a hard-and-fast rule. There are countless family dynamics out there, some of which include men doing a large share of the work that it takes to keep a home and household running smoothly. But historically, and even today, that work is known as women’s work—and it’s often overlooked.
On this episode, we’re talking all about invisible labor, the home and caring work often left to women to coordinate and carry out, with University of Denver economics professor Paula Cole.
Show Notes:
Paula Cole is an economist at the University of Denver where she teaches on gender, care, and inequality. With more than 15 years of experience studying the gendered dimensions of the economy, Cole’s expertise centers on valuing caregiving in the home and the market, the gendered impact of economic policy, the feminization of poverty, and the intersections of gender, race, and class within economic lives. Cole is a passionate advocate for improving the economic lives of women from analyzing the economic impact of a paid family in Colorado, organizing women to run for public office with Colorado 50-50, or helping students to understand the value and importance of care in the economy through community engagement.
More Information:
“Invisible labor is real, and it hurts: What you need to know”
“Invisible Household Labor and Ramifications for Adjustment: Mothers as Captains of Households”
“Invisible Labor: The Cost of Invisible Work”
Lions and tigers and panda bears, oh my! By the end of the year, all of the United States’ giant pandas will be returned to China. But why?
In this episode, Emma tackles the current state of U.S.-China relations with the help of Suisheng Zhao, a University of Denver professor and the executive director of the Center for China-U.S. Cooperation in the Korbel School of International Studies. Emma also examines the future of the relationship between the two world powers with Collin Meisel, the associate director of Geopolitical Analysis at the Pardee Center for International Futures.
Show Notes:
Suisheng Zhao is a professor and Director of the Center for China-U.S. Cooperation at Josef Korbel School of International Studies. He is a founding editor of the Journal of Contemporary China, and a member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific. Zhao received his Ph.D. degree in political science from the University of California-San Diego, M.A. degree in Sociology from the University of Missouri and BA and M.A. degrees in economics from Peking University. He is the author and editor of more than ten books and his articles have appeared in Political Science Quarterly, The Wilson Quarterly, Washington Quarterly and more.
Collin Meisel is the Associate Director of Geopolitical Analysis at the Pardee Center. He is also a subject matter expert at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and a Nonresident Fellow with the Strategic Foresight Hub at the Stimson Center. Meisel’s research focuses on international interactions and the measurement of the depth and breadth of political, diplomatic, economic, and security ties between countries as they have and are projected to evolve across long time horizons. Meisel is a U.S. Air Force veteran. He holds a Master’s in Public Policy from Georgetown University. His research has been published in the Journal of Contemporary China, Journal of Peace Research, and Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, and his commentary has been published by Defense One, The Hill, the Modern War Institute at West Point, and War on the Rocks, among other outlets.
More Information:
“Say goodbye to the pandas: All black-and-white bears on US soil set to return to China”
“Smithsonian’s National Zoo Hosts Panda Palooza: A Giant Farewell, Sept. 23 to Oct. 1”
Council on Foreign Relations: “U.S.-China Relations Timeline”
Council on Foreign Relations: “Why China-Taiwan Relations Are So Tense”
On this week’s episode, we’re talking all about the issues that the short-term rental industry is facing—how Airbnbs and VRBOs are perceived, the drawbacks to staying in one, and why people in Colorado mountain towns are trying to cut down on the short-term rentals in their neighborhoods. Emma chats with the University of Denver's Cheri Young about the evolution of short-term rentals and common complaints about the industry. We’re also joined by Colorado Sun reporter Jason Blevins, who lends a bird’s-eye view of the battle over short-term rentals in Colorado mountain towns.
Cheri Young is an Associate Professor in the Knoebel School of Hospitality Management in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. A passionate, talented designer of engaging learning environments through the use of community-engaged service learning, Dr. Young’s teaching has been recognized by the U.S. State Department and the International Council for Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education. While her primary teaching areas include organizational behavior, labor relations, and human resources, her life’s purpose is to help others realize their highest potential.
Jason Blevins is co-founder of and reporter for The Colorado Sun. He lives in Eagle, CO, and covers everything from the Western slope and public lands to the outdoors, the ski industry, mountain business and housing.
Welcome back for the Season 4 premiere of RadioEd, a University of Denver podcast. On this episode, Matt chats with Graduate School of Social Work professors Julia Senecal and Kristen Greenwald on the impacts of ecological distress, particularly on young people.
This conversation covers weather disasters, how they are taught in schools, and what individuals and groups can do to cope in a world where climate chaos is increasingly infringing on daily life.
Show notes and transcript: https://du.edu/news/what-is-ecological-distress
The season finale of RadioEd is finally here! This week, Matt chats with Rebecca Galemba, an associate professor at the Joseph Korbel School of International Studies, who specializes the intersections of globalization, illicit markets, migration, security, and labor in Mexico, Central America, and the United States about what Title 42 is and what are its implications, both to immigrants who seek to live in the United States and as a political mechanism.
