Lauren RubensteinAssistant Professor of Psychology Patricia Rodriguez Mosquera, together with Tasmiha Khan '12 and post-doc Arielle Selya, recently published an article in Cognition & Emotion titled, "Coping with the 10th anniversary of 9/11: Muslim Americans' sadness, fear, and anger.' A decade after the events of Sept. 11, 2001—which prompted an increase in prejudice, discrimination and other forms of unfair treatment toward Muslim Americans—the researchers examined the emotions of Muslim Americans in the days preceding the 10-year anniversary. They found that the anniversary precipitated intense concerns with loss and discrimination, and feelings of fear, anger and, most intensely, sadness. They also measured three coping…
Olivia DrakeA collaborative study by four professors in the Psychology Department was published in the January 2013 issue of Developmental Science. "Minimal-group membership influences children's responses to novel experience with group members," was written by lead author Mariah Schug, visiting assistant professor of psychology, together with Hilary Barth, associate professor of psychology; Andrea Patalano, associate professor of psychology, chair of psychology; and Anna Shusterman, assistant professor of psychology. The study examined how children's preference for members of their "ingroup" over those in an "outgroup" affects their processing of information. Children participating in the study observed ingroup and outgroup members acting in…
David LowStephen Angle is the author of Contemporary Confucian Political Philosophy, published by Polity in 2012. Angle is professor of philosophy, professor of East Asian studies, and tutor in the College of Social Studies. Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe. This book provides an accessible introduction to the main perspectives and topics being debated today, and shows why Progressive Confucianism is a particularly promising approach. Students of political theory or contemporary politics will learn that far from being confined to a museum, contemporary Confucianism is both responding to current…
Assistant Professor of Economics Abigail Hornstein recently has had two academic papers published. In September 2012, her paper, "Usage of an estimated coefficient as a dependent variable," co-authored with William Greene of New York University's Stern School of Business, was published in the journal Economics Letters. The paper demonstrated the efficiency gains of a particular set of empirical estimation techniques. It is available online here. In addition, Hornstein's solo-authored paper, titled, "Corporate capital budgeting and CEO turnover," was published in December 2012 in the Journal of Corporate Finance. In this paper, she demonstrated the considerable cross-sectional and inter-temporal variation in the quality of a firm's…
Alvin Lucier, John Spencer Camp Professor of Music, Emeritus, is the author of Music 109: Notes on Experimental Music, published by Wesleyan University Press, 2012. In this insider’s view, composer and performer Lucier brings clarity to the world of experimental music as he takes the reader through more than a hundred groundbreaking musical works, including those of Robert Ashley, John Cage, Charles Ives, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, Christian Wolff and La Monte Young. Lucier explains in detail how each piece is made, unlocking secrets of the composers’ style and technique. The book as a whole charts…
Andrew Curran writes on the legacy of the Enlightenment polymath Diderot, 300 years after his birth
Islamist groups have "highjacked the local movement," crushing Tuaregs' hopes for independence
National Book Critics Circle Award nominated-book profiles three remarkable women of the early 20th Century
Odede '12 and Posner '09 founded and operate tuition-free school for girls, health center in Nairobi slum
Rutland: Contrary to narrative, the conflict's core is the Tuareg people's nationalist secession movement
Book by costume designer Landis shows that costume sketches are about much more than clothes
Filmmaker visits classes at Cheshire Correctional Institute taught by Wesleyan professors and students