Assistant Professor Sumayya Ahmed discusses her current project which looks at the archival traces of Black Southerner migration to Chicago through the lens of her maternal great-grandfather, who migrated from Alabama to Chicago in the early 1930s.

• Research

Professor Lena Zuckerwise discusses her upcoming book, "Politics in Captivity: Plantations, Prisons, and World Building," which explores Black political rebellion in the captive spheres of slavery and incarceration in the United States.

• Research

Sociology Professor Saher Selod discusses the latest chapter of her forthcoming book "21st Century Racism: The Racialization of Muslims Globally," which uncovers the processes of the global racialization of Muslims.

• Research

Dr. Aaron Rosenthal and graduate student, Taylor Eubanks, discuss Rosenthal's book-length project "The State You See: How Government Visibility Creates Political Distrust and Racial Inequality," as well as his forthcoming article “Black Lives Matter: Disrupting the Duality.”

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Research

After working at a neighborhood bar for nearly 20 years, Assistant Professor Eric Poulin is combining his current professional work with local barroom culture. In his latest research project, Poulin gives voice to the history made in these integral spaces.

• Research

Simmons University faculty member, Dr. Cherie Lynn Ramirez, is the senior author of a paper published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine journal outlining the urgent need for universal, frequent rapid COVID-19 testing to promote greater equity.

• Behavioral and Health Sciences
• Research

Meet Dawna Thomas, Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department! Find out why she dedicates her research to her Cape Verdean and African American cultural roots, and learn more about the new Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Cultural Studies.

• Research

Meet Renada Goldberg, the new assistant professor in the School of Social Work! Learn more about her career as a community-practice social worker, and what show she'll watch on repeat.

• Research

Edie Bresler, Professor of Practice and Photo Lab Coordinator, tells us how she went from a biology/chemistry major to an art professor, and her latest photography projects.

• Research
• University Leadership and Structure

Professor Elizabeth Scott has spent much of her professional career studying bacteria and pathogens. We caught up with her to learn more about her expertise and why she wasn't surprised by COVID-19.

• Behavioral and Health Sciences
• Research