Matt and Rebecca also talk about how Title 42 changed from Trump’s administration to Biden’s, and how the government has treated immigrants throughout the years, with policies such as Title 8, and what that could mean to future immigrants seeking asylum in the United States. Galemba also tackles the hard topic of the Externalization of Borders the United States and other countries sometimes resort to, which, according to her, can be seen as neglecting their responsibility to take in asylum seekers.
Rebecca Galemba, Ph.D., is an anthropologist who studies the intersections of globalization, illicit markets, migration, security, and labor in Mexico, Central America, and the U.S.
She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on Qualitative Research Methodologies, Cultures of Development, Migration, and Illicit Markets. Through research, teaching, and community-engaged work, she draws on interdisciplinary approaches to enhance the public good and contribute to studies of social inequality in Latin America and the US. She is professionally affiliated with the American Anthropological Association, the Latin American Studies Association, the International Studies Association, the Guatemala Scholars Network, the Society for Applied Anthropology, and the Society for Economic Anthropology.
More information:
Laboring for Justice: The Fight Against Wage Theft in an American City: https://www.amazon.com/Laboring-Justice-Fight-Against-American/dp/1503635201
Center for Immigration Policy and Research: https://cipr.du.edu/
The DU Just Wages Project: https://dujustwagesproject.wordpress.com/
Migrants Deported to Mexico Face Criminals and Predatory Officials: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/world/americas/migrants-deported-us-mexico.html
US authorities ‘seeing large numbers of migrants at border’ before Title 42 expiration – as it happened: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/may/11/title-42-expire-republican-immigration-biden-trump-town-hall-politics-live-updates
‘The border is not open’: US immediately replaces Title 42 with strict new rules: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/12/us-mexico-border-biden-new-immigration-rules-restrictions
What is Title 42, why is it ending and what’s happening now at the border: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/09/politics/title-42-ending-whats-next-explainer-cec/index.html
In the last month, the eyes of the international community have largely turned to Sudan, a North African country where political tensions have escalated into full-blown violence.
The conflict is swiftly resulting in a large-scale refugee emergency as tens of thousands of Sudanese flee the country amid what looks to be a burgeoning civil war. Experts are calling it a rapidly developing humanitarian crisis.
In this episode, Emma speaks with University of Denver Korbel School of International Studies professors Gary Grappo and Chen Reis about how Americans deal with diplomatic officials in war zones and about how humanitarian aid can make a difference in the developing crisis.
Gary Grappo is a Distinguished Fellow and adjunct faculty at the University of Denver’s Korbel School of International Studies. He is a career diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Oman. Grappo served all over the world, in countries from Nicaragua to Portugal to Saudi Arabia. He is also the founder and CEO of Equilibrium International Consulting, which “offers in-depth knowledge and real-world experience in and expertise on the Middle East to analyze, offer guidance and advice, write and speak on the region and other parts of the world.”
Chen Reis is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of the Humanitarian Assistance program, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. Prior to joining Korbel in Fall of 2011 she was a Technical Officer focusing on a range of humanitarian policy and practice issues at the World Health Organization, Geneva Switzerland (2004-2011). From 2001-2004 she was a Senior Research Associate with Physicians for Human Rights USA. She is the author of numerous articles, reports and book chapters. Dr. Reis is an internationally recognized expert on issues related to sexual violence in humanitarian crises and has advised governments and organizations on responses to gender-based violence.
You've at least heard of Ted Lasso, right? On the Apple TV show, a successful American football coach looks to turn around a failing British football club armed with optimism and biscuits.
While Ted Lasso is a (wonderful) fictional character, there's a lot to be learned from his example. On this episode of RadioEd, Matt sits down with Brian Gearity from DU's Graduate School of Professional Psychology, where he runs the Master of Sport Coaching program, to discuss the finer points of coaching, culture and team building in a world where hazing scandals are still a regular occurrence.
Is thin... back in?
If you're a frequent user of social media, particularly Instagram and TikTok, you may have been led to think so. Celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Mindy Kaling have recently debuted much slimmer physiques, and some speculate it's due to the help of a diabetes drug--Ozempic.
But how does our collective healing from these unattainable body norms interact with the ever-changing body image landscape? How does “thin is back in” affect women and femmes today?
We can’t talk about body image without talking about the history of the ideal body, intersectionality and the media. And that’s where University of Denver professors Erin Harrop and Rachael Liberman come in.
Bank runs no longer look like that scene from "It's a Wonderful Life." The modern version carries some of the same functional pieces, but how it looks is different.
For this episode of RadioEd, Matt sits down with Maclyn Clouse of the Daniels College of Business to discuss the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapses and how that banking crisis spread across oceans.
Maclyn L. Clouse, PhD, is a professor of finance at the Reiman School of Finance in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. The Reiman School is the premier school of financial management education in the Rocky Mountain Region, and its program provides a strong foundation in financial theory as well as practical application.
Clouse’s primary areas of teaching are corporate finance, microfinance, and investment banking. For 30 years, he taught the Finance courses in the Executive MBA program. In addition to his traditional graduate and undergraduate Finance classes, twice a year, he takes students to New York for the Organized Walk Down Wall Street course, which was first offered in 1991.In June of 2016 and 2017, he took students to Brussels and London for a Financial Capitals of the World class.
