Tierney Lorenz, assistant professor of psychology, was recently awarded a Young Investigator Grant from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. With the two-year, $70,000 grant, Lorenz will investigate novel behavioral and physiological mechanisms by which menstrual cycle-related mood disorders arise, and test how hormones and inflammation contribute to mood symptoms in survivors of sexual trauma.
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Philip Schwadel, undergraduate chair and Happold Professor of Sociology, earned the 2020 Distinguished Sociology of Religion Journal Article Award from the Association for the Sociology of Religion. The article, “Sectarian Religion and Political Tolerance in the United States,” examines changes in the association between sectarian religion and political tolerance over time and across generations in the U.S. Schwadel coauthored the paper with alumnus Chris Garneau.
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National Parks Magazine published an article featuring research from the Center for Great Plains Studies. The article focuses on Black homesteader communities, especially in Nicodemus, Kansas, one of six historical Black communities studied by the project.
