Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education News

Christopher Schreck, chair of the criminal justice department in the College of Liberal Arts, was honored with the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ (ACJS) 2021 Bruce Smith Sr. Award.

WROC-TV talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, about the effects of supply and demand on gasoline prices.

The Rochester Beacon cites research by the Center for Public Safety Initiatives

The Tech Policy Press podcast features Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy,  discussing his new academic article on Amazon Ring.   

Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe.

One Zero talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about tech and the slippery slope theory.

Early childhood development professionals often face challenges when teaching deaf and hard-of-hearing youth to read. A new project spearheaded by NTID is hoping to effectively bring literacy education to deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji.

Sophia Wozniak, a first-year psychology student with a concentration in neuroscience, was recently awarded a scholarship for her tennis skills through HearStrong and the NFL Players Association’s Professional Athletes Foundation.

Luvon Sheppard, described as the heart and soul of the RIT School of Art faculty, has a solo exhibition coming to RIT City Art Space celebrating his five-plus decades as an artist, educator and community collaborator.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy.

Essay by Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy, published by The Conversation.

RIT volunteers are building an exhibition called Hostile Terrain 94, which will open to the public on campus later this fall. The RIT exhibition is part of a global pop-up exhibition that will take place in around 150 cities nationally and internationally in 2021-22 to highlight the crisis along the US-Mexico border.