He has also developed and presented customized financial management seminars for corporations such as US WEST, the Manville Corporation, Contel-IPC, Diner’s Club, Coast RV, Northern Indiana Public Service Company, Toshiba, Kaiser Permanente, Vail Associates, New Century Energies, OMI Inc., Galileo, Intrado, Cenveo, and First Data Corporation.
On many occasions, Clouse has been certified as an expert witness in court cases involving the valuation of businesses, small business management, and economic loss determination. Over three different time periods, he served Finance Department Chair/ Reiman School Director for a total of 25 years. He has a BA in Economics and Mathematics from Willamette University and an MBA in Operations and Systems Analysis as well as a PhD in Finance from the University of Washington.
Prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was recently found guilty of the murders of his wife and son—but despite the severity of the crimes, the prosecution declined to pursue the death penalty in his case.
In this episode, Emma speaks with journalist George Hale about his experience covering the most recent federal executions in Terre Haute, Indiana for an intimate look at the execution process. She also sits down with DU law professor Sam Kamin to examine the history of the death penalty and the racial and class disparities in how it is handed out.
Show Notes:George Hale is a radio reporter at WFIU, the NPR member station covering federal death row. He was part of a team of public media journalists who covered 13 executions at a federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, in the final six months of then-President Donald Trump’s administration. Their reporting earned several awards including a regional Murrow. Hale is also the host and lead reporter of “Rush To Kill,” an investigative podcast about the federal death penalty, coming this spring.
Sam Kamin joined the faculty at the Sturm College of Law in 1999. Professor Kamin’s research interests include criminal procedure, death penalty jurisprudence, federal courts, and constitutional remedies. He is a co-author of West Publishing’s Investigative Criminal Procedure: A Contemporary Approach and Cases and Materials on the Death Penalty and has published scholarly articles in the Virginia Law Review, the Indiana Law Journal, the Journal of Constitutional Law, and Law and Contemporary Problems among many others. He has also become one of the nation’s leading experts on the regulation of marijuana; in 2012 he was appointed to Governor John Hickenlooper’s Task Force to Implement Amendment 64 and the ACLU of California’s blue ribbon panel to study marijuana legalization.
Across the globe, disaster can strike at a moments notice. While news headlines often focus on the death toll or economic cost, there's another hidden expense when natural disasters wreck havoc – the mental health of those who survive.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck along the border of Turkey and Syria has killed more than 50,000 and caused billions in damage for two countries ill-equipped to handle such devastation. As the region struggles to find its footing, hundreds of thousands are homeless and many are battling with trauma from the event. People are sleeping in streets out of fear that more buildings will collapse. First responders are pulling friends and neighbors from rubble.
In this episode of RadioEd, Matt talks with Dr. Tiamo Katsonga-Phiri, a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the State of Colorado and professor at the University of Denver, about the psychological effects of natural disasters and the many ways people cope with the trauma that comes from those life-altering events.
Show NotesTiamo Katsonga-Phiri, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the State of Colorado. She received her doctorate degree in Clinical-Child Psychology from DePaul University in Chicago Illinois. Dr. Katsonga-Phiri currently works as a clinical supervisor at the Trauma Disaster Recovery Clinic training students in working with Survivors of Torture along with teaching several graduate level classes. Prior to that, she completed her post-doc at the Aurora Mental Health Center’s Colorado Refugee Wellness Center and Asian Pacific Development Center working with refugees and immigrants from all over the world. She received her prior clinical training in working with Survivors of Torture at Chicago’s Marjorie Kovler Center starting in August 2017. Prior to joining the Kovler Center, she worked as a therapist-in-training in multiple settings including one year of supervised clinical work at University of Chicago Counselling Services and Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center where she worked in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS), and Chicago Police Department and at DePaul Family Community Services Center.
More Information:
Trauma & Disaster Recovery Clinic: https://psychology.du.edu/clinics/trauma-disaster-recovery-clinicEarthquake in Turkey Most Recent Updateshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/10/turkey-syria-earthquake-death-toll-updates/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/death-toll-syria-turkey-quake-rises-more-than-8700-2023-02-08/
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/turkey-syria-earthquake-updates-2-9-23-intl/index.html
Recent Natural DisastersMost Relevant Natural Disasters of 2022https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/the-deadliest-natural-disasters-in-2022
Most Relevant Natural Disasters of 2023https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disasters/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/natural--disasters
Disaster Relief Government Resourceshttps://blog.ed.gov/2022/10/resources-for-communities-following-natural-disasters/
https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance
https://www.disasterassistance.gov/
https://www.fema.gov/
https://www.benefits.gov/categories/Disaster%20Relief
emergency-relief-for-individuals-and-businesses
https://www.usa.gov/disaster-area-help
Scott Stanley, Ph.D., is a research professor and co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver. He has published widely with research interests including commitment, cohabitation, communication, conflict, risk factors for divorce, the prevention of marital distress, and couple development before marriage. Along with Dr. Howard Markman and colleagues, he has been involved in the research, development, and refinement of the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) for over 30 years.Among various projects, Stanley and colleagues (Elizabeth Allen, Howard Markman, & Galena Rhoades) are conducting a large, randomized trial of a variant of PREP in the U. S. Army, funded by NICHD.
