Entertainment Weekly quoted Wheeler Winston Dixon, film studies, about audience fascination with true crime stories as part of a Jan. 18 story about the popularity of Netflix' "Making a Murderer" documentary series. Dixon also appeared in a Jan. 21 Los Angeles Times report about the absence of nonwhite nominees on this year's Oscar slate. The Boston Globe quoted him Jan. 29 in a story about the genre mash-up movie "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."
Tim Gay, physics, was quoted by Wired Jan. 13 about a flexible football helmet designed to prevent brain injuries. Gay, author of "The Physics of Football," said the helmet's design sounds promising but it needs to be tested on players.
Washington Post's Wonkblog cited research by John Hibbing and Kevin Smith, political science, for a Jan. 6 column about Donald Trump's mastery of the psychological biases of conservatives.
Arthur Maerlander, Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, discussed the need for more data about youth sports concussions for a Jan. 12 article in the Concord, N.H., Monitor.
Dennis Molfese, Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, was among the experts discussing the implications of concussions for NFL athletes for a Jan. 1 ESPN piece.
U.S. News & World Report quoted Mario Scalora, psychology, for a Jan. 4 report about terrorism fears. Scalora discussed his study of targeted violence and threat assessment. Education Week quoted Scalora in a Jan. 12 article about using behavioral threat assessments to improve school safety in Nebraska.
