A column authored by Kelsy Burke, sociology, about the connections between Christian sex advice websites and conservative political views was published by The Conversation May 11 and appeared in several other publications, including Newsweek, May 20; Inverse Culture and Raw Story,May 12; and Alternet, May 15. Burke also was quoted May 3 by the Orange County Register and the Long Beach Press-Telegram May 7 for a story about allegations that televangelists Paul and Jan Crouch failed to report the alleged sexual assault of their 13-year-old granddaughter in 2006.
Research about a spider species’ jumbo eyes, conducted by Jay Stafstromand Eileen Hebets, biological sciences, was featured May 1 in Phys.Org. Hebets also was quoted in a May 5 Newsweek article describing how more than 1,000 spider species live in caves.
Kathleen Krone, communication studies, and her colleague Stacy Tye-Williams of Iowa State University were quoted by Entrepreneur magazine May 19 about their research concluding that workplace bullying victims get a lot of bad advice from friends, family and co-workers.
The Christian Science Monitor turned to Kevin Smith, political science, to discuss a Danish study that found people with heightened sensitivity to disgust tend to shun immigrant people. The story appeared May 3.
A research team led by Xiao Cheng Zeng, chemistry, was featured by Phys.Org May 3 in a report about how ice recrystallization might be used to fabricate highly efficient materials for electronics.