Stanley, Galena Rhoades, and Howard Markman have also conducted a longitudinal study of cohabitation and couple development that was funded by NICHD. Various studies are in progress with this national data set of individuals involved in serious relationships but who were not married at the start of the study. Stanley has authored or co-authored various books including Fighting for Your Marriage, The Power of Commitment, and A Lasting Promise. He is a founder of PREP and co-author of the Within Our Reach, an experiential-based curriculum for couples, and the Within My Reach, an experiential-based curriculum for individuals.
RadioEd is a biweekly podcast created by the DU Newsroom that taps into the University of Denver’s deep pool of bright brains to explore new takes on today’s top stories.
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, cryptocurrency markets reached their peak. What was once a creative harnessing of technology had ballooned to an industry featuring spokespeople like Matt Damon and Tom Brady. In 2022, that market crashed. Now, FTX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is working through bankruptcy proceedings and its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, is under criminal investigation.
It's a volatile time in the world of finance and doubly so for cryptocurrency. But what does the future hold?
In this episode, Matt talks with Joshua Ross, a professor at the University of Denver, and Peter Vigna, a veteran journalist who pioneered coverage of cryptocurrencies at The Wall Street Journal. Together, they discuss the history of cryptocurrencies, what caused the recent cryptocurrency crash, what Sam Bankman-Fried did wrong, potential future applications of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, and much more.
For full show notes, visit: du.edu/news/growing-pains-cryptocurrency-crashes
Twitter is in chaos. Since Elon Musk purchased the social media platform, impersonation accounts have sprouted like weeds and hate speech has seen a marked jump. But as that has happened, more users than ever are engaging.
What's Musk's goal for purchasing Twitter? Is it a billionaire buying a larger megaphone? Is it an effort to boost his legacy? For this episode of RadioEd, Matt sits down with Daniels College of Business professor Michael Nalick to discuss the acquisition from a business perspective and examine the societal impact.
Musician and cultural icon Kanye West recently faced enormous backlash after a series of antisemitic comments that followed months of erratic, controversial behavior. West’s behavior landed him in hot water, prompting many companies to sever their business ties with the rapper. Has he been effectively canceled by the world of social media?
And what does it mean for public figures when they’re canceled? How about when regular, non-famous people are faced with being shunned for their beliefs or actions? On this episode of RadioEd, Emma chats with Michael Karson, a professor at the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver, and Demi Lawrence, a staff reporter at the Portland Business Journal, breaking down the Kanye West scandal and delve into the history and psychology of cancel culture.
Michael Karson is a professor at the graduate school of professional psychology at the University of Denver, where he teaches clinical and forensic psychology. Karson is affiliated with the American Psychological Association and the Colorado Psychology Association. He frequently blogs about cancel culture.
Demi Lawrence is a staff reporter at the Portland Business Journal, where she covers footwear and apparel. Her recent work centers on Adidas and its branding, as well as the company’s former relationship with Kanye West.
RadioEd is a biweekly podcast created by the DU Newsroom that taps into the University of Denver’s deep pool of bright brains to explore new takes on today’s top stories.
Former County Clerk Tina Peters, who oversaw elections in rural Mesa County in western Colorado, made headlines around the country when her election conspiracy theories allegedly led to actions that brought about charges of attempting to influence a public servant, identity theft and several other felonies.
Were her actions those of a rogue public servant, or were they tied to larger national trends? On this episode of RadioEd, Matt chats with Seth Masket, professor of political science and director of the Center on American Politics at the University of Denver, and Charles Ashby, a veteran reporter whose work in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel helped unravel some of the convoluted details surrounding Peters’ criminal case.
Seth Masket is a professor of political science and the director of the Center on American Politics at the University of Denver. He is the author of Learning from Loss: The Democrats 2016-2020 (Cambridge, 2020), The Inevitable Party: Why Attempts to Kill the Party System Fail and How they Weaken Democracy (Oxford, 2016), and No Middle Ground: How Informal Party Organizations Control Nominations and Polarize Legislatures (Michigan, 2009), as well as a co-author of a recent textbook on political parties. He studies political parties, campaigns and elections, and state legislatures. He contributes regularly at FiveThirtyEight, Mischiefs of Faction and the Denver Post. He is currently working on a book project examining the Republican Party’s interpretations of the 2020 election and its preparations for 2024.
Charles Ashby covers politics for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel in western Colorado. He has nearly 45 years of experience covering politics in Colorado and has written stories for publications in Denver, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Longmont, Durango, Steamboat Springs, Montrose and Sterling, as well as work that has appeared in newspapers in Virginia, Nebraska and Florida.
More information:
Ashby's reporting on Tina Peters:
Griswold decertifies Mesa County Election Equipment: https://www.gjsentinel.com/breaking/breaking_news/griswold-decertifies-mesa-county-election-equipment/article_02490f8e-fb8d-11eb-95d4-ebcb4e0b04ef.html
Peters tweets conspiracy theory over election system: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/peters-tweets-conspiracy-theory-over-election-system/article_3a73d404-4ec5-11eb-9597-1b5e0fdc20da.html
Peters' cost to county: $1.3 million and rising: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/peters-cost-to-county-1-3-million-and-rising/article_e2349914-f3ef-11ec-9755-cbda39e9db82.html
Arrest warrant issued for Tina Peters: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/arrest-warrant-issued-for-tina-peters/article_1976d4ee-03b5-11ed-baa3-978fbf3d366e.html
Peters set to receive refund: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/peters-set-to-receive-refund/article_6bf075b8-53d3-11ed-b554-d7da1a7d772a.html
Recommended by Seth Masket:
The most important attorney general and secretary of state races to watch: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/secretary-of-state-elections/
Has your state made it harder to vote: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/voting-restrictions-by-state/
Election denial in races for election administration positions: https://www.brennancenter.org/series/election-denial-races-election-administration-positions
Security resources for election officials: https://www.eac.gov/election-officials/election-official-security
If you've heard of the metaverse, you might initially think of Mark Zuckerberg or immersive video games. But the virtual reality universe has much more to offer—especially when it comes to the workplace. Ever thought of using a hologram of yourself to call in to a virtual meeting? That's right—you'd have to put on pants while working from home.
In this episode, Emma discusses the origins of the metaverse, the benefits and drawbacks of virtual reality and the technology's practical applications for internal communicators. Content warning: This episode includes some details about sexual harassment that may be upsetting to some listeners.
On Sept. 16, 2022, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died.
Three days earlier, she was arrested by Iran’s so-called morality police for not wearing her hijab, a traditional Muslim face covering, in accordance with the regime’s standards. Her death sparked a series of protests in a country deeply divided for several decades.
We discuss Amini's death and the politics of the region with Nader Hashemi, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Denver, and Reza Mehraeen, an Iranian-born PhD student at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies.
The Colorado River is drying. And that's a problem for the people and businesses that reside in the seven states that make up the Colorado River Basin. Among the varied issues are the environmental costs of having to use less water—a problem that affects not just day-to-day at-home life, but also could mean significant changes for farmers and ranchers, who depend on water to grow crops and feed livestock. The question of who gets to use the river's dwindling water supply is also up in the air: States disagree on which areas should get the bulk of the water. This creates a bit of a legal brouhaha for the states and the federal government, whose job it has become to sort out the whole mess. We speak with reporter Alex Hager and DU Law Professor Kevin Lynch about the legal and environmental problems that have become integral parts of the Colorado River crisis.
Every day in the United States, 17 veterans commit suicide. This Veterans Day, President Joe Biden is putting their mental health in the spotlight. In the latest episode of RadioEd, veteran Evan Stratton explains why the conversation needs reframing. Then, a University of Denver associate clinical professor in the military psychology specialty, Kathryn Barrs, who works closely with veterans, service members and their families, shares mental health trends, obstacles to care and stories of resilience.
Among the many revelations associated with the Pandora Papers scandal was new information about Douglas Latchford, a notorious figure in the art world. He was indicted in 2019 for trafficking looted Cambodian antiquities. According to a trove of Pandora documents, 27 art artifacts with Latchford ties remain on display in prominent museums, including six in the Denver Art Museum. Elizabeth Campbell, director of the University of Denver’s Center for Art Collection Ethics, joins us to talk about ethical stewardship, repatriation of stolen art and the impact of returning these pieces to their rightful owners.
Advocates on both sides of the abortion debate have Dec. 1 circled on their calendars. That's the day the U.S. Supreme Court will take up Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Clinic, a Mississippi case that has the potential to severely restrict abortion rights and undermine the court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade. Other cases out of Texas and Kentucky threaten to do the same. Ahead of oral arguments, 154 researchers and economists submitted an amicus brief to the court, explaining how reduced access to abortion affects women's income, educational opportunities, professional success and more. One of the signatories, University of Denver economist Paula Cole, joins RadioEd to explore the "downstream impacts" for women and economies across the country.
Ever since 22-year-old Gabby Petito’s parents first reported her missing, the case has run wild on social media, where amateur detectives have picked apart every last detail of the young woman’s final days, even contributing legitimate leads to the investigation. But all that social media attention isn’t necessarily a good thing, and it raises a number of questions. Whose lives are deemed important enough for the masses to care about? How does intense media scrutiny impact a case and the family behind it? And what are the larger implications of social media sleuthing? Jeff Lin, associate professor of criminology in the University of Denver’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences joins us to dive in.
This week, Broadway’s biggest shows are leading a nationwide revival that returns musicians, dancers, cast and crew to the spotlight. For some, the pandemic pause sparked creativity, but it also spawned questions about inequities, irregular hours, extended travel and high pressure. University of Denver alumna Karyn Meek, a longtime Broadway stage manager, shares how COVID changed her perspective on work-life balance. Then, Aisha Ahmad-Post, executive director of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts, reflects on what organizations endured over the last year and the challenges they face in a changed environment.
In 2001, the United States sent its military into Afghanistan with plans to remove the Taliban from power and build a democracy in its stead. This week, 20 years later, the last U.S. soldier departed the country. But what was supposed to be the end to a decades-long war instead turned into tragedy, as the Taliban quickly wrested back control of the country and its people, setting off a new refugee crisis and global outrage. Nader Hashemi, associate professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and director of the Center for Middle East Studies, joined RadioEd to analyze the situation through a humanitarian lens and pose the question: What does the United States owe Afghanistan, as well as its own people?
So far this year we’ve seen fires ravage Greece, record heat waves bake the U.S. and a massive 7.2 earthquake rock Haiti. These catastrophic events are symptoms of a larger issue according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report’s analysis makes clear that climate change is real, it is dangerous and it’s happening now. Cullen Hendrix, a professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and senior research advisor at the Center for Climate and Security shares with us key takeaways from the report, what they mean for humanity and why he still holds out hope.
The race to space is on for some of the wealthiest men in the world. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ 11-minute trip to space on his company Blue Origin’s rocket made headlines, but also raised significant questions about the ethics of escaping Earth at the price of a multi-million-dollar ticket. University of Denver business professor Michael Nalick weighs in on the ethical responsibility of business leaders, what this means for the wealth gap and if this was a smart business move.
After more than a year of uncertainty, athletes are finally on their way to Tokyo for the Olympic Games, which begin Friday, July 23. (The Paralympics begin Tuesday, Aug. 24.) For those who had their sights set on representing their countries, an extra year of preparation proved to be a test of both physical and mental fortitude. Athletes dealt with added stress from the COVID pandemic, limited access to training facilities and an ambiguous future. In this episode, Paralympian Lacey Henderson and Jessica Dale Bartley, a clinical assistant professor and director of mental health services for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, share the ways COVID altered athletic routines, redefined mental toughness and permanently changed high performance training.
For decades, Britney Spears has been a fixture not just in pop music but also the headlines. Most recently, it’s not her music drawing attention, but a legal battle she’s been waging against a conservatorship that empowers her father to make key decisions on the singer’s behalf. This arrangement, Spears says, has become a tool of abuse, and she’s calling for its end. Tammy Kuennen, a Sturm College of Law professor who has litigated multiple conservatorships, tells us what a typical conservatorship entails and how they can sour.
On June 1, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that bans transgender girls and women from women’s sports teams. The bill, signed at the start of Pride Month, is the latest in an anti-trans legislative trend. A dozen similar bills have passed this year, and state legislatures have considered more than a hundred others, making 2021 a record year for legal restrictions to transgender peoples’ rights. Carl Charles, a teaching fellow in the Sturm College of Law focused on gender identity and the law, and a staff attorney with noted LGBTQ+ advocacy law firm Lambda Legal, joins RadioEd to discuss the impacts of these bills on the LGBTQ+ community.
Recently, hackers successfully targeted the country’s largest fuel pipeline, the world’s largest meat processor and the New York City transit system. One company even paid the hackers nearly $5 million to recover its stolen data. In the wake of these cyberattacks, the White house warned companies to increase their cybersecurity and formed a Department of Justice task force, which was able to recapture that ransom money. DU cybersecurity professor Nate Evans discusses what makes a company vulnerable to an attack, how companies weigh the decision to pay ransom and why we are seeing a spike in cyberattacks now.
Infighting in the Republican party intensified this month: Those skeptical of the 2020 presidential election results removed Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership post, while a group of more than 100 Republicans have organized a movement to reform their party or splinter off and start something new. Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they have had it with the two party system, according to a Gallup poll from earlier this year. But even though there’s a will to create a third party, is there a realistic way? Seth Masket, political science professor and director of DU's Center on American Politics, evaluates the possibility and what it might look like for each side of the political spectrum.
Over the last year, working moms have experienced serious burnout. Between the pandemic, closed daycare centers and schools, work from home and isolation from support systems, they have had countless challenges to negotiate and too few resources to draw on. We are just starting to understand the toll the pandemic has taken and the long-term implications for women, their families and society as a whole. Recent U.S. census numbers show that 3.5 million mothers with school-age children left work last spring. In this episode, we talk with Lindsey Feitz, director of the University of Denver’s Gender and Women’s Studies program and a mom herself, about what this means for gender roles, which mothers are the most vulnerable and postpandemic concerns.
With plastics overtaking every corner of the planet, from Mount Everest to ocean habitats, consumers have started seeking solutions — everything from recycling and plastic bag bans to antistraw campaigns. But are these solutions moving us closer to a cleaner planet, or is the plastics problem much bigger than we know? Assistant professor Jack Buffington, whose work in supply chain management has driven him to explore solutions to our plastics problem, joins this week’s episode of RadioEd to explain.
Across the U.S., all eyes are on the Derek Chauvin trial, which will decide whether the former police officer is guilty of murdering George Floyd last May. But no one will be listening as intently as the jurors tasked with delivering a verdict. Over two weeks, 12 jurors and three alternates were chosen from a pool of more than 300, and these individuals will hear one of the most high-profile cases in recent memory. Law professor John Campbell joins RadioEd in a conversation about the ethics of jury selection, the impact it can have on a case and how this trial might play out.
In the year since COVID-19 shut down the United States, businesses have closed their doors, students and teachers have created virtual classrooms, employees created home offices, and friends and families were separated for months. While the virus spread rapidly across the country, another crisis was growing alongside it: a mental health crisis. A special episode of RadioEd explores the ways we’ve struggled, adapted and overcome — whether through adopting crucial telehealth technology, leaning on our four-legged friends or turning to the arts as an outlet.
Trust in U.S. news media has been in free fall for years. That statement is problematic enough on its face, much less when consumers are in need of accurate information to stave off a global pandemic or choose a president to lead them through. Misinformation has sewn seeds of doubt, grown conspiracy theories and undermined the efforts of public health officials. Kareem El Damanhoury, a professor in the University of Denver's Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies, discusses the roots of this distrust and offers solutions to news organizations and consumers alike.
Last February, a jury found movie mogul Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual abuse, and ultimately sentenced him to 23 years in prison. The conviction of such a powerful figure marked a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement and left many hopeful that a major move toward justice was on the horizon. But in the 12 months since, how much has truly changed? And how did 2020 alter the outlook?
Content warning: This episode includes conversations related to sexual assault, sexual harassment and domestic violence.
Some things change. Some stay the same. Since 2009, the cost of living has risen 20%. But the federal minimum wage hasn't budged — it has sat at $7.25 an hour. After taking control of the White House and Congress, President Joe Biden and Democrats are pushing to more than double the rate to $15. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reports it will lift nearly 1 million people out of poverty and give another 26 million a raise. However, it could cause businesses to lay off about 1.4 million workers. University of Denver economist Jack Strauss explains the potential impact of an increase, explores alternatives and assesses the future of the U.S. workforce.
The U.S. faces a growing threat of domestic extremism, embodied by the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. We wanted to know what it actually means to be an extremist. Is a certain type of person drawn to extremism? What convinces someone to join an extremist group? And how might our own friends or neighbors go down that path? Rachel Nielsen is the director of the Colorado Resilience Collaborative, which focuses on combating violent extremism. She sheds some light on these questions and more.
President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, Jan. 20, will mark the last stop on the transition of power, which has been marked by distrust, misinformation and riots. As he becomes the nation's 46th president, Biden not only faces a deeply divided country but one facing an economic crisis, as well as the deadly coronavirus pandemic. But he’s not the first president to walk such a treacherous path. Noted University of Denver historian Susan Schulten shares some tales from inaugurations past that help us frame and add context to the first days of a new presidency.
On election night, as voters watching the presidential race tensed up, Jennifer Greenfield breathed a sigh of relief. Colorado voters resoundingly passed Proposition 118, which provides at least 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave to most employees in the state. Though a federal leave law has been on the books since 1993, Colorado joined a list of states pushing the envelope to expand the scope of benefits. An expert in social policy, DU's Jennifer Greenfield, explains how the system works, how it compares to systems in other states and why the United States lags behind the rest of the world in family leave policy.
In just seven days, voters will cast their final ballots in the 2020 presidential election, and we’ll finally — fingers crossed — learn whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump will be the country's next president. Seth Masket, political science professor and director of DU's Center on American Politics, joins RadioEd to chart all the twists and turns, and explore what post-2020 politics might look like.
As we approach the one-year mark of the coronavirus outbreak, the race for a vaccine is in full swing. Researchers around the world are rushing to find a solution in record time, raising serious ethical questions about distributing a vaccine fairly across the globe. Law professor Govind Persad breaks down the major ethical concerns, the legality of a vaccine mandate and consequences the U.S. may face by not joining the World Health Organization’s global vaccine agreement.
On Nov. 3, experts predict the presidential election will produce the highest voter turnout in at least a century — but a significant chunk of those voters won't be casting their ballot at a physical polling place. Safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic have shined the spotlight on the United States Postal Service and its financial struggles, raising questions about whether it can handle an increased load of mail-in ballots. Will it be able to deliver results on time, free of fraud? Management professor Michael Nalick, an expert in the intersection of business and politics, shares his greatest concerns and explains how the post office became a political issue in the first place.
The U.S. criminal justice system is under scrutiny as calls for reform grow. In this episode, we take a closer look at the death penalty. We talk its evolution and how the U.S. compares to the rest of the world on capital punishment. University of Denver criminology and sociology professor Scott Phillips shares insights from his latest research on the subject and reveals what his team found about the death penalty as it relates to race and gender.
Since Donald Trump's upset victory in the 2016 election, skepticism of political polls has grown steadily. After all, the numbers showed Hillary Clinton in the lead from start to finish. Pollster and political analyst Floyd Ciruli talks to us about what happened four years ago, the likelihood of the president eking out a similar victory on Nov. 3, and what it all says about the state of the country and democracy worldwide.
This month (August 2020) marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. While we like to think of this event as a clear turning point in history, the truth is a lot more complicated. Historian Susan Schulten illuminates the complex and often hidden history behind the amendment’s passage — from the crooked path to ratification, to unsung heroes and troubling racial inequality.
Coronavirus is forcing K-12 educators to reimagine school as students face more uncertainty this fall. What big lessons did we learn from the sudden school shutdown in the spring? How are schools going to address summer learning loss in this new environment? Erin Anderson, a professor in educational leadership, shares how the pandemic is impacting our schools, teachers and students.
Americans who thought coronavirus was no big deal got a rude awakening March 11. That night, the NBA suspended the pro basketball season, and pretty soon every major sport followed suit. Four months later, COVID hasn’t gone anywhere, but pro sports are determined to make a comeback. Brian Gearity, an expert in sports psychology, performance and training, weighs in on the safest way to return to play and why sports play such a critical role in American society.
Americans across the political spectrum have been perched at the edge of their seats awaiting U.S. Supreme Court decisions sure to affect everyday life for millions. Even with newly appointed conservative justices, the court issued a number of rulings that defied expectations. In this episode, we take on three: Louisiana’s anti-abortion law, LGBTQ+ worker rights (skip to 13:05) and DACA (skip to 24:10).
Wondering what’s up with Trump’s executive order targeting Twitter and the fact-check label it applied to some of his posts? We talk with media, film and journalism professor Derigan Silver about how much weight this executive order holds, the impact social media has on politics and journalism, and the importance of the little-understood Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act.
In response to the murder of George Floyd, American communities have erupted in protests, with people taking to the streets in all 50 states to demand justice, action and change. They are calling for the country to address issues of police violence against black people and the broader system of racial inequity. Apryl Alexander, professor of forensic psychology, calls this moment a turning point and offers perspective on the power of protests and productive next steps.
In this bonus minisode of RadioEd, Colorado Poet Laureate and DU alumnus Bobby LeFebre joins us for a discussion on the role of the arts during crisis. This period of physical distancing has proven both inspirational and challenging for LeFebre, who has had to get creative with the way he presents his work. LeFebre also shares one of his latest, pandemic-inspired poems with RadioEd and describes his creative process, while also offering advice to aspiring poets.
Welcome to our first RadioEd Minisode. In this bonus episode, we take a look at a hot spot for the coronavirus in the United States: prisons. For incarcerated individuals, social distancing remains nearly impossible, and so the virus is spreading rapidly through the prison system. Now, some politicians are calling for “smart decarceration.” We discuss what this means and how it affects local communities with University of Denver psychology professor Apryl Alexander.
RadioEd is back, thanks to the magic of Zoom. This week, we’re turning our attention to the issues surrounding recreational marijuana.
In Colorado, marijuana is no longer purchased from dealers but from budtenders, and instead of referring to reefer by any of its shadowy pseudonyms, you can talk openly about what kind you like and whether you prefer edibles, joints or otherwise. Marijuana for personal use has been legal in the state since 2014, and in the intervening years, an entire industry has grown around the substance, which remains illegal at the federal level. Sam Kamin, a pioneer in the field of marijuana law and a member of the task force that implemented legalization in Colorado, talks successes, ongoing challenges and the possibility of federal legalization.
The novel coronavirus outbreak is shutting down towns, upsetting trade and sending stocks on a roller coaster ride. The economic impact of this mystery strain stretches across the globe. Sandy Johnson, director of the University of Denver’s Global Health Affairs program, discusses why we shouldn’t panic, the global response and how the virus is triggering a wave of xenophobia. (Note: This episode was recorded on 2/26/20)
The United Methodist Church is currently facing a dilemma many denominations have before: a clash between tradition and changing cultural norms. Leaders in the church are considering splitting due to disagreements over same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy. With millions of members around the world, this split promises to reshape one of the most prominent religious communities. Religious studies professor Gregory Robbins walks us through the controversy and today’s religious landscape.
In a historic moment, the Senate is wrapping up President Trump’s impeachment trial while Democratic voters are starting to weigh in on their 2020 nominee. Political science professor Seth Masket shares how impeachment impacts the 2020 election, why he wouldn’t be surprised if Trump faces Round 2 of impeachment and what Democrats learned — if anything — from their 2016 loss.
Beyond all the fanfare of the Super Bowl, football players face the harsh reality that they are one tackle away from a traumatic brain injury. Clinical psychology professor Kim Gorgens shares the truth about the devastating impacts of brain injuries, what this research means for youth football, and the surprising connection between brain injuries and the criminal justice system.
The Grammy Awards crown the music industry’s top artists, songs and performances. We wanted to know: What makes a song good? What makes it Grammy-worthy? And are those the same thing? Recording engineer and music professor Matt Legge tells us what he’s learned from working with Taylor Swift, Peter Frampton and more.
Four years after the first Women’s March drew the largest protest crowd in U.S. history, women are still turning to civil resistance to protect their rights. But the protest has drawn its fair share of criticism too, with many asking, “What’s the point?” Marie Berry, a self-described scholar-activist studying movements around the globe, shares her take on the march’s successes, its place among a broader push for women’s rights and what it means from a global perspective.
Coming Jan. 21 from the University of Denver. There’s more to every news story out there. Press play on our first three episodes on Tuesday, Jan. 21, where DU experts will explain how brain injuries have changed the Super Bowl, how to make a Grammy-winning song and what the Women's March has accomplished so far.